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The Council on Strategic Risks team has written for numerous publications, and been cited in, and interviewed by, a significant number of mainstream and niche media outlets, as well as academic publications, books and public testimonies. Below is a list of notable selections.
- Brink News
Erin Sikorsky, “Climate Migration Is Now a Major Geopolitical Risk,” January 17, 2022 - Homeland Security Today
Kylie Bielby, “National Defense Authorization Act Cements DOD’s Climate Resilience Role,” January 10, 2022 - The Washington Post
Michael Birnbaum, “Militaries are among the world’s biggest emitters. This general wants them to go green,” December 30, 2021 - Defense One
Defense One Staff, “2021 Top Ten: Ideas. The intertwined need to confront China and climate change, turning the tables on Russian psyops, and more,” December 30, 2021 - Lawfare
Erin Sikorsky, “The Defense Department’s Role in the New Sustainability Executive Order,” December 27, 2021 - CNN
“CCS Director Erin Sikorsky Interview with CNN International,” December 16, 2021 - Yahoo News
Ben Adler, “Climate change is fueling new violent conflict in Africa, U.N. says,” December 16, 2021 - Roll Call
John M. Donnelly, “Congress is weighing cuts to the Pentagon disease-fighting budget,” December 15, 2021 - Domani
Futura D’Aprile, “Le emissioni delle forze armate sono un problema per l’ambiente,” December 12, 2021 - Politico Morning Energy
Matthew Choi and Josh Siegel, “Tax draft day,” December 10, 2021 - News India Times
“Congressman Bera warns U.S. must be better prepared for biological threats like Covid-19,” December 9, 2021 - Nowu
Sofia Kabbej interviews Erin Sikorsky, “Le changement climatique va déclencher des guerres?” December 9, 2021 - Homeland Preparedness News
Ed Roberts, “Congress eyes new international biothreat organization,” December 8, 2021 - Lawfare
Emily Dai, “The Week That Will Be,” December 6, 2021 - Foreign Policy
“The Godmother of Climate Security,” December 2, 2021 - Wellington Management
“2022 Global Economic Outlook,” November 2021 - National Journal
“Is the military doing its part to confront climate change?” November 24, 2021 - RIAC
Tatyana Kannunikova, “Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier,” November 24, 2021 - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Jessica McKenzie, ““Harrowing” intelligence report still downplays threat of climate change to national security,” November 11, 2021 - E&E News
Nico Portuondo, “Pentagon looks to Detroit in military EV push,” November 10, 2021 - Government Matters
Interview with Erin Sikorsky, “China taking advantage of climate change in two ways, says Center for Climate and Security director,” November 9, 2021 - BBC News
Laura Bicker, “As winter looms, reports of starvation in North Korea,” November 8, 2021 - CBS News
Interview with Sherri Goodman, “How a focus on climate change could assist with US national security policies,” November 5, 2021 - Kansas Reflector
Jacob Fischler, “Climate proposal in U.S. Senate aims to reduce stormwater pollution from military bases,” November 4, 2021 - Just Security
Rod Schoonover and Erin Sikorsky, “Getting Climate Intelligence Right,” November 3, 2021 - Defense One
Sherri Goodman, Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia, “The US Can’t Compete With China Without Tackling Climate Change,” November 1, 2021 - CNN
Interview with Erin Sikorsky, “Biden Meets With World Leaders at G20 Summit,” October 31, 2021 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Interview with Erin Sikorsky, “Climate Catastrophe and Security,” October 28, 2021 - Slate
Yong-Bee Lim, David Gillum, and Kathleen Vogel, “How the Patriot Act Has Disrupted Science,” October 27, 2021 - Defense One
Jacqueline Feldscher, “Pentagon to Skip Global Climate Conference, Despite ‘Existential Threat’,” October 27, 2021 - Defense News
Sherri Goodman, “The Pentagon has to include climate risk in all of its plans and budgets,” October 26, 2021 - ABC News
Interview with John Conger, “Climate change and national security,” October 25, 2021 - CNN
New Day, “CCS Director Erin Sikorsky Interview,” October 23, 2021 - BBC News
Gordon Corera, “Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says,” October 22, 2021 - CNBCTV18
“Climate change threatens global security, warn US intelligence reports,” October 22, 2021 - War on the Rocks (Warcast)
Interview with Erin Sikorsky, “Defense Department and Intelligence Community Release Major Climate Reports,” October 22, 2021 - KNX in Depth
Interview with Erin Sikorsky (at 6:02), October 21, 2021 - Defense One
Jacqueline Feldscher, “A Quartet of Warnings Highlight Climate-Related Threats,” October 21, 2021 - The New York Times
Christopher Flavelle, Julian E. Barnes, Eileen Sullivan and Jennifer Steinhauer, “Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security,” October 21, 2021 - The Washington Post
Shane Harris and Michael Birnbaum, “White House, intelligence agencies, Pentagon issue reports warning that climate change threatens global security,” October 21, 2021 - The White House
Report on the Impact of Climate Change on Migration, October 21, 2021 - La Crosse Tribune
“Sustainability Institute to hold virtual event, present awards,” October 21, 2021 - President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
“Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment,” with Erin Sikorsky, Director of the Center for Climate and Security and the International Military Council on Climate and Security, October 19, 2021 (at 04:08) - Defense News
Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber, “The US must separate nuclear deterrence from biological weapons,” October 18, 2021 - Jacobs
Interview with Andrea Rezzonico, “Sparks Episode 4: Climate Change & Global Health, Global,” October 18, 2021 - The Daily Scoop Podcast
Francis Rose, “Interview with John Conger,” October 15, 2021 - Voice of America – Russia
Alexander Yanevsky, “Global warming and permafrost,” October 14, 2021 - IEEE Spectrum
Natasha Bajema, “Pentagon Wants AI to Predict Events Before They Occur,” October 14, 2021 - Defense News
Jen Judson, “With only weeks remaining, US Army preps for release of climate strategy,” October 12, 2021 - E&E News
Daniel Cusick, “Not a drill: Navy struggles to complete adaptation mission,” October 12, 2021 - Defense One
John Conger, “The Pentagon’s New Climate Plan Aims to Manage the Unavoidable,” October 7, 2021 - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Yong-Bee Lim, “Do-it-yourself vaccines in a pandemic: democratized science or home-brewed pipe dream?” October 7, 2021 - Politico
Alexander Ward and Clint Forgey, “Departing State lawyer: Biden’s Title 42 use ‘illegal’ and ‘inhumane’,” October 4, 2021 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Interview with UK Rear Admiral (Ret) John Gower, “Submarines to Australia and in Part 2 Collapsing Global Supply Chain,” October 1, 2021 - The Hill
Christine Parthemore and Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE, “North Korea’s wake-up call on cruise missile risks,” September 27, 2021 - War on the Rocks
Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber, “A Deterrence by Denial Strategy for Addressing Biological Weapons,” September 23, 2021 - RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly
Interview with Erin Sikorsky, “As world leaders call for ambitious action on climate change, is Australia being left behind?” September 23, 2021 - RTE News
“Six One interview with Erin Sikorsky, Director of the Center for Climate and Security,” September 23, 2021 - Australian Institute of International Affairs
Matthew Newman, “AUKUS: The Start of a Trilateral Climate Security Relationship?” September 21, 2021 - Government Matters
Interview with Erin Sikorsky, “Intelligence community must warn policymakers about climate security risks, says climate security expert,” September 21, 2021 - The Hill,
Erin Sikorsky, “Climate Change Isn’t the Only Factor in Recent Disasters,” September 15, 2021 - Global Environmental Change
Burnett and Mach, “A “precariously unprepared” Pentagon? Climate security beliefs and decision-making in the U.S. military,” September 2021 - Financial Times
Izabella Kaminska, “Bio-weapons experts call for tighter controls as Covid highlights risk,” August 31, 2021 - Vox
Umair Irfan, “The lab leak hypothesis — true or not — should teach us a lesson,” August 27, 2021 - Politico
Matthew Choi, “Democrats debate into the night,” August 24, 2021 - National Maritime Foundation
Dr Pushp Bajaj, “A Critique Of The Report On “A Security Threat Assessment Of Global Climate Change: How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate A Catastrophic Security Future,” August 20, 2021 - Barron’s
Craig Mellow, “Afghanistan Has More Than $1 Trillion of Natural Resources and China Wants a Piece of It,” August 20, 2021 - National Maritime Foundation
Dr Pushp Bajaj, “A Critique Of The Report On “A Security Threat Assessment Of Global Climate Change: How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate A Catastrophic Security Future,” August 20, 2021 - Homeland Security Today
Lindsey Wilkinson, “An Unstable World – What the IPCC Report Means for the Security Community,” August 19, 2021 - N Business
Deena Kamel, “Can Afghanistan’s trillion-dollar mineral wealth power the global drive for EVs?,” August 19, 2021 - Heat Biologics
“Heat Biologics Announces New Additions to Biothreat Advisory Board,” August 19, 2021 - Newsweek
Catherine Dill and Alexandra Naegele, “How the Climate Crisis Could Further Destabilize North Korea | Opinion,” August 18, 2021 - Quartz
Tim McDonnell, “The Taliban now controls one of the world’s biggest lithium deposits,” August 16, 2021 - War on the Rocks Warcast
UN Climate Report Warns of Dangerous Tipping Points, August 12, 2021 - Defense One
Patrick Tucker, “Climate Change Is Already Disrupting the Military. It Will Get Worse, Officials Say,” August 10, 2021 - The Rick Ungar Show Daily Podcast
“There’s No Time Left to Waste, Landmark UN Climate Report Shows: With Guest Erin Sikorsky,” August 10, 2021 - Euronews
Marthe de Ferrer, “North Korea: Thousands evacuated after climate change causes devastating floods,” August 9, 2021 - Defense News
Andrew Eversden, “‘Climate change is going to cost us’: How the US military is preparing for harsher environments,” August 9, 2021 - Lawfare
Antonio Busalacchi and Sherri Goodman, “Why National Security Agencies Must Analyze Climate Risks,” August 6, 2021 - Newsmax
Solange Reyner, “Report: $30B in Pandemic Preparedness Could Be Slashed to $5B,” July 29, 2021 - War on the Rocks
Erin Sikorsky, “Secrets Alone Won’t Save Us: Providing ‘Decision Advantage’ on Climate Security,” July 15, 2021 - Voice of America – South Korea
Eunjung Cho, “Climate Change Implications for the DPRK,” July 31, 2021 - BBC Newsnight
Interview with Erin Sikorsky (2:55), “How are environmental factors like climate change and Covid fuelling instability in parts of the Middle East and north Africa?,” July 31, 2021 - Jane’s The World of Intelligence Podcast
OSINT and Climate Security (with Erin Sikorsky), July 28, 2021 - Mirror
Milo Boyd, “5 countries facing ‘climate change wars’ as temperatures rise and storms get bigger,” July 28, 2021 - The Weather Channel
“Center for Climate & Security Deputy Director Erin Sikorsky on The Weather Channel,” July 27, 2021 - The Strategist
Robert Glasser and Erin Sikorsky, “US and Australia must deepen defence cooperation on climate security,” July 27, 2021 - Mint
“US Welcomes PM Modi’s Continued Focus on Clean Energy: Official,” July 23, 2021 - Nation of Change
Damon Benningfield, “Heating up the hot spots,” July 17, 2021 - Security Council Report
“The UN Security Council and Climate Change,” June 21, 2021 - Yale Climate Connections
YCC Team, “Extreme weather is costing the military billions of dollars,” July 5, 2021 - Climate Security Expert Network
Marisol Maddox, “Climate-Fragility Risk Brief,” July 2021 - The War Horse
Sonner Kehrt, “How the Marine Corps Struck Gold in a Trash Heap During the Defense Department’s Fight Against Climate Change,” June 30, 2021 - Inside Climate News
Sonner Kehrt, “How the Marine Corps Struck Gold in a Trash Heap As Part of the Pentagon’s Fight Against Climate Change,” June 30, 2021 - Bloomberg Law
Courtney Rozen, “Biden Climate Promises Bump Against Bureaucracy’s Grinding Gears,” June 30, 2021 - E&E News
Daniel Cusick, “Pentagon readies climate preparation plan,” June 28, 2021 - The Hill
Erin Sikorsky, “The national security risks of the US drought,” June 26, 2021 - Government Matters
Security Matters, “Climate change affects all major threats, says former principal deputy Defense comptroller,” June 23, 2021 - The Christian Science Monitor
Christa Case Bryant, “How risky is ‘gain of function’ research? Congress scrutinizes China,” June 25, 2021 - Politico
Joanne Kenen, “From shadows to solutions: health care post-Covid,” June 24, 2021 - U.S. Congress
S.1260 – United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021, 117th Congress (2021-2022), June 8, 2021 - Greenreport.it
“La Nato e il cambiamento climatico: una “svolta” obbligatoria,” June 16, 2021 - BBC News
“Nato and climate change: How big is the problem?” June 15, 2021 - Defense One
John Conger, “Is Climate Change America’s Greatest Security Threat?,” June 14, 2021 - Grist
Zoya Teirstein, “Divestment goes Maine-stream,” June 9, 2021 - Foreignpolicywatchdog.com
“World Climate and Security Report 2021: Warning of
catastrophic climate risks and urging significant Greenhouse Gas Reductions,” June 9, 2021 - Scientific American
“Military Operations Will be Strained by Climate Change,” June 9, 2021 - Forces Net
Simon Newton, “MOD’s Top Climate Change Advisor Says Military Going ‘Green’ Could Save Lives,” June 8, 2021 - Australian Associated Press
“Climate change a security threat: report,” June 7, 2021 - E&E News
Sara Schonhardt, “‘Duty to warn’: Military leaders outline global climate risk,” June 8, 2021 - ABC – RN Breakfast with Hamish MacDonald
“World must prepare for national security risks caused by climate change,” June 8, 2021 - Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Laurie Goering, “From migration to geoengineering, climate risks threaten more conflict,” June 7, 2021 - South China Morning Post
Mark Magnier, “Financial industry is essential in fighting climate change, Al Gore and other Green Swan conference speakers say,” June 3, 2021 - The Diplomat
Shidore, S. et al, “Climate Change Will Worsen the India-China Rivalry – But There’s a Better Way Forward,” June 2 2021 - Rai
“TG2 Storie: I racconti della settimana del 29/05/2021,” May 29, 2021 - Politico
Andrew Desiderio and Erin Banco, “Dems back growing calls for Congress to probe Covid lab leak theory,” May 26, 2021 - National Defense
Jon Harper, “Analysts Call for Big Boost to Biodefense Budgets,” May 25, 2021 - The Intercept
Alleen Brown, “Congress Plans Climate Resiliency – But Mostly for the Military,” May 22, 2021 - Just Security
Caroline Baxter and Erin Sikorsky, “Want to Compete with China? Deliver on Climate Security for the Indo-Pacific,” May 21, 2021 - Bloomberg
