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Environmental Security
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March 12
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Climate Security Risks in the Arctic
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March 18
at 9:00 – 10:30 ET
10 Years in Nepal: What the Hariyo Ban Program Taught Us about Integrating Community Resilience, Climate Adaptation, and Biodiversity Conservation
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United Nations Peacekeepers Protect Children in Rural Areas of Darfur
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Climate
Climate-Conflict Research: A Decade of Scientific Progress
Community healthcare workers conduct door-to-door screenings for COVID-19 in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, South Africa
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Global Health
Redesigning Health Systems for Global Health Security
A wastepicker is working amidst dumped solid waste on an informal landfill south of Hasakah, in north east Syria. The defacto authorities in this region are struggling with the public health and environmental impacts due to absence of sound waste management due to conflict. May 10, 2020.
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Environmental Security
Nature-based Solutions Vital to Mitigating Conflict-linked Environmental Damage
Sh,nuux,araarso school students in Ethiopia wash their hands before and after attending their classes
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Water
A New Year Brings Enduring Challenges: Financing for Water and Sanitation Utilities During COVID-19
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Environment
3 Things to Watch in 2021: Environmental Change and Security
Volunteers at the Lagos Food Bank Initiative in Ikotun, Lagos, Nigeria
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Environmental Peacebuilding
Pan-African Response to COVID-19: New Forms of Environmental Peacebuilding Emerge
Ice Calving at the Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina
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Environment
Tip of the Iceberg: Polar Ice Loss Effects the Planet
A natural port to the west of Udupi and coastal area of south India, with one of the biggest sea fish landing centers in India
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Oceans
Managing Fisheries Conflict in the 21st Century: A Role for Regional Management Organizations?
For contact tracing purposes, a churchgoer writes her contact details on a sheet of paper before she can proceed to the church’s entrance in Imus City, Philippines
New Security Beat
Coronavirus
Leverage COVID-19 Data Collection Networks for Environmental Peacebuilding
COVID-19 Adds to Challenges of Curbing Child Marriage
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Gender
COVID-19 Adds to Challenges of Curbing Child Marriage
Matthew Shupe drives a snowmobile over a bridge toward a measurement site on Jul 29, 2020, photo courtesy of Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Lianna Nixon (CC-BY 4.0).
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Environmental Security
Climatizing Security: Protecting Americans in the Age of Climate Change
Mangrove Tree Planting carried out by the local environmental community on the coast of Tanjung Tinggi, Belitung, Indonesia
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Environmental Peacebuilding
The Third Wave of Environmental Peacebuilding

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Lauren Herzer Risi

Project Director, Environmental Change and Security Program

Lauren Herzer Risi
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Sharon Guynup

Global Fellow, Former Public Policy Fellow

Sharon Guynup
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Jack A. Goldstone

Global Fellow

Jack A. Goldstone
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Sherri Goodman

Senior Fellow, Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program

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Lauren Herzer Risi
Lauren Herzer Risi

Project Director, Environmental Change and Security Program

Sharon Guynup
Sharon Guynup

Global Fellow, Former Public Policy Fellow

Jack A. Goldstone
Jack A. Goldstone

Global Fellow

Sherri Goodman
Sherri Goodman

Senior Fellow, Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program

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More from the Environmental Change and Security Program

  • The Wilson Center’s Africa in Transition series, co-sponsored by the Population Institute, focuses on how often overlooked population trends—fertility, maternal mortality, migration, urbanization—shape sub-Saharan Africa’s chances for prosperity, health, and security.

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  • Uncharted Territory is a special series hosted by New Security Beat in celebration of the Environmental Change & Security Program’s 25th anniversary. In the series, a diverse group of ECSP partners spotlight emerging trends, innovative research, and new insights at the intersection of environment, health, and security. How we apply the lessons learned from the last 25 years to the decisions that we face today will determine what our world looks like in 2044.

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