The impacts of climate change--increased drought, rising sea levels, more intense storms--are predicted to impact national security. Military, intelligence, and environmental experts around the globe are studying climate's complex links to conflict and state fragility.
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REPORTS: Climate is heating up environmental security, says ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko. Suzanne Petroni offers an ethical argument on population and climate. Nigel Purvis and Joshua Busby outline the security implications for the UN system.
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Weathering Climate Change
Climate change poses fundamental economic, agricultural, political and security challenges to the United States, says former Congressman Lee Hamilton. The clock is running, and the world needs to act on what is perhaps the most complex item to ever appear on the international agenda.
Climate Change Is a Critical Security Issue for United Nations
OCTOBER 2009--ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko speaks at UN General Assembly special event, urging UN and member states to adopt a comprehensive institutional approach to climate's security threats.
Climate Security Heats Up
The effects of climate change have become increasingly linked to global security issues. The October cover story of Centerpoint looks at how the Environmental Change and Security Program has explored the threats and opportunities posed by the problem of climate change.
Events Northeast Asia on the Path to Copenhagen
Tuesday, November 17 2009, 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Jennifer Morgan, World Resources Institute; Taiya M. Smith, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Hoesung Lee, Keimyung University (South Korea); Yves Tiberghien, University of British Columbia (Canada); Chi-jen Yang, Duke University
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How To Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change
Thursday, November 12 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tom Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Climate Strategies; Julian Portilla, Director, Master's in Mediation and Conflict Studies, Champlain College; Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
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The Road to Copenhagen: Energy Solutions for Emerging Economies
Thursday, November 05 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. David Irvine-Halliday, Founder, Light Up the World; Chen Wang,Director, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China; Anuradda Ganesh, Professor and Head, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; moderator Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Strategic Energy Opportunities for the Department of Defense
Wednesday, October 28 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
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The Road to Copenhagen: Perspectives on Brazil, China and India
Monday, October 26 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Marina Silva, Senator for the Brazilian Amazon state of Acre; Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution; Raymond E. Vickery Jr., Senior Vice-President, Albright Stonebridge Group; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Stephan Schwartzman, Director for Tropical Forest Policy, Environmental Defense Fund
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Environmental Change and Security Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: ecsp@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4000
Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
T 202/691-4000