Laura Millan Lombrana, “Arctic-Superpower Jostling Heats Up as Russia Takes on Key Role,” May 21, 2021 - Inkstick
Sarang Shidore, “The Quad Should Embrace Climate Action As Its Core Mission,” May 21, 2021 - Vox
Dylan Matthews, “How to supercharge vaccine production for the next pandemic,” May 20, 2021 - E&E News
Sara Schonhardt, “Climate change could spark clashes between China, India,” May 17, 2021 - Observer Research Foundation
Sophie Briquetti, “Security implications of climate change: The case of permafrost thaw,” May 12, 2021 - Yale Climate Connections
Samantha Harrington, “Revitalized U.S. urgency on climate change and national security,” May 7, 2021 - Newsweek
Meghan Roos, “U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Calls Climate Change ‘An Existential Threat’,” May 7, 2021 - The Harvard Gazette
Clea Simon, “Climate change as a national security issue,” April 26, 2021 - South China Morning Post
Jacob Fromer, “China’s Belt and Road projects face climate change challenges,” April 24, 2021 - The Hill
Alice Hill, “Global loss of nature threatens US national security and influence abroad,” April 21, 2021 - The Cipher Brief
Sarang Shidore, Shiloh Fetzek, and Rachel Fleishman, “The Link Between National Security and Climate Change in Asia,” April 21, 2021 - The Washington Times
Ben Wolfgang, “Herding the big dogs: Biden takes risks with climate ‘summit,’” April 21, 2021 - Policy Exchange
David Petraeus and Benedict McAleenan, “Climate Change as a Growing Force in Geopolitics,” April 13, 2021 - The United States Institute of Peace
Anthony Navone, “The Intertwined Futures of Climate Action, Fragility and Peacebuilding,” April 15, 2021 - Policy Exchange
Erin Sikorsky and Sherri Goodman, “A Climate Security Plan for NATO: Collective Defence for the 21st Century,” April 13, 2021 - Politico
Lara Seligman and Bryan Bender, “Electric vehicles and biofuel: Pentagon poised to go greener under Biden,” April 1, 2021 - The Hill
Interview with Dr. Rod Schoonover, “The Loss of Nature: A Global Threat,” March 24, 2021 - The Christian Science Monitor
Howard LaFranchi, “In trip to China’s backyard, Biden team tests its ‘values’ policy,” March 17, 2021 - The Christian Science Monitor
Anna Mulrine Grobe, “Why the Pentagon is serious about reducing its carbon footprint,” March 16, 2021 - Government Matters
Interview with Erin Sikorsky, March 15, 2021 - War on the Rocks
Kate Guy and Erin Sikorsky, “A Blueprint for the Department of Defense’s Strategic Assessment of Climate Change,” March 12, 2021 - 80,000 Hours
Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris, “Andy Weber on rendering bioweapons obsolete and ending the new nuclear arms race,” March 12, 2021 - The Times of Israel
Sue Surkes, “Is Israel burying its head in sand as climate change makes Mideast a hot mess?” March 11, 2021 - Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Sarang Shidore, “De-Risking the India Relationship: An Action Agenda for the United States: Quincy Brief No. 10,” March 10, 2021 - Marine Corps Times
Kristine Froeba, “Parris Island in peril: Rising sea levels threaten historic Marine base,” March 1, 2021 - AsiaGlobal Online
Rachel Fleishman, Shiloh Fetzek, Andrea Rezzonico, Sarang Shidore, “Climate Security: A Growing Military Concern That Policymakers Should Heed,” February 25, 2021 - The Cipher Brief
Kristin Wood and Erin Sikorsky, “Why The Intelligence Community Needs a Climate Change Task Force,” February 24, 2021 - BBC World News
“BBC World News Interview with Erin Sikorsky on Climate Security 23 Feb 2021,” February 23, 2021 - Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Laurie Goering, “Climate change: 5 places where global warming is a security risk,” February 23, 2021 - The Washington Post
David Titley, “Texas cold snap was not ‘unprecedented,’ and it was inexcusable to be unprepared,” February 22, 2021 - BBC World News
“Interview with Erin Sikorsky, Deputy Director, The Center for Climate and Security,” February 19, 2021 - Rudaw
Hannah Lynch, “Party to Paris accord, can Iraq stop climate change turning fields to deserts?” February 16, 2021 - Associated Press
Matthew Daly and Ellen Knickmeyer, “US Needs to Brace Itself for More Deadly Storms, Experts Say,” February 18, 2021 - Just Security
By Kate Guy and Annalise Blum, “Climate Change is a Threat the Next Generation Cannot Face Alone,” February 17, 2021 - The Jerusalem Post
Omri Nahmias, “Climate change is near the top of President Joe Biden’s priorities,” February 11, 2021 - E&E News
Adam Aton, “Biden pushes U.S. — and the world — to help climate migrants,” February 8, 2021 - Washington Times
Ben Wolfgang, “Biden’s Pentagon makes effects of climate change central to military planning,” February 3, 2021 - Rick Ungar Show Highlight
Rick Ungar, “Rick speaks with Erin Sikorsky about Biden’s executive order to battle climate change,” January 28, 2021 - Politico – Morning Defense
Bryan Bender and Sarah Cammarata, “Oversight chair calls for review of Space Command move,” January 28, 2021Inside Climate News - Marianne Lavelle, Agya K. Aning, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Katie Surma, Kristoffer Tigue, Phil McKenna, “‘We Need to Be Bold,’ Biden Says, Taking the First Steps in a Major Shift in Climate Policy,” January 28, 2021
- Defense One
Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston, “Today’s D Brief: Climate crisis, back on DoD’s radar; AI in space; Lawmakers, threatened; COVID trends, improving; And a bit more,” January 28, 2021 - The Verge
Justine Calma, “Joe Biden made climate change a national security priority — what’s next?” January 27, 2021 - MIT Technology Review
James Temple, “Biden will direct billions in federal spending power to climate change,” January 27, 2021 - Public Radio International – The World
Stephen Snyder, Interview with Erin Sikorsky, “Biden elevates climate change to national security priority,” January 27, 2021 - Defense News
Aaron Mehta, “Climate change is now a national security priority for the Pentagon,” January 27, 2021 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Biden launches historic, governmentwide climate action,” January 27, 2021 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “In Sweeping Actions on Climate, Biden to ‘Pause’ Oil and Gas Leasing,” January 27, 2021 - E&E News
Jean Chemnick, “Climate to get first National Intelligence Estimate,” January 27, 2021 - Voice of America
Rob Garver, “On Key Biden Priorities, There is Room for Bipartisan Agreement, Experts Say,” January 26, 2021 - National Review
Jim Geraghty, “Biden’s CDC Director Doesn’t Know How to Count,” January 25, 2021 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “Biden Sets in Motion Plan to Ban New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Land,” January 25, 2021 - The Conduct Science Podcast
“Rod Schoonover – Climate Change,” January 25, 2021 - The Washington Post
Zach Meyer, “Every Cabinet job is about climate change now,” January 21, 2021 - Arms Control Today
Andy Weber, “Pandemic Shows Need for Biological Readiness,” January/ February 2021 - War On The Rocks
Erin Sikorsky, “Analyzing the Climate Security Threat: Key Actions for the U.S. Intelligence Community,” January 22, 2021 - Wiki.ezvid.com
“5 Dedicated Groups Concerned About The Environment,” January 21, 2020 - The National Interest
Sherri Goodman and Kate Guy, “Climatizing Security: Protecting Americans in the Age of Climate Change,” January 15, 2021 - USA Today
Alex Berezow and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein, “Vaccine administration is much harder than it seems,” January 14, 2021 - Nola.com
Tristan Baurick, “LSU awarded $9.3 million grant to help military plan for climate change,” January 13, 2021 - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Rod Schoonover, “Climate change should be recognized for what it is: an issue of national security,” January 13, 2021 - Contact Center Perspectives: A Podcast for Federal Government Leaders
With Jenna Reese, “Honorable Andrew C. Weber – Perspectives: Responding to Global Emergencies,” January 12, 2021 - Homeland Security Today
“Center for Climate and Security Appoints Erin Sikorsky as Deputy Director,” January 12, 2021 - E&E News
Jean Chemnick, “Here’s what might be in Biden’s first climate order,” January 11, 2021 - Stat
Chris Bakerlee, “Mother Nature is not ‘the ultimate bioterrorist’,” January 8, 2021 - The Hill
Rebecca Beitsch, “Kerry raises hopes for focus on climate security at NSC,” January 5, 2021 - Things That Go Boom
Francesco Femia in “Duluth, Not as Cold as You Think!,” [interview begins at 13:07], January 4, 2021 - The Washington Times
Ben Wolfgang, “Biden to tap entirety of government — including military — to further ambitious climate agenda,” December 16, 2020 - E&E News
Jacob Wallace, “Defense experts call on Biden to ready military for climate,” December 16, 2020 - Bloomberg
David Wainer, Eric Martin, Samy Adghirni, “Biden’s Win Adds Pressure on Bolsonaro to Adjust to New Reality,” December 16, 2020 - The New York Times
Abrahm Lustgarten, “How Russia Wins the Climate Crisis,” December 16, 2020 - Colorado Times Recorder
Sean Price, “CO Veterans & Politicians: Climate Change Is a Threat to National Security,” December 10, 2020 - Gizmodo
Brian Kahn and Dharna Noor, “How Biden Can Ensure Every Federal Agency Is Fighting Climate Change,” December 4, 2020 - Diario de Latinos
“Brasil reporta cantidad récord de deforestación,” December 1, 2020 - Reuters
Fabio Teixeira, “Brazil to face major security threats as climate impacts surge, military experts warn,” November 30, 2020 - E&E News
Adam Aton, “Biden’s foreign policy team breaks with Trump — and Obama,” November 24, 2020 - The Huffington Post
Alexander C. Kaufman, “Biden Names John Kerry As Climate Envoy,” November 23, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Biden considering a climate hawk to lead Pentagon,” November 23, 2020 - Frankfurter Allgemeine
Lorenz Hemicker, “Biologische Waffen: Krieg mit Pocken,” November 23, 2020 - Vice News
Justin Silverman, “It’s Almost Impossible for Trump to Stage a Coup,” November 20, 2020 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman, “Biden Plans to Move Fast With a ‘Climate Administration.’ Here’s How.” November 17, 2020 - Quartz
Tim McDonnell, “The one Trump-era climate initiative Biden should keep around,” November 13, 2020 - The Los Angeles Times
Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber, “Op-Ed: COVID-19 may be teaching the world a dangerous lesson: Diseases can be ideal biological weapons,” November 12, 2020 - Vox
Alison Crimmins, “Why the Biden administration should establish a Department of Climate,” November 12, 2020 - Defense One
John Conger, “What Would a Climate-Focused DoD Budget Look Like?” November 11, 2020 - Aspen Institute
“Five Best Ideas of the Day,” November 11, 2020 - War On The Rocks
Cullen Hendrix, “Climate Change as an Unconventional Security Risk,” October 23, 2020 - CBS News
Jeff Berardelli, “Climate change is a national security issue, experts warn,” October 22, 2020 - NATO Association of Canada
“Media Advisory on Oct. 21st at noon: Impacts of Climate Change on Human Security: What Can Be Done?” October 21, 2020 - The Pacific Council Magazine
Marcus D. King, “The Day After: A Crossroads for Climate Change,” October 15, 2020 - Asia Times
Tatiana Kanunnikova, “How green energy makes the military stronger,” October 13, 2020 - Foreign Affairs
Hillary Clinton, “A National Security Reckoning: How Washington Should Think About Power,” November/ December 2020 - TIME
W.J. Hennigan, “The U.S. Spent Billions of Dollars on Biodefense. COVID-19 Was the Attack it Never Saw Coming,” October 9, 2020 - The New York Times
Michael Schwirtz, “Nerve Agent Was Used to Poison Navalny, Chemical Weapons Body Confirms,” October 6, 2020 - E&E News
Lesley Clark & Hannah Northey, “Who would run Biden’s DOE?” October 5, 2020 - World Affairs Council
Interviews with Hon. Sherri Goodman, Admiral (Ret) James Stavrides and Hon John Conger, “Climate Change and National Security,” September 23, 2020 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis, “Interview with the Honorable Andy Webert, Russia Nerve Agents – an emboldened more repressive Putin,” June 8, 2020 - The Washington Post
Anne Gearan and Paul Sonne, “Trump administration denounces attack on Russian dissident, hints at sanctions,” September 4, 2020 - De Gelderlander
Bob van Huet, “Wereldwijde waterschaarste: hoe voorkomen we oorlogen en massamigratie?” September 1, 2020 - De Limburger
Bob van Huet, “Water als bron van conflicten: ‘Schaarste heeft gevolgen voor miljarden mensen’” September 1, 2020 - Les Crises
Nafeez Ahmed, “Changement climatique : un rapport commandé par le Pentagone alerte sur les risques à venir,” August 26, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Wanted: Climate experts for Pentagon team,” August 21, 2020 - Yale Climate Connections
Michael Svoboda, “13 major climate change reports released so far in 2020,” August 19, 2020 - E&E News
Bev Banks, “DOD takes slow road on environmental justice update,” August 11, 2020 - The Diplomat
Shiloh Fetzek and Vice Admiral (Ret) Dennis McGinn, “Climate Change Is a Security Threat to the Asia-Pacific,” August 10, 2020 - Anchorage Daily News
Karlovich et al, “As the world warms, costs rise for Alaska military bases,” August 1, 2020 - Social Investor
A Chandler Foundation Publication, “The Value of Partnerships: Philanthropy’s Latest Trends,” July 2020 - Politico
Elizabeth Ralph, “Is North Korea’s Covid-19 Vaccine Program a Dangerous Ruse?” July 28, 2020 - Politico
Carmen Paun and Ryan Heath, “How the coronavirus can prepare us for bioterrorism,” July 24, 2020 - The National Interest
Sherri Goodman and Clara Summer, “Will Russia Weaponize Its Wheat As the World Combats the Coronavirus?” July 18, 2020 - Vox
Allison Crimmins, “Why the next president should establish a Department of Climate,” July 21, 2020 - Roll Call
John M. Donnelly, “Amid pandemic, Pentagon would cut ‘chem-bio’ protections,” July 13, 2020 - Roll Call
John M. Donnelly, “Hill recoils at proposed cut to Pentagon anti-pandemic effort,” June 19, 2020 - The Hill
John Conger and Alice Hill, “The US Needs a National Resilience Act,” June 11, 2020 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis, “Interview with Admiral John Gower, CB OBE (Ret) and Christine Parthemore, NUCLEAR ARMS RACE,” June 8, 2020 - Vox
Alex Ward, “If the coronavirus fight is a “war,” Trump has been a disastrous commander in chief,” May 26, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Trump threatens climate efforts by defunding WHO — experts,” May 21, 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Laurie Goering, “Future shock: COVID-19 failures show need to prep for climate threats,” May 21, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Trump threatens climate efforts by defunding WHO — experts,” May 21, 2020 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis, “Interview with Hon. Andy Weber, NUCLEAR START,” May 11, 2020 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Vandervort, Joan: “Sea level rise and beyond: Is the US military prepared for climate change?” Volume 76, 2020 – Issue 3, May 4, 2020 - The One Tree Planted Show
