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Stephanie Epner, Richard Kidd, and Alan Leung Join the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board
The Center for Climate and Security is pleased and honored to announce that Stephanie Epner, Richard Kidd, and Alan Leung have joined its distinguished Advisory Board of military and national security leaders. This group supports CCS by providing substantive and strategic guidance.
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Learning to Love Deserts
Editor’s Note: This is a bit different than our usual posts analyzing the latest government policies and emerging risks. But as the 15th UN Conference on Desertification begins this week, we thought it was an important reminder of the beauty and importance of one of the geographies we often examine through a climate security lens. …
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An Interview with CS2P Co-Founder, Sofia Kabbej, on “Questions of Climate Security & Peace”
By Elsa Barron The Climate Security & Peace Project (CS2P) is a team of “young researchers, professionals and students from diverse fields and backgrounds,” and aims to build knowledge on the links between climate and environmental challenges and threats to human security, peace, and international stability. CS2P has worked closely in collaboration with the French…
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New IPCC Report Calls for Adapting Today to Ensure Tomorrow’s Climate Security
By Brigitte Hugh and Sofie Bliemel “The future depends on us, not the climate,” said Dr. Helen Adams from King’s College London, a lead author of the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), published on February 28, 2022. In this article we discuss its…
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Review: The Army Climate Strategy and the Climate Security Plan for America
By Dr. Marc Kodack The U.S. Army released its first climate strategy on February 8, the first Service within the Department of Defense (DoD) to do so. This post summarizes and comments directly on the strategy, following up with a discussion of where the strategy aligns with the Center for Climate and Security’s 2019 Climate…
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Event: Decoding the New IPCC report on Climate Impacts: Implications for Security and Adaptation
By Brigitte Hugh Join the Center for Climate and Security on March 8, 2022 from 12-1 p.m. EST for “Decoding the New IPCC report on Climate Impacts: Implications for Security and Adaptation,” a panel discussion featuring report authors and security experts. RSVP to attend the event here. Background: On February 28, 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel…
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Climate Security Elements of the America COMPETES Act
By Elsa Barron The America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act of 2022, or the America COMPETES Act, passed in the House of Representatives on Friday. The bill is focused on U.S. competition with China and includes several provisions that acknowledge the risks posed by climate change and are designed…
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The Civilian Climate Corps: Implications for Security in the 21st Century
By Katelin Wright An unexpected opportunity for building domestic climate security awaits in the form of an FDR-reminiscent Civilian Conservation Corps geared toward combating climate change. Coined the “Civilian Climate Corps,” President Biden first introduced the initiative on January 27, 2021, under Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” In the…
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The Legacy of Climate Security Leadership: Sherri Goodman on Heat of the Moment
By Pauline Baudu In the words of Heat of the Moment host, CNN climate change analyst John D. Sutter: “The United States military is one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels in the world. Yet, what is less known is that, when it comes to the climate crisis, the U.S. military is also a…