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…
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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…
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)…
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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…
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New Report: How Climate and Conflict Are Fragmenting Rural Syria
After more than a decade of war, one might be forgiven for assuming that Syrians had seen almost every form of suffering imaginable. But that’s not what it looks like in rural parts of the country, where miserly rains, new…
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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…
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…
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The Civilian Climate Corps: Implications for Security in the 21st Century
Jackson Lake and the Tetons from the small island out from CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) Camp No. 2, Grand Teton National Park. Ray Ickes and Ned Munn on the rock in foreground, 1933 (Public Domain) By Katelin Wright An unexpected…
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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…
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BRIEFER – Taking Stock: Integrating Climate Change into U.S. National Security Practices in 2022
By Erin Sikorsky and Brigitte Hugh In late 2021, the Biden Administration released a suite of national security and foreign policy documents[1] that according to the administration, would “serve as a foundation for [its] critical work on climate and security…