By John Conger, Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell On Monday, President-Elect Biden announced several members of his national security team. They included Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security, Avril Haines as Director of…
Over the past four years, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has operated a working group to examine the convergence of two of the world’s greatest challenges: nuclear threats and climate change. Whether countries significantly expand reliance on nuclear energy…
Read More BRIEFER: Connecting Nuclear and Climate Policy in the Biden Administration
By John Conger Every Administration makes changes to the draft budget they receive before it is submitted to Congress, and there’s every reason to expect that to be the case with a President Biden. The budget is supposed to be…
Read More What Would a Climate-Focused Defense Budget Look Like?
By Natasha E. Bajema, Ph.D. Yes. But it’s Complicated. In the second video of its new series on nuclear detonation risks and climate change, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) posed questions about the impact of climate change on conflict…
Read More VIDEO: Can Climate Change Increase the Risk of Nuclear War?
By John Conger In the wake of the declaration that Former Vice President Joseph Biden will become the next President of the United States, we must consider what this means for climate security. Make no mistake, there will be significant…
The crew of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) loads boxes of food and water donated by USAID during humanitarian aid missions to Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements By Dr. Marc Kodack The…
Read More U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs Fall Short of Addressing Climate Change Risk
By Mackenzie Allen Leading health experts have warned about the possibility of a pandemic like COVID-19 for many years. Yet as a nation, the United States was disastrously unprepared. In part, this may be due to health security having been…
By Dr. Marc Kodack While climate change and its implications for security have been acknowledged many times by international military leaders (see here for example), as well as by senior leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense (here), the United National…
Read More The UN Security Council’s Lack of Consensus on Climate and Security
Some experts are concerned that tensions over water, territory, and other issues may increase nuclear detonation risks in regions like South Asia. An Indian Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile on a road-mobile launcher, January 26, 2004. Antônio Milena (ABr) By…
Read More VIDEO: Can Climate Change Undermine Nuclear Deterrence?
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Releases a Video Series Exploring the Complex Linkages Between Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, and Nuclear Weapons Washington, D.C., October 28, 2020 — A new video series from CSR's Converging Risks Lab examines two of…
Read More RELEASE: Can Climate Change Increase the Risk of Nuclear Conflict?
