There is no question that climate change is a threat multiplier that plays a role in the instigation and continuation of conflict. And yet, it has been 12 year since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held its first debate on the security impli …
Lindsay Getschel, a Research Assistant at Stimson’s Environmental Security Program, addressed the United Nation’s Security Council on the threats posed by climate change. Speaking as a youth representative, she recommended concrete steps the Council sh …
By Sarah Griffin In 2009, a citizen of the Pacific island state of Kiribati applied to an Australian tribunal for refugee status. The grounds of his claim: Kiribati was slowly sinking due to the rising sea level, and life on the island was gradually be …
“There’s a long list of crises that can have a natural resource base,” said Anne C. Richard, former assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration, at a Stimson Center panel on June 13, 2017, on the impacts of climate ch …
Watch the event video below or click here. From rising sea levels to crowded megacities, environmental change is spurring new trends in human mobility — and posing new challenges to human security. As the Trump administration weighs its new approach to …
The rivers that flow from the Himalayas—including the Mekong, Indus, Brahmaputra, Yellow, and Yangtze— play critical roles in meeting the energy, water, and food security needs of hundreds of millions of people across Asia. These countries depend on th …
Global climate policy is coming to a critical juncture. The US Congress will soon resume deliberations on domestic cap-and-trade legislation. In December, representatives from 192 countries will convene in Copenhagen to hammer out new green …
Published March 27, 2015 / Held September 21, 2009
with Simon Tay Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs Thursday, 14 May 2009, 2:30-4:00pm This event is co-hosted by the ASIA SOCIETY In December this year, Denmark will host the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework …
The Stimson Center presents:2013 Environment and Security Discussion Series In celebration of Stimson’s 2013 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, the Center has launched a discussion series bringing together leading analysts and pra …
Published October 21, 2013 / Held October 21, 2013
Speakers: Sherri Goodman, Senior Vice President, CNA; former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security (1993-2001) Click here to read a Q&A with Sherri on environmental security Richard Cronin, Dire …
On February 28, the Stimson Center, Center for American Progress, and Center for Climate & Security jointly released a new report “Climate Change and the Arab Spring.” The Center of American Progress hosted the launch event, which featured …
“The Arab Spring and Climate Change” does not argue that climate change caused the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world over the past two years. But the essays collected in this slim volume make a compelling case that the consequences of climate …
Policy Choices in the World’s Coastal Regions Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 1:30-3pm Coastal populations are on the front lines of climate change. Rising sea levels risk submerging lowlying areas and tainting the rivers and aquifers that furnish fresh water to …
Coastal Zones and Climate Change examines the emerging environmental stresses on coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the resulting challenges confronting coastal planners and decision makers in a warming world. Experts from the region and from Stimso …