climate security
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Implementing the Biden Administration’s Climate Executive Order – The Defense Climate Risk Analysis
By Erin Sikorsky Today marks an important milestone in the execution of the Biden Administration’s climate security strategy. In accordance with the Executive Orders on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration, the White House, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence…
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Climate Change and Health Featuring CSR’s Andrea Rezzonico
On October 18, Andrea Rezzonico, Deputy to the CEO and Deputy Director of the Converging Risks Lab, was featured on the Jacobs Sparks Podcast alongside Dr. Nino Kharaishvili, Global Solutions Director of Health Systems Governance at Jacobs. In the interview, Andrea and Dr. Kharaishvili discusses the intersection of climate change and global health issues, including:…
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Climate Security Fellows Report 2021
By Esther Sperling These are unprecedented times. The world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, while democracies and economies around the globe are tested. Through it all, climate change is destabilizing natural and social systems, and driving new security risks. It has never been more important to engage the next generation of leaders on addressing…
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Center for Climate and Security Fellows Selected for Key Positions in the Biden Administration
The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) would like to congratulate its Senior Research Fellows Kate Guy and Dr. Josh Busby for their appointments in the Biden Administration. Ms. Guy will serve as Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, within the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Her role with…
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New Analysis from the Center for Climate and Security – Ten Years After its Founding
By Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) has been producing cutting-edge analysis of the security risks of climate change since its founding ten years ago – back when few were paying attention to this dimension of national and international security. Today, climate security risks are unfortunately on the rise…
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The U.S. Department of Defense Releases its Climate Adaptation Plan
Today, the U.S. Federal Government released Climate Adaptation Plans from all of its agencies. The Department of Defense (DoD) plan can be found here, as well as a statement from Secretary of Defense Austin and the DoD press release. It’s an impressive successor to the 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, and its ambition reflects the…
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We’re Hiring: Program Assistant for the Center for Climate and Security
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a full-time program assistant for its Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of CSR. This is an entry-level position focused on addressing climate security risks and solutions. The person in this role will work closely with CCS Director Erin Sikorsky and other members of…
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Announcing the 2021-2022 Climate Security Fellows
The Center for Climate and Security, the American Security Project, and the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program are pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Climate and Security Advisory Group’s Climate Security Fellows cohort. The group of 15 rising leaders come from diverse backgrounds across the U.S. government and the civil and private sectors, where…
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“Missing in Action”: Former Australian security leaders highlight climate-related security threats; call for rapid decarbonisation
A new report released yesterday by the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group calls on the Australian Government to “prevent devastating climate impacts by mobilising all resources necessary to reach zero emissions as fast as possible,” starting with a comprehensive Whole-of-Nation Climate and Security Risk Assessment. Missing in Action: Responding to Australia’s climate & security failure,…
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BRIEF REPORT: North Korea, Climate Change and Security
By Catherine Dill, Alexandra Naegele, Natalie Baillargeon, Monica Caparas, Dominick Dusseau, Madeleine Holland, and Christopher Schwalm North Korea’s provocative posture and its nuclear arsenal have shielded it from much of the pressures of globalization and integration with the international community. But neither politics nor arms can defend it from climate change. Impending climate impacts threaten…