Environmental Change and Security Program

Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has explored the connections among environmental, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.

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The Latest from the Environmental Change and Security Program

Rio+20: A New Agenda for Sustainability – or More of the Same?

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February 22, 2012 // 3:00pm5:00pm
A discussion on the Rio+20 global sustainability agenda. more

Reaching Out at Rio: Population Growth, Family Planning, and Environmentalists

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February 22, 2012 // 12:00pm2:00pm
While recognition of the connections between population growth and environmental impact is growing, they are still poorly understood by both the environmental and family planning communities. Join us for a panel, composed of expert communicators well-versed in both reproductive health and environmental "languages," that will conduct a frank but nuanced discussion of the linkages and the challenges of communicating them. more

Shark Loves the Amazon

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February 14, 2012 // 3:30pm5:00pm
This event has been postponed until February 14, 2012, 6th Floor Flom Auditorium, 3:30 pm-5:00 pm, reception to follow more
Webcast

Addressing Social Constructs to Improve Adolescent Health

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February 02, 2012 // 12:00pm2:00pm
Join us on February 2 for a discussion that will highlight opportunities to engage youth and work alongside the community to identify action steps that guide programs and policymakers. more

What Would It Take To Help People and the Planet?

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Feb 01, 2012
We must ask whether investments to protect biologically rich areas are effective and sustainable if they don’t respond to the many needs of the people who live there, writes ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko in a column for Momentum magazine. more
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Shark Loves the Amazon

February 14, 2012 // 3:30pm5:00pm

Program Experts & Staff

  • Geoffrey D. Dabelko // Director, Environmental Change and Security Program and Coordinator, Global Health Initiative
  • Sandeep Bathala // Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program
  • Ruth Greenspan Bell // Public Policy Scholar
  • Skip Burkle // Senior Scholar
  • Lauren Herzer // Program Associate, Comparative Urban Studies Project and Environmental Change and Security Program
  • William Krist // Senior Policy Scholar
  • Schuyler Null // Writer/Editor, Environmental Change and Security Program
  • Kayly Ober // Program Assistant, Environmental Change and Security Program
  • Calyn M. Ostrowski // Program Associate, Global Health Initiative & Environmental Change and Security Program
  • Meaghan Parker // Writer/Editor, Environmental Change and Security Program
  • Sean Peoples // Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program
  • John W. Sewell // Senior Scholar