Interview with Sherri Goodman, “How Will Climate Change Affect National Security?” May 1, 2020 - AsiaGlobal Online
Rachel Fleishman, “The Responsibility To Prepare And Prevent: The Urgent Need For A Climate-Security Governance Architecture,” April 29, 2020 - Energia Oltre
Marco Orioles, “Petrolio, Covid-19 e Cina. Tutti i dossier per gli Usa,” April 28, 2020 - Politico
Natasha Bertrand, Daniel Lippman and Lara Seligman, “Officials probe the threat of a coronavirus bioweapon,” April 24, 2020 - CNN
Ira Helfand, Arun Mitra and Tilman Ruff, “Will Covid-19 save the world?,” April 17, 2020 - TIME
Kimberly Dozier, “China Wins: Why Trump’s WHO Funding Cut Is a Gift to Beijing,” April 15, 2020 - Climate One
Interview with Christine Parthemore, “What’s the Future of Nuclear Power?,” April 10, 2020 - Sight Magazine
Thin Wei Lin and Michael Taylor, “Double whammy”: Climate stress and coronavirus gang up on world’s vulnerable,” April 9, 2020 - Foreign Policy
Tammy Kupperman Thorp, “To Defeat the Coronavirus, Stop Corruption,” April 6, 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thin Wei Lin and Michael Taylor, “ANALYSIS-Climate stress and coronavirus gang up on world’s vulnerable,” April 1, 2020 - Defense One
Natasha Bajema and Christine Parthemore, “How to Counter China’s Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign,” March 30, 2020 - Yahoo News
Sharon Weinberger, Jana Winter and Martin De Bourmont, “Suspected SARS virus and flu samples found in luggage: FBI report describes China’s ‘biosecurity risk’,” March 30, 2020 - Federal News Network (Federal Drive)
Interview with Christine Parthemore, “Effective communication of the utmost importance during pandemic,” March 17, 2020 - Vox
Alexander Ward, “What the military can and can’t do in a coronavirus response,” March 17, 2020 - SE12
Interview with Andrea Rezzonico, The Council on Strategic Risks, January 25, 2020 - Scott Amyx
Interview with Francesco Femia, CEO of The Council on Strategic Risks & Co-Founder, The Center for Climate and Security, December 23, 2019 - The Sociable
Tim Hinchliffe, “China and Russia are putting a new spin on the term ‘Cold War’ in the Arctic”: Senate hearing,” December 12, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Defense bill includes climate provisions for the military,” December 11, 2019 - Federal News Network – Federal Drive
Tom Temin, “Interview with Francesco Femia: Army War College finds service ill-equipped to face climate change,” December 6, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Interview with Lieutenant Commander Oliver-Leighton Barrett, USN (Ret), “How climate change influences immigration to the United States,” December 4, 2019 - Channel 4 News
Matt Frei, “Sherri Goodman: “Climate change is changing the security landscape,” December 4, 2019 - CNN
Chandelis Duster, “John Kerry on the climate crisis: ‘No country is getting the job done’,” December 1, 2019 - E&E News
Maya Earls, “‘Start acting right away.’ Group calls for global risk panel,” November 5, 2019 - Defense One
John Conger, “Protecting US Bases Increasingly Requires Hardening Civilian Infrastructure,” November 4, 2019 - Nation of Change
Derek Royden, “Risk assessment: Thoughts on ‘a climate security plan for America,’” November 1, 2019 - Community World
Bill Knight, “Humans aren’t hopeless on climate change,” October 30, 2019 - The New York Times
Denise Lu and Christopher FlavelleRising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows,” October 29, 2019 - Vice
Nafeez Ahmed, “U.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says,” October 24, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Michael Svoboda, “12 reports on carbon pricing, climate security, and more,” October 18, 2019 - KTVA
Liz Raines, “Former military officials call for climate security plan, Arctic research,” October 9, 2019 - American Institute of Physics
This Week, “New Climate Reports Spotlight Impacts and Response Options,” September 30, 2019 - Morocco World News
Perri Huggins, “Climate Apartheid Is Upon Us,” September 28, 2019 - Newsweek
Alexandra Hutzler, “It’s Not Just Greta Thunberg, Former Top Military Officials Tell Donald Trump To Treat Climate Change As Major National Security Threat,” September 24, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Former top military officials seek action, saying climate change poses ‘unprecedented security risks,’” September 24, 2019 - Medium
Aaron Gell, “People Are Seriously Talking About Invading Brazil to Save the Planet,” September 24, 2019 - TRT World
“Interview with Sherri Goodman,” September 23, 2019 - Forbes
Chunka Mui, “How Business Leaders Can Lead On Climate Change—Right Now. 3 Lessons From The U.S. Military,” September 22, 2019 - Huffington Post
Travis Waldron, “As The Amazon Burns, Brazil’s Best Ally In Climate Denial Is The United States,” September 22, 2019 - The Hill
Sherri Goodman and Gen. Gordon Sullivan, “Climate Change Threatens the Backbone of America’s Global Power,” September 22, 2019 - CBS News
Margaret Brennan, “Former intelligence analyst says White House tried to delete “basic science” from climate change report,” September 20, 2019 (interview with Dr. Rod Schoonover) - Bloomberg News
Bloomberg Markets: The Open, “Viewing Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Instability,” September 20, 2019 (interview with Sherri Goodman) - NPR On Point
Meghna Chakrabarti, “As The Effects Of Climate Change Escalate, So Could Global Conflict, Writer Says,” September 19, 2019 (interview with Francesco Femia begins at 25:05) - The New Republic
Emily Atkin, “The Blood-Dimmed Tide: Climate change is poised to alter the face of global conflict,” September 17, 2019 - MSNBC
John Conger, “Why climate change is a national security issue,” September 16, 2019 - IPI Global Observatory
Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, “The Responsibility to Prepare for Climate Change,” September 16, 2019 - The Scientist
Catherine Offord, “Science Advisor William Happer to Leave National Security Council,” September 13, 2019 - Science
Scott Waldman, “Why a high-profile climate science opponent quit Trump’s White House,” September 12, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Death of climate panel prompted Happer resignation,” September 12, 2019 - Council on Foreign Relations
Busby, Joshua, “A Clear and Present Danger: Climate Risks, the Energy System, and U.S. National Security,” in “Impact of Climate Risk on the Energy System Examining the Financial, Security, and Technology Dimensions,” pg 54, September 2019 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “Climate Denialist to Depart White House National Security Council,” September 11, 2019 - Heated
Emily Atkin, “John Bolton’s climate legacy,” September 11, 2019 - TRT World
TRT World Now, “Hurricane Dorian: Interview with Sherri Goodman,” September 8, 2019 - Associated Press
Seth Borenstein, “NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim,” September 8, 2019 - KCRW
“Interview with John Conger,” To the Point, September 5, 2019 - Pete for America
“Mobilizing America: Rising to the Climate Challenge,” September 4, 2019 - CNN
Pete Buttigieg, “Pete Buttigieg: Bold climate action will be our new national project,” September 4, 2019 - University of Oxford
Stuart Gillespie, “The security threats of climate change,” September 3, 2019 (profile of CCS Research Fellow, Kate Guy) - War on the Rocks
Warcast, Interview with Francesco Femia, “The Amazon Burns: National and Regional Security Implications,” August 27, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
“Rush for Arctic resources could pollute the region,” August 21, 2019 - E&E News
Philip Athey, “Sen. Rubio: Tyndall is ‘going to be better’ than ever,” August 15, 2019 - Gizmodo
Yessenia Funes, “The Navy Created The Pentagon’s First Climate Task Force And Now It’s Dead,” August 10, 2019 - Florida Today
John Conger, “Climate change is a threat to the space program and national security | Opinion,” August 5, 2019 - KUNC
Michael De Yoanna, “Chemical Weapons Depot In Pueblo On Army Climate Change List,” August 7, 2019 - Insurance Journal
Don Jergler, “Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience,” August 1, 2019 - Public Radio International
PRI’s The World, “Former state dept official speaks after resignation,” July 31, 2019 - Mother Jones
Abigail Weinberg, “Climate Change Is Killing US Soldiers,” July 26, 2019 - National Defense
Gregory D. Foster, “Viewpoint: Environmental Industry Can Serve as Soft Power Tool,” July 24, 2019 - US Army war College
Brosig et al, “Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army,” July 2019 - TRT World
Ghida Fakhry, “Interview with Francesco Femia (begins at 17:45),” TRT World, “Climate Conflict?” July 18, 2019 - Yahoo News
Juliet Eilperin, “Trump official resigns after climate change warning is blocked,” July 11, 2019 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport, “State Dept. Intelligence Analyst Quits to Protest Blocked House Testimony,” July 10, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, “Intelligence aide, blocked from submitting written testimony on climate change, resigns from State Dept.,” July 10, 2019 - The Washington Examiner
Josh Siegel, “Trump mothballs climate skeptic panel,” July 10, 2019 - The Wall Street Journal
Timothy Puko and Warren P. Strobel, “State Department Analyst Resigns After White House Blocked Climate Change Testimony,” July 10, 2019 - The Atlantic Council
David Michel, “Iran’s Troubled Quest for Food Self-Sufficiency,” July 9, 2019 - NBC News and InsideClimateNews
Georgina Gustin and Mariana Heninger, “Central America’s choice: Pray for rain or migrate,” July 8, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Wrecked base offers ‘blank slate’ for climate resilience,” July 3, 2019 - The Beaufort Gazette
Stephen Fastenau, “Report: Parris Island and other military bases need help preparing for climate change,” June 28, 2019 - Tampa Bay Times
John Conger, “Climate change is threatening America’s national security at military bases across Florida, including MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa,” June 26, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Sarah Kennedy, “Why climate change is a “threat multiplier,” June 20, 2019 - War on the Rocks
Werrell, Femia and Conger, “A ‘Responsibility To Prepare’: A Strategy For Presidential Leadership On The Security Risks Of Climate Change,” June 14, 2019 - Defense One
Ben Watson, “These Are the US Military Bases Most Threatened by Climate Change,” June 13, 2019 - AlterNet
Julia Conley, “Trump’s Attempt to Suppress State Department Analyst’s Testimony-on Climate Crisis “is what fascists do,” June 9, 2019 - Kyodo News
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret), “OPINION: Japan is not battle ready for climate change,” June 8, 2019 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show,” June 8, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey, Brady Dennis, “White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony saying climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’,” June 7, 2019 - Roll Call
Nathan Ouellette and Jinitzail Hernandez, “Bracing for impact: Is the military climate-ready?” Roll Call, June 7, 2019 - Le Monde
Clémentine Thiberge, “Le climat, nouvelle donne pour penser les guerres de demain,” June 3, 2019 - Medium
Elizabeth Warren, “Our Military Can Help Lead the Fight Against Climate Change,” May 15, 2019 - Bloomberg
Jennifer Jacobs, Alyza Sebenius and Christopher Flavelle, “Trump Visits Storm-Damaged Panhandle, Pledges Financial Aid,” May 9, 2019 - PassBlue
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, “Climate Change and Risk of Conflict: The Links Grow Clearer,” May 7, 2019 - Government Matters
John Conger, “Air Force bases stop work on disaster recovery,” May 6, 2019 - NBC
Linda Givetash, “Militaries go green, rethink operations in face of climate change,” April 27, 2019 - C-SPAN (Washington Journal)
“John Conger on Climate Change and National Security,” April 25, 2019 -
Medium
Jared Keller, “The Military, Not the White House, Is Readying for Climate Change,” April 16, 2019 - PBS News Hour
Mike Cerre, “In Niger, rising temperatures mean barren fields — but fertile ground for terrorism,” April 16, 2019 - U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
“The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change and Protect National Security,” April 9, 2019 - Washington Post
Juliet Eiplerin, Brady Dennis, Missy Ryan, “As White House questions climate change, U.S. military is planning for it,” April 8, 2019 - E&E News: Defense
Courtney Columbus, “GOP trashes Paris deal but sees warming’s security impacts,” April 3, 2019 - Courthouse News Service
Brandi Buchman, “Climate Change Needs National-Security Response, Experts Tell House,” April 2, 2019 - U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on “How Climate Change Threatens U.S. National Security.” , April 2, 2019
- Defense One
Ben Watson, “Climate change versus the U.S. military,” March 30, 2019 - Voice of America
Michael Lipin, “Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million,” March 29, 2019 - Breaking Defense
Paul McLeary, “Marine Commandant Memo Adds Billions to DoD’s Growing Weather Cleanup,” March 22, 2019 - PBS News Hour
Margery A. Beck, Ellen Knickmeyer and Robert Burns, “Midwest floods foreshadow national security threat posed by climate change,” March 22, 2019 - NBC News
David Hasemeyer, “U.S. military knew the flood risks at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, but didn’t act in time,” March 21, 2019 - Reuters
Timothy Gardner, “Flooded U.S. Air Force base underscores climate risk to security: experts,” March 18, 2019 - The Verge
Rachel Becker, “Nebraska flooding shows (again) how extreme weather can threaten national security,” March 18, 2019 - Roll Call
“Creation of a panel disputing climate change causes White House infighting,” March 14, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Dems avoid White House climate review,” March 14, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Key Democrat has ‘considerable doubt’ about military readiness,” March 14, 2019 - Daily Press
Tamara Dietrich, “Kaine aims to help defend Hampton Roads military readiness with Climate Security Act,” March 13, 2019 - U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Readiness Subcommittee, “Ensuring Resiliency of Military Installations and Operations in Response to Climate Changes,” March 13, 2019
- Daily Comet
Editorial Opinion, “Our opinion: Trump climate panel’s process is important,” March 12, 2019 - Mother Jones
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, “Five Things a Democratic President Could Do By Declaring a National Emergency Over Climate Change,” March 8, 2019 - CNN – Christiane Amanpour
Interview with Rear Admiral David Titley, USN (Ret), “‘Crazy’ to ignore climate change security threats,” March 7, 2019 - The New York Times
