Climate Security at the UNSC: Opportunities for US Action in March
Caitlin Werrell, Co-Founder and President of the Center for Climate and Security, presents the Responsibility to Prepare framework to the UN Security Council - ... Read more.
RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks and Sandia National Laboratories Issue New Report on Lessons from COVID-19 for Stopping Biological Threats
Washington, DC and Livermore, CA, February 24, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to take devastating tolls on America and the world, with hundr... Read more.
Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons
As the world continues to battle COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. Biological threats still pose grave risks to ... Read more.
New U.S. Global Fragility Strategy Recognizes Environmental Issues as Key to Stability
This article by Lauren Herzer Risi originally appeared on New Security Beat We are cross-posting this article from our colleagues at New Security Beat to highli... Read more.
RELEASE: New Report Calls on Canada to Create a “Climate Security Plan” to Combat Security Threats of Climate Change
Washington, D.C., February 16, 2021 — The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, released a new report today entitle... Read more.
We’re Hiring: Biosurveillance Consultants
Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine, Dec. 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire ... Read more.
A Recipe for Disaster? Dual-Use Knowledge During COVID
By Yong-Bee Lim Nature Protocols published an article on January 29, 2021 that is making waves in the biorisk community. Titled “Engineering SARS-CoV-2 Using ... Read more.
Protecting Against Biological Threats: Recommendations for the Global Posture Review
By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber On February 4, 2021, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III released a statement on the init... Read more.
Agenda 2021: Prospects for Climate Security and Other Strategic Risks at the UN Security Council
By Evan Barnard, Center for Climate and Security intern, with contributions from Andrea Rezzonico and William Beaver The 2021 United Nations Security Council (U... Read more.
RELEASE: Landmark Report from Security Experts Identifies Ecological Disruption as the 21st Century’s Most Underappreciated Security Threat
Washington DC, February 9, 2021 – The Converging Risks Lab of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released a landmark report today, The Security Threat That ... Read more.