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The U.S. Asia-Pacific Rebalance, National Security, and Climate Change (Report Launch)
›In the hierarchy of global and national security challenges, climate change comes out near the top, said a panel of distinguished defense, diplomacy, and intelligence leaders at the Wilson Center on November 17. [Video Below]
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The ECC Factbook Illustrates How the Environment Can Contribute to Peace and Conflict
›In his speech on climate change and national security on November 10, Secretary of State John Kerry said climate change is already a “threat multiplier,” and that worse is to be expected if climate change continues unchecked. But the relationship between the environment and violent conflict is complex and often indirect. Researchers have been wrangling for years over the role that global environmental change plays in fueling conflict and state fragility.
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Priyali Sur, Foreign Policy
South Asian Environmental Migrants Pushed to Back of Line in Refugee Flood
›November 26, 2015 // By Wilson Center StaffThe dark eyes and hair of the Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Afghans almost blend with the other migrants’. The brown skin tones are also not giveaways, but ask them where they come from, and you notice the hesitation – trying hard to blend into the crowd of Syrian migrants at Europe’s border crossings, afraid of being spotted and sent back.
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Kerry Announces New Task Force to Integrate Climate Change and Security Issues Into U.S. Foreign Policy
›November 13, 2015 // By Lauren Herzer RisiIn a commanding speech at Old Dominion University this week, Secretary Kerry announced a dramatic step toward integrating climate and security into U.S. foreign policy. In Norfolk, Virginia, home to the world’s largest naval station, Kerry said the State Department is creating a new “task force of senior government officials to determine how best to integrate climate and security analysis into overall foreign policy planning and priorities.”
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Rachel Stern, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Despite Rising Concern, Climate Change Often Put on Back Burner in Conflict Zones
›October 23, 2015 // By Wilson Center StaffBarren barley and wheat fields stretch across the dry landscape of northern Afghanistan, the result of persistent drought and flash flooding that has left thousands of people facing food shortages and loss of work.
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Growing Role of Armed Forces in Disaster Relief a Dangerous Trend for Latin America
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Climate Data Can be Critical in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States – Here’s How to Get It
›October 5, 2015 // By Schuyler NullWhen war breaks out, what happens to the weather forecast? Violent conflict disrupts many essential services in developing countries and one of the most overlooked is meteorology, which has surprisingly big consequences for farmers, policymakers, and the aid workers who are there to help.
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Scenario Planning for Development: It’s About Time
›Scenario planning has a long history. The RAND Corporation employed it heavily in planning for potential U.S. responses to nuclear war and 16th century Spanish Jesuit theologians pointed to the idea as proof of free will. But in many respects this powerful set of methodological tools for managing complexity and uncertainty remains underused, especially beyond the defense, intelligence, and business communities.
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