General John R. Allen and David G. Victor, “Despite What Trump Says, Climate Change Threatens Our National Security,” March 7, 2019 - The International Business Times
Precious Silva, “Donald Trump’s Plans Can Increase CO2 Emissions And Worsen Climate Change,” March 6, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Why ex-military leaders are trying to stop Trump’s panel to counter climate science,” March 6, 2019 - Washington Examiner
John Siciliano and Josh Siegel, “Daily on Energy: Pressure mounting against White House climate panel,” March 6, 2019 - Politico
“White House climate panel would pose security risk, experts warn,” March 6, 2019 - Carbon Brief
“World’s top 20 airlines falling short on climate change commitments, study finds,” March 6, 2019 - Earth and Space Science News (EOS)
Randy Showstack, “Former Officials Slam Planned White House Climate Change Panel,” March 6, 2019 - CNET
Marrian Zhou, “Former security officials to Trump: Stop trying to undermine climate science,” March 6, 2019 - Earther
Yessenia Funes, “58 National Security Experts Denounce Trump’s Latest Plan to Dispute Climate Science,” March 6, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans to counter climate change ‘will erode our national security,’ 58 former officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - NPR
Dalia Mortada, “Former Defense Leaders Warn White House It’s ‘Dangerous’ To Downplay Climate Change,” March 5, 2019 - KUNC
Dalia Mortada, “Former Defense Leaders Warn White House It’s ‘Dangerous’ To Downplay Climate Change,” March 5, 2019 - The Hill
Brett Samuels, “Dozens of ex-officials warn Trump against White House panel on climate change,” March 5, 2019 - Congressional Quarterly
Benjamin J. Hulac, “Former Security Officials to Trump: Don’t Politicize Climate,” March 5, 2019 - Axios
Andrew Freedman, “58 former national security leaders oppose Trump climate panel,” March 5, 2019 - The Verge
Rachel Becker, “Former officials urge Trump to stop undermining climate science,” March 5, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans to counter climate change ‘will erode our national security,’ 58 former officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - Boston Globe
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans disputing climate change ‘will erode our national security,’” 58 ex-officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - Washington Examiner
Josh Siegel, “John Kerry, Chuck Hagel lead former national security officials in rebuke of Trump’s climate skeptic panel,” March 5, 2019 - David Wallace-Wells
“The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming,” February 2019 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Dems to Trump: Don’t let skeptics review science,” February 28, 2019 - Office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
Letter to the President on the White House “ad hoc group of select federal scientists,” February 27, 2019 - Lawfare
Michelle Melton, “The White House’s Climate Committee Red-Teams Reality,” February 26, 2019 - NPR
1A, Interview with John Conger, “Why Are We Still Debating Climate Change?,” February 25, 2019 - The Daily Caller
Tim Pearce, “Report: White House Convenes Panel to Reassess Climate Change Risks,” February 25, 2019 - WHYY
Dick Polman, “The Trump regime wants to believe the Earth is flat,” February 25, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Brady Dennis, “White House to select federal scientists to reassess government climate findings, sources say,” February 24, 2019 - Chicago Tribune
Eilperin, Dawsey and Dennis, “Trump to set up science panel to counter his own government’s climate change consensus, officials say,” February 24, 2019 - CNN News
“Washington Post: White House plans to assemble group of scientists to re-evaluate climate science conclusions,” February 24, 2019 - The Daily Princetonian
Bill Huang, “Global warming denier William Happer *64 appointed to climate panel,” February 24, 2019 - National Geographic
Andrew Revkin, “Does the U.S. need a ‘presidential climate security committee’?,” February 22, 2019 - Salon
Igor Derysh, “Science denier who once compared CO2 to Jews in Nazi Germany will head Trump’s climate panel,” February 22, 2019 - Science
Scott Waldman, “Retired physicist leading new Trump effort to question climate threat to security,” February 21, 2019 - Reuters
Laurie Goering, “Prepare now for accelerating climate threats, military officials warn,” February 21, 2019 - Earther
Tom McKay, “Report: Trump Wants Guy Who Compared Climate Science to the Holocaust to Head Climate Panel,” February 21, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Democrats sound alarm about Trump appointees’ proposed nuclear energy sales to Saudi Arabia,” February 20, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin and Missy Ryan, “White House readies panel to assess if climate change poses a national security threat,” February 20, 2019 - Vanity Fair
Bess Levin, “Trump’s New Climate Czar: Carbon Dioxide Has Been Treated Just Like ‘Jews Under Hitler,” February 20, 2019 - Bustle
Kavitha George, “Trump’s Proposed Climate Change Panel Would Be Led By A Man Who Doubts It’s Even Real,” February 20, 2019 - Associated Press
Kevin Freking and Seth Borenstein, “Climate threat doubter is leading effort to advise Trump,” February 20, 2019 - The Intelligencer (New York Magazine)
Matt Stieb, “Report: Climate Denier to Lead White House Climate Panel,” February 20, 2019 - The Independent
Borzou Daragahi, “From the US to the Netherlands, military leaders are speaking up on climate change,” February 20, 2019 - Reuters
Timothy Gardner, “White House readies panel to question security risks of climate,” February 20, 2019 - CNBC
Timothy Gardner, “White House readies panel to question security risks of climate,” February 20, 2019 - TIME
Kevin Freking and Seth Borenstein, “Climate Change Doubter Is Leading Effort to Advise President Trump on Climate Security,” February 20, 2019 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport, “White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change Is a National Security Threat. It Includes a Climate Denialist,” February 20, 2019 - CNN
Devan Cole, “Washington Post: Climate skeptic may lead WH panel to study climate change and national security,” February 20, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “White House mulls panel to review ‘adversarial’ studies,” February 20, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “International military council created to tackle climate,” February 20, 2019 - Devdiscourse
Newsdesk, “UPDATE 2-Trade talks keep European shares afloat as Sainsbury’s, Swedbank sink,” February 20, 2019 - Reuters
Laurie Goering, “Climate change an ‘imminent’ security threat, risk experts say,” February 19, 2019 - Scientific American
Jean Chemnick, “Where Climate Change Fits into Venezuela’s Ongoing Crisis,” February 18, 2019 - E&E News
Jean Chemnick, “Climate change lurks in background of humanitarian crisis,” February 15, 2019 - The Post and Courier
Bo Petersen, “US military prepping for sea rise in SC as funding stalls,” February 14, 2019 - Defense One
Paulina Glass, “Lawmakers Tell Pentagon: Revise and Resubmit Your Climate-Change Report,” February 6, 2019 - Huffington Post
Alexander C. Kaufman, “Green New Deal Resolution Poised To Shake Up Democrats’ Foreign Policy Debate,” February 5, 2019 - Bloomberg
Christopher Flavelle, “The Navy Wants to Build a Wall to Stave Off Climate Change,” February 1, 2019 - E&E News
Mark K. Matthews and Scott Waldman, “This is what a climate emergency declaration looks like,” February 1, 2019 - E&E News
Mark K. Matthews, “Top intelligence official issues warning on climate change,” January 30, 2019 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Another winter, another Trump call for ‘good old fashioned Global Warming,’” January 22, 2019 - Nation of Change
Ashley Curtin, “New Congressional report issued by Pentagon warns against climate change, calls it a ‘global issue,’” January 22, 2019 - Washington Post
Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “Pentagon report details climate risks to bases, but critics say it falls short on detail,” January 19, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “Pentagon report details climate risks to bases, but critics say it falls short on detail,” January 19, 2019 - Military Times
Tara Copp, “DoD: Majority of mission-critical bases face climate change threats,” January 18, 2019 - Tampa Bay Times
Howard Altman, “Tyndall Air Force base finds new mission with the billions to be spent repairing hurricane damage,” January 18, 2019 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kuznetz, “U.S. Military Report Warns Climate Change Threatens Key Bases,” January 18, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Pentagon climate report slammed for ‘strange gaps,’” January 18, 2019 - Vox
Alex Ward, “The Pentagon calls climate change a national security threat. Trump isn’t listening,” January 18, 2019 - Huffington Post
Chris D’Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman, “Pentagon Confirms Climate Change Is A National Security Threat, Contradicting Trump,” January 18, 2019 - Mother Jones
Dan Spinelli, “The Pentagon’s New Climate Change Report Is Missing Some Important Details,” January 18, 2019 - START Magazine
Fabio Vanorio, “Come si dibatte tra Pentagono e Trump sulla minaccia del Climate Change alla Sicurezza degli Stati Uniti (prima parte),” January 13, 2019 - Government Matters
Andrew Wagner, “Interview with John Conger: Climate change’s impact on military installations around the world,” January 9, 2019 - Fast Company
Adele Peters, “How soon will climate change force you to move?” January 8, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Incoming chief has said little about climate impacts,” December 28, 2018 - CDEMA News
“Regional Consultation on Climate and Security in the Caribbean,” Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2018 - Mother Jones
Dan Spinelli, “This Year’s Extreme Weather Showed That the Pentagon Is Not Ready for Climate Change,” December 21. 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Mattis, who tied climate to national security, steps down,” December 21, 2018 - APPS Policy Forum
Michael Thomas and Anthony Bergin, “New Zealand Defence not turning its back on climate change,” December 20, 2019 - The Hill
John Conger, “Climate change puts our military bases at risk,” December 7, 2018 - British Forces Radio
Sitrep, “Could climate change create a security crisis triggering a military response?” December 7, 2018 - Yahoo News
Alexander Nazaryan, “The climate change ‘resistance’ movement inside the Trump administration,” December 6, 2018 - War on the Rocks
Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, “Climate Change as a National Security Threat and What to Do About It,” December 3, 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Report details security impacts of warming,” November 27, 2018 - Earther
Brian Kahn, “The Trump Administration’s New Climate Report Shows Just How Shortsighted and Dangerous Its Border Policies Are,” November 28, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Jamie McIntyre, “Climate change report underscores national security threats,” November 26, 2018 - The Post and Courier
Chloe Johnson and Bo Peterson, “SC faces not only floods but more wildfires in warmer future, national report finds,” November 26, 2018 - U.S. Global Change Research Program
“Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol II,” November 23, 2018 - NBC News
Nicholas Kusnetz, “Rising seas threaten Norfolk Naval Shipyard, raising fears of ‘catastrophic damage’,” November 19, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kusnetz, “U.S. Nuclear Fleet’s Dry Docks Threatened by Storms and Rising Seas,” November 19, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Neela Banerjee, “Dangers Without Borders: Military Readiness in a Warming World,” November 19, 2018 - Lawfare
Michelle Melton, “Climate Change and National Security, Part I: What is the Threat, When’s It Coming, and How Bad Will It Be?” November 19, 2018 - Scientific American
Courtney Columbus, “Hurricane-Damaged Air Force Base Has an Opportunity to Rebuild for Resilience,” November 9, 2018 - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Parthemore, Femia and Werrell, “The global responsibility to prepare for intersecting climate and nuclear risks“, November 1, 2018 - Scientific American
Adam Aton, “Caravan Provides a Preview of Climate Migrations, Experts Say,” October 29, 2018 - E&E News
Adam Aton, “Experts see preview of climate migrations in caravan,” October 29, 2018 - The Huffington Post
Alexander Kaufman, “Trump’s Military Response To Migrant Caravan Foreshadows A Dark Long-Term Climate Policy,” October 27, 2018 - Pacific Standard
Jared Keller, “Hurricane Michael Reminded America Why Climate Change is a National Security Risk,” October 19, 2018 - The President’s Inbox, The Council on Foreign Relations
James Lindsay, A Discussion on Climate Security and Water Crises with Sherri Goodman, October 18, 2018 - IRIS
Alice Baillat and Bastien Alex, “How climate change challenges the US Department of Defense?” October 17, 2018 - The New York Times
Dave Phillips, “Exposed by Michael: Climate Threat to Warplanes at Coastal Bases,” October 17, 2018 - Bloomberg
Bloomberg Daybreak Americas, “Viewing Climate Change as a Geopolitical Risk,” September 26, 2018 - E&E News
Adam Aton and Daniel Cusick, “Navy needs to consider broader climate effects, experts say,” September 25, 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Va. taps first Cabinet member to tackle rising seas,” September 21, 2018 - Bloomberg
Eric Roston and Mark Niquette, “Florence’s Path Shows Pentagon Has to Fight Climate Threats Too,” September 17, 2018 - The Winchester Star
Nick Snow, “McCain remembered,” September 15, 2018 - CleanTechnica
Carolyn Fortuna, “What Will Persuade Conservatives To Fight Climate Change?,” September 12, 2018 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: How to get Trump to sign climate legislation? Put it in a defense bill,” August 14, 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Trump signs NDAA with climate, chemical, species riders,” August 13, 2018 - Green Tech Media
Jeff St. John, “Trump Signs Military Funding Bill That Includes Focus on Energy, Climate Security,” August 13, 2018 - Ben Pogue
Ben Pogue, “Sea level and security,” August 8, 2018 - Digital Journal
Karen Graham, “South Carolina Military leaders take action on sea level rise,” August 6, 2018 - The Citadel News and Events
“Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 6, 2018 - Military.com
Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 6, 2018 - The Washington Post
Bo Peterson, “Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - The New York Times
Bo Peterson, “Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - ABC News
Bo Peterson, “Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - Stars and Stripes
