Reuters/Rodi Said Last week’s big climate security action in the United States came in the form of another Executive Order from President Biden: this time on planning for the impact of climate change on migration. The order calls for: “...a…
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By Andrea Rezzonico In the third video of its new series on the intersections of climate change and nuclear developments, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) posed questions about Russia’s climate, nuclear, and security intersections to four experts with different…
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Washington, D.C. Feb 3, 2021 -- Today, the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released two new reports, one on South Asia and the other on Southeast Asia, warning that climate change is threatening…
By Natasha Bajema and Christine Parthemore As one of his early actions as President, Joe Biden pushed for a five-year extension of the U.S.-Russia New START Treaty. On Friday, Russian President Putin signed a law committing his nation to this…
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By Natasha E. Bajema The term weapons of mass destruction (WMD) represents more than just the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons that it commonly indicates. It also represents a threat paradigm. There is a longstanding, bipartisan agreement about…
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President Biden signing a bill for COVID-19 testing, flanked by Vice President Harris and Dr. Fauci, January 21, 2021 By William Beaver After stepping away from the podium on Inauguration Day, President Biden got to work on fulfilling campaign promises,…
White Press Secretary Jen Psaki flanked by Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy - Jan 27, 2021 “This executive order I’m signing today...makes it official that climate change will be the…
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Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) By Dr. Alex Berezow General Omar Bradley is credited with saying, “Amateurs talk…
By Erin Sikorsky Part 2 of 4 in the Climate Security Plan for America blog series See part 1, “Demonstrate Leadership,” here. If the first pillar of the Climate Security Plan for America is all about leadership, the second pillar…
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The Center for Climate and Security applauds President Biden’s Executive Orders (EO) on climate change released today, including the EO specifically addressing climate threats to national security titled “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” This EO devotes a…
