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Population growth. Water scarcity. Degraded ecosystems. Forced migration. Resource depletion. Pandemic disease. Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has explored the connections among these major challenges and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Through publications, meetings, and events, ECSP promotes dialogue about the environmental, health, and population dynamics that affect both developing and developed nations. Learn more about ECSP.
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News
Improve Development Programs by Linking Population, Health, and Environment, Says Expert
JUNE 2009--The Sierra Club's Roger-Mark De Souza Explains the Integration Imperative in the Latest Issue of Focus
Experts Find the Human Face of Environmental Security
More than 150 researchers and policymakers debated the focus on people in discussions of global environmental change at the capstone conference of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project. ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko reports from Oslo.
U.S. National Security Strategists Should Consider Climate, Natural Resources, Says ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko
MAY 2009—Dabelko Featured at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Series
Environment Key to Resolving Conflicts, Building Peace, Says UN Environment Programme Director Achim Steiner
MAY 2009—YouTube Videos Feature Steiner on Climate Change, Conflict, Cooperation
Huffington Post: “Overselling Climate Conflict?” Cites ECSP Report 13
MAY 2009—ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko Highlights Three Pitfalls to Avoid
Projecting Population: A Perilous Proposition
MAY 2009—ECSP’s Sean Peoples Assesses Utility of Population Projections in World Watch Magazine
Environmental Cooperation Could Boost U.S.-Chinese Military Engagement
APRIL 2009—ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko, U.S. Army War College’s Kent Hughes Butts Offer Suggestions in Christian Science Monitor Op-Ed
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Publications
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ECSP Report 13
As the Obama administration takes over, the 13th issue of the Environmental Change and Security Program Report details the non-traditional security threats—and opportunities—it faces. “Environmental security is making a comeback,” says ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko, “notably in the United States, where signs indicate that the next administration will tackle environment, population, health, and development challenges that impact security.” In a special feature entitled “New Directions in Demographic Security,” seven demographic experts analyze the links connecting population and environmental dynamics to conflict. The report also features articles on the population-climate change nexus and the UN Environment Programme's peacebuilding work in conflict zones.
Watch video interviews with Report 13 authors
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Event Summaries
A Climate of Conflict: Considerations for Climate Adaptation in Fragile States
Wednesday, June 10 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Dan Smith, Secretary General, International Alert; Shruti Mehrotra, Senior Consultant, International Alert
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Trends and Best Practices in Environmental Dispute Resolution in Latin America
Wednesday, June 03 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Pablo Lumerman, Director, Fundacion Cambio Democrático; Mara Hernández, Director, Centro de Colaboración Cívica, A.C.–México; Carlos Salazar, Director, Socios Peru: Centro de Colaboración Cívica
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Energy, Climate Change, and the Military: Implications for National Security
Thursday, May 28 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sherri Goodman, General Counsel, CNA Corporation, and Executive Director, Military Advisory Board; General Charles Wald, USAF (Ret.), Director and Senior Advisor, Deloitte LLP; Chairman, CNA Military Advisory Board; Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), Member, CNA Military Advisory Board
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Data in Motion: 25 Years of Demographic and Health Surveys
Tuesday, May 26 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hans Rosling, Professor, Public Health Science, Karolinska Institutet; Director, Gapminder Foundation
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Confronting the Crisis of Sustainability and Resource Scarcity
Thursday, May 14 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Hilary Benn, U.K. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Member of Parliament
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