Bo Peterson, “South Carolina military leaders respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - U.S. News and World Report
Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 5, 2018 - Washington Times
Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 5, 2018 - The Charlotte Observer
- Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 5, 2018
- The Post and Courier (SC)
Bo Peterson, “Parris Island, Charleston Coast Guard threatened by rising seas, global warming,” August 5, 2018 - Virginia NPR
Pamela D’Angelo, “Experts Say What Happens In The Arctic Affects Norfolk Flooding,” July 27, 2018 - Think Progress
E.A. Crunden, “Bipartisan group of lawmakers quietly presses Pentagon on altered climate change report,” July 24, 2018 - The Interpreter
Kumuda Simpson, “Japan floods a warning for a changed climate,” July 13, 2018 - CNN
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, “The threat Trump has to acknowledge at NATO,” July 10, 2018 - Daily Press
Tamara Dietrich, “Other regions offer lessons on tackling rising sea impacts, experts say,” July 10, 2018 - USA Today
Gerald Harris, “Trump’s skepticism aside, the Navy is taking climate change seriously,” June 28, 2018 - Securite & Defense Magazine
“Europe’s responsibility to prepare : managing climate security in a changing world,” June 22, 2018 - PreventionWeb
“At critical juncture for the EU, experts unveil “Europe’s Responsibility to Prepare” framework for climate and security,” June 21, 2018 - MeteoWeb
Antonella Petris, “Clima: minaccia per la sicurezza: l’UE ha la “responsabilità di prepararsi,” June 21, 2018 - Washington Times
Ben Wolfgang, “Despite sea change at White House, Pentagon steps up climate change preparations,” June 3, 2018 - Australian Institute of International Affairs
Shirley Scott and Charlotte Ku, “The UN Security Council as a Climate Governance Institution,” May 22, 2018 - Axios
Andrew Freedman, ‘First map of global freshwater trends shows “human fingerprint,”‘ May 16, 2018 - Washington Post
Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “The phrase ‘climate change’ appeared in a draft Pentagon report 23 times. The final version used it once,” May 10, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Group aims to ‘open up’ DOD grants for climate adaptation,” May 7, 2018 - Foreign Policy
Martin De Bourmont and Dan De Luce, “The Head of the U.S. Coast Guard Isn’t Afraid to Talk About Climate Change,” May 4, 2018 - Business Insider
John Haltiwanger, “Some US defenses against a North Korean nuclear attack could be knocked out without a shot — by climate change,” April 30, 2018 - StarTribune
Paul Douglas, “Sea Level Rise Threatens Water Supply on Thousands of Islands,” April 26, 2018 - Washington Post
Chris Moony and Brady Dennis, “The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary,” April 25, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kusnetz, “Climate Change Will Leave Many Pacific Islands Uninhabitable by Mid-Century, Study Says,” April 25, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Former Pentagon official will lead climate group,” April 6, 2018 - WGME (Maine)
WGME, “Sen. King leads panel on climate change, national security,” April 5, 2018 - Maine Public Radio
Susan Sharon, “Retired Marine General Sees Climate Change as National Security Threat,” April 6, 2018 - Portland Press Herald
Dennis Hoey, “Climate change panel outlines national security threats posed by rising sea levels,” April 5, 2018 - World Politics Review
Ellen Laipson, “Below the Radar, the U.S. Is Making Steady Progress on the Climate-Security Nexus,” March 13, 2018 - NPR
Christopher Joyce, “New Report Predicts Rising Tides, More Flooding,” March 5, 2018 - Fair Warning
Chelsea Conaboy, “Warning wire: Climate change as military crisis,” March 1, 2018 - Scientific American
Scott Waldman, “Key Missile Defense Installation Will be Uninhabitable in Less Than 20 Years,” March 1, 2018 - Association of Defense Communities
Dan Cohen, “Pentagon Needs to Prepare for Threat of Sea-Level Rise, Panel Says,” February 28, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Jamie McIntyre and Travis J. Tritten, “New Climate Change Warning,” February 27, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Military analysts press ‘whole-of-government’ approach,” February 27, 2018 - Stars and Stripes
John Vandiver, “Retired generals: US bases, missions threatened by rising sea levels,” February 27, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Neela Banerjee, “Sea Level Rise Damaging More U.S. Bases, Former Top Military Brass Warn,” February 26, 2018 - The Ledger
Tom McLaughlin, “Military on front line of battle with sea level rise,” updated on February 26, 2018 - GateHouse Media
Tom McLaughlin, “Military on front line of battle with sea level rise,” February 23, 2018 - Economist
“One arm of the Trump administration thinks climate change is a security threat,” February 22, 2018 - Discover
Tom Yulsman, “As Trump seeks climate funding cuts, new findings and the U.S. intelligence community highlight serious climate risks, February 15, 2018 - MCC
Abby Hershberger, “At the Intersection of Climate Change and Conflict (part I),” February 9, 2018 - Wired
Bonnie Christian, “As Day Zero nears, Cape Town’s drought is a stark reminder: climate change can cause conflict,” February 1, 2018 - Federal News Radio
Eric White, “Military bases are vulnerable to climate change, according to a new study from the Defense Department,” February 1, 2018 - 89.3 KPCC
Libby Denkman, “California military bases report damage from extreme climate, weather events,” February 1, 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
“Despite Trump’s climate change denial, Pentagon says warming threatens half of U.S. military sites,” February 1, 2018 - USA Today
Sammy Roth, “Climate change, extreme weather already threaten 50% of U.S. military sites,” January 31, 2018 - Defense One
Caroline Houck, “Half of the US Military’s Sites Are Vulnerable to Climate Change. Now What?,” January 31, 2018 - Reuters
Sebastien Malo, “Climate change threatens half of U.S. military sites: Pentagon,” January 31, 2018 - The Guardian
Sebastien Malo, “Climate change threatens half of U.S. military sites: Pentagon report finds ,” January 31, 2018 - Swiftnary
Sonia Javadekar, “US military provisions vulnerable to extreme weather and climate risks,” January 31, 2018 - Washington Post
Missy Ryan, “Pentagon survey details effects of climate change on military sites,” January 30, 2018 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Trump keeps saying the U.S. may stay in the Paris climate accord. And the media keeps believing him,” January 30, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Jamie McIntyre and Travis Tritten, “Pentagon orders watchdog to hide data showing Taliban’s progress in Afghanistan,” January 30, 2018 - Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Floods, droughts and fires: Survey says hundreds of DOD properties vulnerable to climate-related damage,” January 30, 2018 - Science
Nick Sobczyk, “Half of U.S. military facilities vulnerable to extreme weather and climate risks,” January 30, 2018 - West Side Story
“Report shows half of US military bases have been affected by climate change,” January 30, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Travis Tritten, “50 percent of US military bases report climate extremes, new Pentagon study says,” January 29, 2018 - Vox
David Roberts, “The trouble with Trump leaving climate change to the military,” January 23, 2018 - Newsweek
Sydney Pereira, “Pentagon Scraps Climate Change as a Security Risk in New Strategy – Even Though Defense Secretary Has Said It’s a Clear Threat,” January 19, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “National defense strategy won’t address climate,” January 18, 2018 - Earth and Space Science News (EOS)
Randy Showstack, “Climate Change is National Security Risk, Congress Members Warn,” January 18, 2018 - Pacific Standard
Sean Mowbray, “Trump and the Military Are At Odds on Climate Change,” January 18, 2018 - Mongabay
Sean Mowbray, “A tale of two policies: climate change, Trump and the U.S. military,” January 17, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Phil McKenna, “106 Lawmakers Urge Trump: Restore Climate Change in National Security Strategy,” January 16, 2018 - Foreign Policy
Anatol Lieven, “The Only Force That Can Beat Climate Change Is the U.S. Army,” January 9, 2018 - National Geographic
Michael Greshko, “Future Warming Could Worsen Europe’s Refugee Crisis,” December 21, 2017 - UN Dispatch
John Light, “The Omission of ‘Climate Change’ from the New US National Security Strategy Could Have Broad Diplomatic Consequences,” December 20, 2017 - Climate News Network
Alex Kirby, “Trump confused on climate’s security threat,” December 19, 2017 - Scientific American
Jean Chemnick, “Trump Drops Climate Threats from National Security Strategy,” December 19, 2017 - K5 News
Samuel Roth, “Trump omits key military priority from National Security Strategy: climate change,” December 18, 2017 - USA Today
Samuel Roth, “Trump omits key military priority from National Security Strategy: climate change,” December 18, 2017 - Jiayi Zhou, “National Climate-Related Security Policies of the Permanent Member States of the United Nations Security Council,” SIPRI, 2017
- Washington Examiner
Travis J. Tritten, “Trump ditches climate change in new national security strategy days after signing a bill calling it a ‘direct threat,'” December 18, 2017 - Mashable
Andrew Freedman, “Trump’s national security strategy omits climate change from major threat list,” December 18, 2017 - The Huffington Post
Alexander C. Kaufman, “Trump Decides Climate Change Is No Longer A National Security Threat,” December 18, 2017 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Climate to get a bit part in Trump’s security plan,” December 18, 2017 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: The Pentagon takes climate change very seriously. This government watchdog says that’s not enough,” December 13, 2017 - Reuters
Laurie Goering, “As climate threat grows, Iraq battles a new enemy: Water shortages,” December 12, 2017 - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Brett Anderson, “The Rising Tidewater,” December 5, 2017 - Knowable Magazine
Bruce Lieberman, “Climate change can set the stage for violence,” December 1, 2017 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Trump expected to sign bill calling climate change a “direct threat.” Really.” November 28, 2017 - The Washington Examiner
Travis J. Tritten, “Climate change is a ‘direct threat to national security,’ the defense bill says. And Trump is expected to sign it,” November 22, 2017 - World Wildlife Fund
“Sustainability, Stability, Security,” November 2017 - Thruthdig
Alex Kirby, “Climate Change and Nuclear Threats are Twins,” November 19, 2017 - E&E News, Pentagon
Nick Sobczyk, “Climate policies intact despite Trump, DOD official says,” November 17, 2017 - Arab News
Kerry Boyd Anderson, “Drought’s contribution to growing risks of conflict,” November 14, 2017 - myRepublica
Biswas Baral, “Climate of uncertainty,” November 10, 2017 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kusnetz, “Protecting Norfolk from Flooding Won’t Be Cheap: Army Corps Releases Its Plan,” October 30, 2017 - Christian Aid
Hanna Grene and Rita Cammaer, Out of the Frying Pan Part 1 (understanding the links between climate change and violent conflict) and Part 2 (building resilience to climate change and violent conflict), October 2017 - The Virginian-Pilot
Deborah Brown and Ann Phillips, “Region must fight climate change to protect health, security,” October 22, 2017 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Climate language primed to make it to final Pentagon bill,” October 6, 2017 - The Quarterly Journal
Amar Causevic, “Facing an Unpredictable Threat: Is NATO Ideally Placed to Manage Climate Change as a Non-Traditional Threat Multiplier?” - CQ Researcher
William Wanlund, “Climate Change and National Security,” September 22, 2017 - Rolling Stone
Justin Nobel, “What Happens When a Superstorm Hits D.C.?,” September 21, 2017 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Melting ice creates climate test for strapped military,” September 12, 2017 - Independent
Mythili Sampathkumar, “Experts hope upcoming defence bill could alert Trump to climate change’s threat to national security,” September 5, 2017 - TechCrunch
Jonathan Shieber, “After Harvey, ignore the climate debate and focus on building better, more efficient cities,” September 2, 2017 - The Cipher Brief
Kaitlin Lavinder, “State Department Special Envoys – Focus or Fat?,” August 30, 2017 - Greentech Media
Jeff St. John, “DOE Supports Cutting-Edge Grid Technologies. But They’re Missing From Its Major Reliability Analysis,” August 24, 2017 - Project Syndicate
Gulrez Shah Azhar, “Weathering the Violence of Climate Change,” August 15, 2017 - McClatchy DC Bureau
Vera Bergengruen, “The closest man to Trump is a stealth climate believer,” August 8, 2017 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Should the Defense Department take seriously the threat of climate change?,” July 13, 2017 - E&E News
Adam Aton, “Let military plan for climate change, experts say,” July 13, 2017 - Federal News Radio
Scott Maucione, “A room full of Republicans just addressed climate change, here’s why,” June 30, 2017 - InsideClimateNews
Nicholas Kusnetz, “House Republicans OK Measure Asking Military to Study Climate Change,” June 28, 2017 - Mike Gooding, “Researchers study coastal resilience strategies for sea level rise, recurrent flooding,” June 27, 2017
- E&E News
Sam Mintz, “Lawmakers Press Mattis on ‘Rubik’s Cube’ of Warming,” June 16, 2017 - Inverse Science
Jaqueline Ronson, “‘Catch-22 States’ Face a Climate Change Food Crisis,” and “Where the Next Climate Change Wars Could Erupt,” June 13, 2017 - Newsweek
Neil Bhatiya, “Africa will suffer as Donald Trump leaves the Paris Agreement and abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change,” June 9, 2017 - Reuters
Lin Taylor, “Food shortages due to climate change could fuel violence, unrest – research,” June 9, 2017 - The Daily Mail
Lin Taylor, “Food shortages due to climate change could fuel violence, unrest – research,” June 9, 2017 - Huffington Post
Chris D’Angelo, “World Order Could Hinge On Solving The Climate Crisis, Security Experts Warn,” June 9, 2017 - E&E News
Adam Aton, “Massive’ impacts of warming threaten stability of nations,” June 9, 2017 - Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Transition to renewable energy a matter of national security, think tank says,” June 8, 2017 - War on the Rocks,
John Conger, “Come Hell or High Water: The Pentagon’s Posture Toward Climate Change,” June 5, 2017 - Vox
Eliza Barclay, “Exiting Paris “probably our most consequential error since the Iraq War,” June 5, 2017 - Business Insider
Sonam Sheth, “Climate change poses a unique threat to national security, military and intelligence experts say,” June 4, 2017 - McClatchy DC Bureau
