By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. In April, CCS experts were called…
Read More Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | April 2022
General Tom Middendorp (ret.), Chair of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS), is one of more than a dozen leaders in the fields of climate science, peacebuilding, and security to have endorsed a joint statement released on…
Read More Do Not Underestimate the Links Between Climate Change and Conflict, Experts Warn
By Erin Sikorsky Last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) released a new report evaluating the climate resilience of US military bases in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic that provides a revealing glimpse of some of the challenges…
Read More New Pentagon Inspector General Report on Climate Resilience in the Arctic: Key Takeaways
By Erin Sikorsky In early April, the Biden Administration released a “prologue” to the US Global Fragility Strategy, also known as the Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability. The initial document was developed under the Trump Administration in response…
Read More Integrating Climate Change into the US Global Fragility Strategy: A New “Prologue”
By Rachel Fleishman Which socio-political, technological, demographic, diplomatic, military, and economic drivers will shape the converging threats of climate change and national security in the South and East China Seas? This is the motivating question for a new report, from…
By Sofie Bliemel and Brigitte Hugh The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III (WGIII) on Mitigation released its contribution to the Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6) on April 4 after the longest approval plenary in the IPCC’s history.…
Read More No Time for Half Measures: A Security Perspective on the New IPCC Report on Mitigation
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…
By Elsa Barron In early March, the U.S. House of Representatives hosted two hearings on climate adaptation in the United States. Given the current and future risks posed by climate change, including sea-level rise, intensifying natural disasters, and extreme temperatures,…
Read More U.S. House Adaptation Hearings Offer Insights for Climate Security Action
By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to Read, Watch, Listen from CSR's Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. This month, our experts were largely…
Read More Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | March 2022
Challenge Accepted, a new report issued by 79 senior national security experts recognizes the prioritization of climate change in the Administration’s security plans, but states it’s time to move from plans to bolder and more concrete action. On March 31,…
