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STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD WORLDWIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT of the US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY January 29, 2019
STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD WORLDWIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT of the US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY January 29, 2019. Environment and Climate Change Global environmental and ecological degradation, as well as climate change, are likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social…
Climate-related risk to DoD Infrastructure
Department of Defense, Climate-related risk to DoD Infrastructure Initial Vulnerability Assessment Survey (SLVA S) Report, JAN. 2018, 6.
Military Expert Panel Report: Sea Level Rise and the U.S. Military’s Mission, 2nd Edition
Military Expert Panel Report: Sea Level Rise and the U.S. Military’s Mission, 2nd Edition (2018) From the Report WWW page: The Center for Climate and Security’s Military Expert Panel Report: Sea Level Rise and the U.S. Military’s Mission, 2nd Edition concludes that…
GAO – DOD Needs to Better Incorporate Adaptation into Planning and Collaboration at Overseas Installations
The expected impacts of weather effects associated with climate change pose operational and budgetary risks to overseas infrastructure according to the Department of Defense (DOD), but DOD does not consistently track the impacts’ estimated costs. Operational risks (including interruptions to…
Arctic Report Card 2017
Arctic shows no sign of returning to reliably frozen region of recent past decades Despite relatively cool summer temperatures, observations in 2017 continue to indicate that the Arctic environmental system has reached a ‘new normal’, characterized by long-term losses in…
Epicenters of Climate and Security: The New Geostrategic Landscape of the Anthropocene
From the Introduction: “Epicenters of Climate and Security: The New Geostrategic Landscape of the Anthropocene” is a multi-author, edited volume exploring a range of “epicenters” of climate and security and how they shape the geostrategic map of the 21st century.…
Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming Climate
Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming Climate Analysing the Links Between Climate Change and Non-State Armed Groups (2017) Over the past ten years, both our understanding and awareness of the links between climate change and security have increased…
Implications for US National Security of Anticipated Climate Change
Implications for US National Security of Anticipated Climate Change (2016) Key Points Long-term changes in climate will produce more extreme weather events and put greater stress on critical Earth systems like oceans, freshwater, and biodiversity. These in turn will almost…
Sea Level Rise Threatens Major US Navel Bases
Kelly A Burks-Copes et al., Risk Quantification for Sustaining Coastal Military Installation Asset and Mission Capabilities (RC-1701) (2014). (original link) Objective The objective of this project was to develop and test a risk-based methodology to evaluate threats to critical installation assets…
Climate Change and Security in South Asia
GMACCC Publishes “Climate Change & Security In South Asia: Cooperating For Peace” A GMACCC report published on 31 May 2016 warns that a recent drought in India which has affected over 330 million people – causing displacement and threatening farms –is…
Are the Syrians the first official climate change refugees?
When we talk about future climate change refugees, the picture that comes to mind is starving people looking to leave a drought stricken country whose economic system has failed. Tragic, but within the international law system, these would be economic…
Sources on Climate Refugees and International Law
UN Refugee Agency Addressing the Legal Gaps in Climate Change Migration, Displacement and Resettlement: From Sinking Islands to Flooded Deltas The Normative Framework of Climate Change-Related Displacement Disasters and displacement in a changing climate Asylum & the Rights of Refugees…
Global climate change: National security implications – 2008
Global climate change: National security implications – 2008 On March 30-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS) held a colloquium on “Global Climate Change: National Security Implications.” The 2-day event took place…
Climate Change Threats to National Security
“Climate Change presents a national security threat that could undermine American interests at home and abroad. The effects of climate change are already degrading naval bases, drying up water resources, prompting mass migration[…]