Vera Bergengruen, “Trump may doubt climate change, but Pentagon sees it as a ‘threat multiplier,’” June 2, 2017 - Lawfare
Alice C. Hill and Laura S. H. Holgate, “Nuclear Energy, Climate Change and Security Threats,” June 2, 2017 - Vox
Eliza Barclay, “3 winners and 5 losers from Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement,” June 2, 2017 - The Cipher Brief
Kaitlin Lavinder, “Leaving the Paris Climate Accord: Why it Matters,” June 1, 2017 - The Independent
Mythili Sampathkumar, “Trump set to announce decision on climate agreement as experts say withdrawal a ‘serious mistake,” June 1, 2017 - Quartz
Steve Mollman, “An island doomed by rising seas just helped the US prove it can thwart long-range Korean missiles,” May 31, 2017 - Reuters
Alex Whiting, “NATO lawmakers warn climate change may worsen Middle East security risks,” May 22, 2017 - E&E News
Hannah Hess, “No. 2 pick: U.S. ‘best served’ staying in climate talks,” May 10, 2017 - Bloomberg
Joe Ryan and Jennifer A Dlouhy, “Ex-Military Brass Back Tillerson, Mattis in Climate-Change Fight,” May 8, 2017 - BBC
Chris Baraniuk, “We are wasting the beautiful world we have been given,” April 28, 2017 - Reuters
Nellie Peyton, “Climate change could spur brain drain from developing world,” April 7, 2017 - The McGill Daily
Cedric Parages, “Climate change-induced migration,” April 3, 2017 - Military Times
Shawn Snow, “The White House doubts climate change. Here’s why the Pentagon does not,” March 17, 2017 - Esquire
Jack Holmes, “The Planet’s Best Hope Lies with a General and an Oilman,” March 15, 2017 - E&E News
“17 Republicans back resolution urging action on warming,” March 15, 2017 - Media Center: U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik
“Republican Climate Change Resolution Introduced in the House,” March 15, 2017 - ProPublica
Andrew Revkin, “Trump’s Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as National Security Challenge,” March 14, 2017 - Lawfare
Jordan Brunner, “How Trump Can Understand the Dangers We Face in the ‘Age of Consequences’,” March 14, 2017 - E&E News
Sam Mintz, “Pentagon must plan for global warming – Mattis,” March 14, 2017 - Voice of America
Steve Baragona, “President Trump, Military Split on Climate Change,” February 2, 2017 - New Security Beat
Frederick M. Burkle, “Wartime Public Health Crises Cause More Deaths Than Weapons, So Why Don’t We Pay More Attention?” February 2, 2017 - E&E News
Jean Chemnick, “Exxon could be on trial at Tillerson hearing,” January 10, 2017
Press hits from The Center for Climate and Security, prior to formation of the Council on Strategic Risks
2016
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- Lawfare
Alice C. Hill and Jane Chong, “Climate Change and National Security: An Opportunity for the Trump Administration—and Everyone Else,” December 19, 2017 - Scientific American
Dave Levitan, “Serious Changes Possible for National Security Policies on Climate Change,” November 29, 2016
- Lawfare
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- E&E News
Erika Bolstad, “Will Donald Trump’s Department of Defense care about climate change?,” November 28, 2016
- E&E News
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- Scientific American
Erika Bolstad, “Military Leaders Urge Trump to See Climate as a Security Threat,” November 15, 2016
- Scientific American
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- National Geographic
Michael Greshko, “The Global Dangers of Trump’s Climate Denial,” November 2016
- National Geographic
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- Marine Corps University Journal, 2016 Special Issue: Climate Change and Policy, p18
Edward J. Erickson, “Climate Change and the Department of Defense: An Introduction,” November 2016
- Marine Corps University Journal, 2016 Special Issue: Climate Change and Policy, p18
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- National Defense
Vivienne Machi, “Climate Change: Extreme Environments to Require New Equipment, Tougher Ships,” November 2016
- National Defense
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- The New York Times
Edward Wong, “How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts,” October 27, 2016
- The New York Times
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- The Denver Post
Cay Leytham-Powell, “Fact Check: Rep. Ken Buck’s “radical climate change agenda” statement is at odds with Department of Defense,” October 13, 2016
- The Denver Post
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- Bloomberg View
Mark Buchanan, “Climate Change Could Be a Tougher Test Than War,” September 23, 2016
- Bloomberg View
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- National Interest
Dick Polman, “Crucial national security questions that won’t be asked on debate night,” September 23, 2016
- National Interest
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- EOS
Randy Showstack, “White House: National Security Plans Must Consider Climate Risks,” September 23, 2016
- EOS
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- Scientific American
Erika Bolstad, “Obama Demands that Security Agencies Consider Climate Change,” September 22, 2016
- Scientific American
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- Popular Science
Kelsey D. Atherton, “Obama Orders Pentagon to Plan for Climate Change – Pentagon: We’ve Been Doing This Since 2003,” September 22, 2016
- Popular Science
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- The Daily Caller
Chris White, “Is Obama Moving Toward Creating a Secretary of Global Warming?” September 22, 2016
- The Daily Caller
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- FiveThirtyEight
“The Science of Trump: Energy, Space and Military Tech,” September 21, 2016
- FiveThirtyEight
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- York Dispatch
Jon Clark, “OPED: Climate change and our national security,” September 21, 2016
- York Dispatch
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- National Observer
Kevin Grandia, “Climate refugees? We don’t have a plan for that,” September 20, 2016
- National Observer
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- Forbes
Ken Silverstein, “Military Officials: Climate Change Could Ensnare Nation In Humanitarian Issues And Armed Conflicts,” September 19, 2016
- Forbes
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- Climate News Network
Alex Kirby, “US military stresses climate security risks,” September 18, 2016
- Climate News Network
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- Mid-day Daily
John Cooper, “Climate change is a concern for the U.S. military,” September 17, 2016
- Mid-day Daily
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- Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Sea-level rise to radically affect military strategy, study says,” September 16, 2016
- Stars and Stripes
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- Homeland Security News Wire
“Emerging threats – Climate change poses “strategically significant risk” to U.S. national security,” September 16, 2016
- Homeland Security News Wire
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- greenreport.it
“Leader militari e della sicurezza Usa: «I cambiamenti climatici minaccia significativa e diretta,” September 16, 2016
- greenreport.it
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- Reporteere
Herve Kempf, “Politicien, climatosceptique, irresponsable,” September 16, 2016
- Reporteere
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- The Cipher Brief
Kaitlin Lavinder, “Climate Change is “Risk to U.S. National Security,” Say Military & Security Experts,” September 15, 2016
- The Cipher Brief
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- Science World Report
Murtuza, “Climate Change Poses Deadly Risk To Military, Experts Suggest Swift Action,” September 15, 2016
- Science World Report
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- International Business Times
Mary Papenfuss, “Climate change poses major national security risk to US, warn military experts,” September 15, 2016
- International Business Times
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- Jakarta Globe
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports,” September 15, 2016
- Jakarta Globe
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- Thanh Nien
Bao Vinh, “Biến đổi khí hậu, Mỹ lo căn cứ quân sự bị… nhấn chìm,” September 15, 2016
- Thanh Nien
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- Vision Times
“氣候變化對美國軍事行動有何影響？(圖),” September 15, 2016
- Vision Times
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- Ottawa Citizen
David Pugliese, “U.S. defence experts and military officers sound alarm about climate change,” September 15, 2016
- Ottawa Citizen
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- Business Green
Madeleine Cuff, “Military leaders call for urgent action on climate,” September 15, 2016
- Business Green
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- HispanTV
“Nuevo informe: Cambios climáticos amenazan al Ejército de EEUU,” September 15, 2016
- HispanTV
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- Sputnik
Zum Kurzlink, “USA nennen weitere Bedrohung der nationalen Sicherheit,” September 15, 2016
- Sputnik
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- republicEn
“Military experts call climate big risk,” September 15, 2016
- republicEn
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- Reuters
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports,” September 14, 2016
- Reuters
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- Sunnmorsposten
“Rapporter: Klimaendringer truer USAs sikkerhet,” September 14, 2016
- Sunnmorsposten
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- MSN
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports,” September 14, 2016
- MSN
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- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
John Mecklin, “Climate change: The national security threat,” September 14, 2016
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
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- The Christian Science Monitor
Steven Porter, “Is climate change a military problem?,” September 14, 2016
- The Christian Science Monitor
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- The Daily Mail
Simon Holmes, “Climate change poses a ‘significant threat’ to US national security as its effects may cause global conflicts involving American soldiers,” September 14, 2016
- The Daily Mail
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- Fox News
“Climate change poses ‘significant risk’ to US military, report says,” September 14, 2016
- Fox News
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- Christian Science Monitor
David Iaconangelo, “Why US military officials are worried about climate change,” September 14, 2016
- Christian Science Monitor
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- ABC News
Catherine Thorbeake, “Climate Change Could Pose ‘Significant Risk’ to US National Security, Reports Say,” September 14, 2016
- ABC News
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- Newsweek
Oliver Milman, “Climate Change Poses A Huge Risk To National Security, Experts Say,” September 14, 2016
- Newsweek
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- Huffington Post
Indrees Ali, “Climate Change Poses ‘Significant Risk’ To U.S. Military, Reports Find,” September 14, 2016
- Huffington Post
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- Nature World News
Monica Antonio, “Climate Change Poses Threat on US Military Operations, May Lead to International Conflicts,” September 14, 2016
- Nature World News
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- The Daily Beast
“Climate Change ‘Significant and Direct’ Threat to U.S. Military,” September 14, 2016
- The Daily Beast
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- Fox 23 News
Debbie Lord, “7 things to know now: New DNC hack; Trump childcare plan; ‘America’s Got Talent,'” September 14, 2016
- Fox 23 News
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- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cliff Pinckard, “Military experts say climate change a threat to U.S. forces, reports say,” September 14, 2016
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
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- Republika.co.id
Ani Nursalikah, “Penelitian Ini Ungkap Ancaman Terbesar Militer AS,” September 14, 2016
- Republika.co.id
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- UPROXX
Chris Zois, “Military Experts Warn That Climate Change Poses ‘Significant Risk’ To National Security,” September 14, 2016
- UPROXX
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- Sputnik
“Ex-US Officers Warn of Climate Change Effects on Washington’s Operations,” September 14, 2016
- Sputnik
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- Talk Media News
Washington Desk, “Climate change a ‘significant risk’ to US military: security officials,” September 14, 2016
- Talk Media News
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- Business Insider
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports” September 14, 2016
- Business Insider
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- San Diego Jewish World
Oliver Milman, “How Climate Change Threatens National Security,” September 14, 2016
- San Diego Jewish World
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- Raw Story
Oliver Milman, “How Climate Change Threatens National Security,” September 14, 2016
- Raw Story
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- Brainerd Dispatch (MN)
Idrees Ali, “Reports: Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military,” September 14, 2016
- Brainerd Dispatch (MN)
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- The Weather Network
“Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military,” September 14, 2016
- The Weather Network
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- Scientific American
Erika Bolstad “Military Leaders Warn That Climate Poses Security Threats,” September 14, 2016
- Scientific American
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- The National Memo
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military,” September 14, 2016
- The National Memo
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- Grand Forks Herald (ND)
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military,” September 14, 2016
- Grand Forks Herald (ND)
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- Inforum (ND)
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military: report,” September 14, 2016
- Inforum (ND)
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- Haaretz
Idrees Ali, “Climate Change Increases Danger of International Conflict, Reports Claim,” September 14, 2016
- Haaretz
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- The Christian Times
“Climate change is a ‘significant’ threat to the U.S. military, says Washington think-tank,” September 14, 2016
- The Christian Times
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- The Times of India
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military: report,” September 14, 2016
- The Times of India
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- BDNews 24 (Bangladesh)
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military: report,” September 14, 2016
- BDNews 24 (Bangladesh)
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- The Maritime Executive
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military: report,” September 14, 2016
- The Maritime Executive
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- The Himalayan Times
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military: report,” September 14, 2016
- The Himalayan Times
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- The Express Tribune (Pakistan)
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant & direct’ threat to US military: report,” September 14, 2016
- The Express Tribune (Pakistan)
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- The Guardian
Oliver Milman, “Military experts say climate change poses ‘significant risk’ to security,” September 14, 2016
- The Guardian
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- Yahoo News
Catherine Thorbecke, “Climate Change Could Pose ‘Significant Risk’ to US National Security, Reports Say,” September 14, 2016
- Yahoo News
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- Bill Moyers
“Morning Reads: The Good and Bad of New Economic Report; Climate Threat to National Security,” September 14, 2016
- Bill Moyers
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- Reuters
Idrees Ali, “Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports,” September 14, 2016
- Reuters
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- The Cipher Brief
Kaitlin Lavinder, “Climate Change Jeopardizes National Security,” August 31, 2016
- The Cipher Brief
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- Mashable
Maria Gallucci, “Climate ‘calamities’ boost risk of armed conflicts in ethnically divided countries,” July 26, 2016
- Mashable
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- Motherboard
Mariana Fernandez, “How Ghana’s Biggest Slum Copes With Climate Change-Fueled Floods,” July 25, 2016
- Motherboard
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- National Observer
Charles Mandel, “NATO to consider climate change impact and military build-up in Arctic seas,” July 7, 2016 - Carleton Review of International Affairs
Voski, Anaïs. (2016). The Role of Climate Change in Armed Conflicts across the Developing World and in the Ongoing Syrian War. 3. 10.22215/cria.v3i0.123, July 2016
- National Observer
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Schleussner et al, “Armed-conflict risks enhanced by climate-related disasters in ethnically fractionalized countries,” May 20, 2016
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
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- Star Tribune
John Rash, “Rash Report: Climate-conflict link should rally global action,” May 7, 2016
- Star Tribune
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- Forbes
Brett Davis, “Mekong Delta Drought Crisis: A Climate-Change Security Risk In the Making,” April 20, 2016
- Forbes
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- USA Today
Sammy Roth, “Climate Change Far More Than an Environmental Issue,” April 14, 2016
- USA Today
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- Asia Sentinel
Rene Juliene Kurungunan, “Opinion: Climate Change and Violence.” April 14, 2016
- Asia Sentinel
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- Star Tribune
Paul Douglas, “Warmest 12 months on record for Minnesota, but arctic slap is 1 week away.” March 25, 2016
- Star Tribune
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- The Atlantic Council
Peter Engelke and Daniel Chiu, “Climate Change and US National Security: Past, Present and Future.” Match 2016
- The Atlantic Council
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- Foreign Policy
Keith Johnson, “Obama Says Climate Change is a Security Risk.” March 21, 2016
- Foreign Policy
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- Democracy Journal
Cathleen Kelly, “The Mounting Threats of Climate Change.”
March 15, 2016
- Democracy Journal
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- Ecowatch
Greg M. Schwartz, “Science and Politics Clash as Humanity Nears Tipping Point.” March 13, 2016
- Ecowatch
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- Middle East Eye
Jacob Powell, “Climate change contributes to worst drought in Middle East in over 900 years.” March 10, 2016
- Middle East Eye
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- E&E News (Defense)
Ariel Wittenberg, “Pentagon adds ‘climate change’ to its official dictionary.” March 8, 2016
- E&E News (Defense)
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- Vice News
Elaisha Stokes, “The Drought that Preceded Syria’s Civil War Was Likely the Worst in 900 Years.” March 3, 2016
- Vice News
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- Toronto Star
Raveenah Aulakh, “Severe water scarcity hits 4 billion people every year.” February 12, 2016
- Toronto Star
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- Mother Jones
Tim McDonnell, “The Country’s Top Scientists Have Some Questions for Tonight’s Debate.” February 11, 2016
- Mother Jones
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- The Washington Quarterly
Marcus DuBois King, “The Weaponization of Water in Syria and Iraq.” January, 2016
- The Washington Quarterly
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- Playboy
Robert Rath, “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is Right: Climate Change is a National Security Problem.” January 13, 2016
- Playboy
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- Huffington Post India
Vasundhara Saravade, “The Iron Sky: Why We Must Battle Climate Change to Win the War on Terror.” December 25, 2015
- Huffington Post India
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- Fast Company
Jessica Leber, “Climate change will create more violent extremism, if we let it.” December 15, 2015
- Fast Company
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- The Washington Examiner
Rear Admiral (ret) David Titley, “Following the intelligence community’s lead on climate change.” December 11, 2015
- The Washington Examiner
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- TIME Magazine
Don Cheadle, “Protect the World’s Vulnerable from Climate Change.” December 11, 2015
- TIME Magazine
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- Bloomberg Business
Alex Morales, “As Europe Grapples with Refugees, Pacific Islanders Start Moving.” September 8, 2015
- Bloomberg Business
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- Reuters
Michael Renner, “Why Syria is the canary in the coal mine for a new era of world conflict.” December 1, 2015
- Reuters
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- Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Shelly Buonaiuto, “Hope for climate.” December 5, 2015
- Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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- Truthdig
Alex Kirby, “Climate change threatens U.S. influence.” December 2, 2015
- Truthdig
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- IPF
Tanviya Sapru, “Did climate change in Syria lead to the biggest refugee crisis since World War II?” November 28, 2015
- IPF
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- Voice of America – Cambodia
Ten Soksreinith, “Leadership on Climate Change Could Help US Efforts in Asia, Experts Say.” November 25, 2015
- Voice of America – Cambodia
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- Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Climate change in China poses security challenge for the US, region.” November 17, 2015
- Stars and Stripes
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- E&E News
Ariel Wittenberg, “Group urges ‘Marshall Plan’ for climate change in Asia-Pacific.” November 18, 2015
- E&E News
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- Morocco World News
Rebecca Sawatzki, “Climate Change’s Effect on International Affairs.” November 18, 2015
- Morocco World News
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- The Atlantic
Matt Ford and Rosa Smith, “The Atlantic Daily: A Pause in Refugees, Abaaoud Confirmed Dead, Clinton vs. ISIS.” November 19, 2015
- The Atlantic
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- The Atlantic
Clare Foran, “The Clash Over the Paris Climate Talks.” November 19, 2015
- The Atlantic
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- The Local.fr
“Experts link climate to ISIS ahead of summit.” November 29, 2015
- The Local.fr
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- Jacobin
Kate Aronoff, “The War on Climate Change.” November, 2015
- Jacobin
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- Talking Points Memo
Tierney Sneed, “Where Security Experts Stand on the Claim Climate Change Causes Terrorism.” November 18, 2015
- Talking Points Memo
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- USA Today and Factcheck.org
Robert Farley, “Fact check: Bernie Sanders on climate link to terrorism.” November 17, 2015
- USA Today and Factcheck.org
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- Politifact
Linda Qiu, “Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ comments on climate change and terrorism.” November 16, 2015
- Politifact
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- The Huffington Post
Molly Reilly, “How Tackling Climate Change Could Help the World Fight Terrorism.” November 23, 2015
- The Huffington Post
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- The Voice Chronicle
“One minute with Bernie Sanders.” November, 2015
- The Voice Chronicle
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- The Washington Post
Jason Samenow, “Why climate change shouldn’t be named the “top” threat to national security.” November 27, 2015
- The Washington Post
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- Vox
Brad Plumer, “What everyone gets wrong about the link between climate change and violence.” November 15, 2015
- Vox
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- Inverse
Peter Rugg, “Prepare for 100 million people forced into poverty in 2030 by climate change.” November 9, 2015
- Inverse
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- Index (Hungary)
Stubnya Bence, “A terrorizmusnál is nagyobb veszélyt jelent.” October, 2015
- Index (Hungary)
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- Biology: The Columbia Dispatch
Steve Rissing, “Climate change a threat multiplier on stressors.” October 11, 2015
- Biology: The Columbia Dispatch
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- The Nation
John Knefel, “How Climate Change is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security.” October 27, 2015
- The Nation
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- Joshua Holland, “Syria May Be the First Climate Change Conflict, but it Won’t Be the Last.” October 27, 2015
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- Tech Times
Katrina Pascual, “UN Experts Call For Global Dead to Address Human Migration.” October 23, 2015
- Tech Times
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- WIRED
Issie Lapowsky, “How Climate Change Became a National Security Problem.” October 20, 2015 - Inverse
Peter Rugg, “Elon Musk, Citing Climate Change, Steps Up to Advocate for Refugees,” September 25, 2015
- WIRED
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- Vice News
Colleen Curry, “‘Creation Care,’ May Make Environmentalists Out of the GOP.'” September 16, 2015
- Vice News
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Jon Carroll, “If you’ve got the money, I’ve got the carnage.” October 21, 2015
- San Francisco Chronicle
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- Timothy Snyder, “Black Earth: The Holocaust As History and Warning.” September 8, 2015
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- TIME
Aryn Baker, “How Climate Change is Behind the Surge of Migrants to Europe.” September 7, 2015
- TIME
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- The Guardian
Karl Mathiesen, “Alan Kurdi was not a climate refugee.” September 8, 2015
- The Guardian
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- The Daily Dot
Skylar Baker-Jordan, “The Syrian Refugee Crisis is Just the Beginning of a Terrifying New Normal” September 11, 2015
- The Daily Dot
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- Embassy
Marie Danielle-Smith, “Liberals, NDP highlight refugees, climate change link.” September 9, 2015
- Embassy
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- Breitbart.com
James Delingpole, “For the Last Time, No, the Syrian Crisis Was Not Caused by Climate Change.” September 9, 2015
- Breitbart.com
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- Climate Progress
Joe Romm, “Worried About Refugees? Just Wait Until We Dust Bowl-ify Mexico and Central America.” September 8, 2015
- Climate Progress
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- Mashable
Andrew Freedman, “Global warming is not driving this refugee crisis, but it may drive the next.” September 8, 2015
- Mashable
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- HLN.BE
“Hoe klimaatverandering bijdraagt aan stroom van vluchtelingen naar Europa.” September 7, 2015
- HLN.BE
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- National Observer
Fram Dinshaw, “Amnesty pleads with Harper to rescue Syrian refugees.” September 4, 2015
- National Observer
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- Upworthy
Audrey Quinn and Jackie Roche, “Syria’s Climate Conflict.” August, 2015
- Upworthy
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- Foreign Affairs
Mukad Al Jabbari, Norman Ricklefs, Robert Tollast, “Rivers of Babylon: Iraq’s Water Crisis – and What Turkey Should Do.” August 23, 2015
- Foreign Affairs
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- Trajectory Magazine
Melanie D.G. Kaplan, “A Signal from the Noise: GEOINT holds promise for understanding climate change through the lens of national security.” August, 2015
- Trajectory Magazine
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- The Boston Globe
Thanassis Cambanis, “The Arab Spring was a revolution of the hungry.” August 22, 2015
- The Boston Globe
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- The New York Times
Thomas L. Friedman, “The World’s Hot Spot.” August 19, 2015
- The New York Times
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- Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Report calls for assessing climate change risks in worst-case scenarios.” July 19, 2015
- Stars and Stripes
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- U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
Marc A. Levy, “Testimony to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.”
- U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
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- VICE News
Matt Smith, “A G7 Report Says Climate Change Can Fuel Political Upheaval Like Civil Wars,” June 25, 2015
- VICE News
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- Independent report commissioned by members of the G7
“A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action on Climate and Fragility Risks,” June 2015
- Independent report commissioned by members of the G7
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- East Online
Mauro Pompili, “Sete e guerra in Siria,” (trans. Thirst and war in Syria), June 11, 2015
- East Online
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- Los Angeles Times
Anna Badkhen, “In Mali, nomads again become jihadis, and history parodies itself,” June 6, 2015
- Los Angeles Times
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- Huffington Post
Edward Flattau, “A Columnist’s Lament,” June 3, 2015 - ClimaSec
Franziskus von Lucke, University of Tübingen, “The Securitisation of Climate Change in the United States: The Integration of Climate Threats Into the Security Sector,” June 2015
- Huffington Post
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- CBC News
Andre Mayer, “Is there a link between climate change and terrorism?,” May 26, 2015
- CBC News
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- White House Blog
Ryan Robinson, “What They’re Saying: Military Leaders Respond to the President’s Call to Battle Climate Change,” May 21, 2015
- White House Blog
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- Mother Jones
Tim McDonnell, “Exclusive: The CIA is Shuttering a Secretive Climate Research Program,” May 21, 2015
- Mother Jones
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- Slate
Eric Holthaus, “Obama Makes Strongest Case Yet for Combating National Security Threat of Climate Change,” May 20, 2015
- Slate
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- Al Jazeera America
Tom Kutsch, “Obama casts climate change as urgent national security challenge,” May 20, 2015
- Al Jazeera America
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- Vice News
Robert S. Eshelman, “Obama Says Climate Change is an Immediate Threat to National Security,” May 20, 2015
- Vice News
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- Slate
Eric Holthaus, “Climate Change Joins Terrorism, the Economy as a Top Diplomatic Issue,” April 30, 2015
- Slate
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- ClimateWire
Lisa Friedman, “State Dept. makes climate change a top priority in key policy document,” April 29, 2015
- ClimateWire
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- The Independent
Boyd Tonkin, “War, famine and drought – the unholy trinity changing our world,” April 24, 2015
- The Independent
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- Smithsonian
Laura Clark, “Are Climate Change And the Conflict in Syria Connected?,” March 3, 2015
- Smithsonian
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- Climate Wire
Lisa Friedman, “Unusual severity of a drought in Syria was among the causes of war, scientists say,” March 3, 2015
- Climate Wire
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- Nature
Mark Zastrow, “Climate change implicated in current Syrian conflict,” March 2, 2015
- Nature
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- The New York Times
Henry Fountain, “Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate Change,” March 2, 2015
- The New York Times
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- Mashable
Andrew Freedman, “Global warming helped trigger Syria’s bloody civil war,” March 2, 2015
- Mashable
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- Mother Jones
Tim McDonnell, “New research links climate change to Syria’s devastating civil war,” March 2, 2015
- Mother Jones
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- The Toronto Star
Raveena Aulakh, “How climate change brought Syria to the brink of chaos,” March 2, 2015
- The Toronto Star
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- Business Spectator
Mat Hope, “US military outlines plan to deal with increasing climate change threat,” October 14, 2014
- Business Spectator
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- UN Climate Change Newsroom
“Climate Change Threatens National Security Says Pentagon,” October 14, 2014
- UN Climate Change Newsroom
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- Climate Central
Brian Kahn, “Pentagon: Climate Change Poses ‘Immediate Risks,'” October 13, 2014
- Climate Central
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- Climate Desk
Tim McDonnell, “Pentagon: We Could Soon be Fighting Climate Wars,” October 13, 2014
- Climate Desk
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- Climate Wire
“Hagel to highlight security threats of climate change at summit with Southeast Asian officials” April 2, 2014
- Climate Wire
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- Defense One
“As Debate Goes On, the Military Prepares for Climate Change,“ May 7, 2014
- Defense One
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- The Duck of Minerva
Josh Busby, “Climate and Security Revisited,” October 18, 2014
- The Duck of Minerva
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- Foreign Policy
Keith Johnson, “A Clear and Present Danger” May 6, 2014
- Foreign Policy
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- Greenwire
“Pentagon ups focus on climate in influential new report,” March 5, 2014
- Greenwire
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- LA Times
W.J. Hennigan and Neela Banerjee, “Pentagon to unveil plan for dealing with climate change,” October 13, 2014
- LA Times
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- Middle Eastern Studies
Francesca de Châtel, “The Role of Drought and Climate Change in the Syrian Uprising: Untangling the Triggers of the Revolution,” January 27, 2014
- Middle Eastern Studies
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- MIPJ
Sean Mullen, “The Grim Reaper: Assad, Syria and Climate Change,” 2014
- MIPJ
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- Moyers & Company
John Light and Charina Nadura, “Five Big Considerations for the US as Climate Change Sweeps the Globe,” September 19, 2014
- Moyers & Company
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- National Journal
Michael Shank, “How America Can Prevent Instability in Syria and Help Solve the Civil War,” September 13, 2014
- National Journal
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- NBC News
“Pentagon: Climate Change Poses ‘Immediate Risks’ to National Security,” October 13, 2014
- NBC News
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- Philadelphia Daily News
“No threat more threatening than climate change,” October 3, 2014
- Philadelphia Daily News
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- PolicyMic
Tom McCay, “The Pentagon Says Climate Change Poses an ‘Immediate Risk’ to National Security,” October 13, 2014
- PolicyMic
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- Scientific American
Lisa Friedman, “Immediate Risk to National Security Posed by Global Warming,” October 14, 2014
- Scientific American
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- The Smithsonian
Natasha Geiling, “Five Conflicts and Collapses That May Have Been Spurred by Climate Change,” October 20, 2014
- The Smithsonian
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- Slate
Eric Holthaus, “Hot Zone: Is climate change destabilizing Iraq?” June 27, 2014
- Slate
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- Vice News
Robert S. Eshelman, “Pentagon Warns of Immediate National Security Threats from Climate Change,” October 14, 2014
- Vice News
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- The Wall Street Journal
Amy Harder, “Pentagon Releases Plan, Citing Security Threat of Global Warming,” October 13, 2014
- The Wall Street Journal
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- Weather, Climate, and Society
Peter Gleick, “Water, Drought, Climate Change and Conflict in Syria” 2014
- Weather, Climate, and Society
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- Yahoo News/ LiveScience
Laura Geggel, “Climate Change an ‘Immediate Risk,’ Pentagon Says,” October 15, 2014
- Yahoo News/ LiveScience
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- Years of Living Dangerously,
“Syria’s Climate Conflict,” May 2014
- Years of Living Dangerously,
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- The Atlantic
William R. Polk, “Understanding Syria: From Pre-Civil War to Post-Assad,” December 10, 2013
John Metcalfe, “The Immediate Climate Threat is Water Scarcity, Not Rising Sea Levels,” October 10, 2013
Interview with Tim McDonnell, “Climate Change: The Secret Inflamer of the Arab Spring,” March 6, 2013
- The Atlantic
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- Bloomberg Brief
Q&A, “Climate Change to be Growing “Stressor” on Global Security,” April 8, 2013
- Bloomberg Brief
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- The Christian Science Monitor
“Did climate change cause the Syrian uprising?” March 25, 2013
- The Christian Science Monitor
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- CNN
Christiane Amanpour, “Syria violence caused by…water supply?” September 20, 2013
- CNN
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- The Daily Caller
“Did global warming cause the Syrian civil war?” September 9, 2013
- The Daily Caller
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- Footnote1
“Did Drought Trigger The Crisis in Syria?” September 12, 2013
- Footnote1
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- The Guardian
“China’s largest desert freshwater lake shrinking faster than ever,” November 29, 2013
- The Guardian
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- Moyers & Company
Interview with John Light, “Drought Helped Spark Syria’s Civil War – Is it One of Many Climate Wars to Come?” September 6, 2013
- Moyers & Company
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- National Geographic
Peter Gleick, “Syria, Water, Climate Change and Violent Conflict,” June 10, 2013
- National Geographic
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- The National Review
Alec Torres, “Global Warming, the Real Cause of the Syrian Civil War?” September 9, 2013
- The National Review
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- NBC News
Sam Schulz, “Chemical Weapons and Syria’s Civil War: What You Need to Know,” September 8, 2013
- NBC News
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- The New York Times
Thomas L. Friedman, “The Scary Hidden Stressor,” March 2, 2013
- The New York Times
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- Scientific American
Ines Perez and Climate Wire, “Climate Change and Rising Food Prices Heightened Arab Spring,” February 2013
- Scientific American
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- Salon
Lindsay Abrams, “How climate change is linked to Syria’s war,” September 10, 2013
Geoff Dembicki, “How to talk to a conservative about climate change,” July 30, 2013
- Salon
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- Slate
Abraham Riesman, “Could Climate Change Be Al-Qaida’s Best Friend in Africa?” February 7, 2013
- Slate
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- Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “PACOM not waiting on politics to plan for climate change challenges,” August 10, 2013
- Stars and Stripes
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- Toronto Star
Raveena Aulakh, “How a drought in China may have helped spark the Arab Spring,” March, 2013
Raveena Aulakh, “A rural exodus as drought takes hold of Syria,” March, 2013
Raveena Aulakh, “Climate change significant challenge facing Libya,” March, 2013
Tanya Talaga, “Did climate change plant the seeds of war in Egypt and beyond?” March, 2013
- Toronto Star
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- The Washington Post
Brad Plumer, “Drought helped cause Syria’s war. Will climate change bring more like it?” September 10, 2013
Jason Samenow, “Drought and Syria: manmade climate change or just climate?” September 9, 2013
- The Washington Post
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- ISN Security Watch
Fawzia Sheikh, “Climate Change and Africa’s Enduring Instability,” Sept. 13, 2012
- ISN Security Watch
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- The New Republic
Ben Adler, “Liberals Shouldn’t Fear Chuck Hagel’s Environmental Record,” December 24, 2012
- The New Republic
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- The New York Times
Thomas L. Friedman, “The Other Arab Spring,” April 7, 2012
- The New York Times
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- USA Today
Dan Vergano, “Culture splits climate views, not science smarts,” May 27, 2012
- USA Today
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- The Washington Post
Alice Fordham, “Amid unrest, Syrians struggle to feed their families,” May 1, 2012
- The Washington Post