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Here are a list of notable headlines and comments on climate and security matters from the past week. If we’ve missed any, let us know.

• Somalia Floods have displaced over 38,000 IDPs and existing IDP settlements remain at risk. #Gu rainy season started in March and rains have continued into April in southern and central regions. Read more in our crisis analysis: https://www.acaps.org/country/somalia via @ACAPSproject

• Will the #G7 foreign and security ministers make the connection between climate change and security, asks @jjkirton http://uoft.me/3-H @g7 @cafreeland @RalphGoodale via@g7_rg

• Pre-monsoon rains fell last week on Bangladesh’s southern coast. According to @RCClimate director, Cox’s Bazar faces “Triple jeopardy: a routine seasonal risk very possibly exacerbated by climate change and certainly by displacement on a massive scale.” https://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/just-2-months-even-normal-monsoon-now-forecast-bangladesh-could-get-rainfall-close via @reliefweb

• I’ve been reporting on science, especially climate, since 2002. Here are some of my favorite tools for keeping tabs on our home planet, including one that debuts today from @wef https://mashable.com/2018/04/22/earth-day-best-tools-to-observe-the-earth-online/?utm_cid=hp-h-2#qaAWnwL52OqX … #dataviz #earthday via @afreedma

• #France: National legislation recognises protecting the “environmentally #displaced”/#climatechange-linked #displacement & anticipating “#climate #migration” as part of #adaptation policy. #research #data #prevention #habitability Via @M_Orphelin H/T @Gemenne https://twitter.com/M_Orphelin/status/988147225476976640 via @m_yonetani

• UNESCO Courier on Climate Security & the Anthropocene https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/04/19/unesco-courier-on-climate-security-the-anthropocene/ via @CntrClimSec

• Conference on Cities, Climate and Migration organized by the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility will be held on 27 April in New York. #climatechange #migration #cities https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conference-on-cities-climate-and-migration-tickets-43894060316 …via @Clisel_H2020

• Senior Military Leaders to Congress: Climate Change Presents Strategic Challenges in the Arctic https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/04/20/senior-military-leaders-take-climate-change-in-the-arctic-seriously/ … via CntrClimSec

• Photos of the Day: Hawaii National Guard Soldiers respond after heavy rains flooded the Wainiha Valley in Kauai. Go Guard! https://ngpa.us/5358 via @USNationalGuard

• “Africa must own its security. Security cannot be outsourced” @LMushikiwabo today told roundtable on human security discussing how to counter consequences of climate change & its security implicatns@tanaforum side event organizd by @MunSecConf & @_AfricanUnion. Bahirdar, Ethiopia via @RwandainAddis

• In #Miami #Florida? Join us on May 7th for a discussion with ASP’s Vice Admiral Lee Gunn discussing how #climate impacts our #military readiness. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/extreme-weather-and-our-national-security-tickets-44994819717 via @amsecproject

• @AmbSamate delivered compelling thoughts in the intersection between security and climate change at the Munich Security Conference @UNmigration via @MaureenAAchieng

• Impressive lecture by Swedish professor @jrockstrom on relation between international peace and security and climate change, to the members of the Security Council. via @KvanOosterom

• ‘Instability, Uncertainty and Chaos’ — How Climate Change Threatens National Security http://therevelator.org/climate-change-national-security/ via @Revelator_News

• “My 2 concerns for Puerto Rico as The Hurricane Season Looms….https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/04/20/the-2018-hurricane-season-looms-but-hurricane-maria-still-haunts-puerto-rico/#4066fe9833a4 via @DrShepherd2013

• Latest facts and figures on our activities in #PuertoRico and #USVirginIslands (As of April 20). via @USACEHQ

• What an interesting panel discussion on #Arctic leadership in the end of the day at @AESymposium! Sen. @lisamurkowski, Rep. @RepRickLarsen, @LtGovMallott, @saochair Aleksi Härkönen, @AleqaHammond and Min. Inuuteq Holm Olsen as panelists. #ArcticEncounter #security #greenpower via @linaPeltonen

• Security in the African continent is severly undermined by climate-related impacts such as droughts, floods and conflicts for resources http://bit.ly/AfricaClim  @UNDPClimate @carlvmercer @UNDPAfrica @ScheuerJo @martinfredras https://video.ecc-platform.org/videos/strengthening-african-climate-security-agenda-interview-aliou-dia-undp via @aliouMdia

• USACE contractors, supporting the Montaña Area Office in Caguas, #PuertoRico, work in the municipality of San Lorenzo today. The distribution line they are working serves 437 residents. The mountainous region was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Maria.  Photos by D. Palmer via @USACEHQ

• “Asked what triggered the decision to revise the 2014 document now, Richardson said “the Arctic triggered it” – and Spencer added, “the damn thing melted.” “The Arctic ice caps are as small as they’ve been in my lifetime,” Richardson said.” https://news.usni.org/2018/04/19/navy-to-release-arctic-strategy-this-summer-will-include-blue-water-arctic-operations via @USNINews

• ‘Georgia is a ticking time bomb:’ FEMA director urges hurricane prep in Savannah http://bit.ly/2JVzm7z  #FEMA @fema @FEMA_Brock via @EmergencyMgtMag

• “As tensions play out in island countries, we are seeing significant geopolitical implications emerge alongside the obvious human security consequences of climate change.” – @kumudasimpson on the geopolitics of island nations facing climate change. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-and-shifting-alliances-maldives via @ErinHarrisAU

• Our @UNDP Country Director in #Chad, @carolflore_undp talks #climate security in the #LakeChad basin, stressing the impact of #climatechange on populations already challenged with poverty, food insecurity, conflict and lack of basic services. #ClimateAction @SwedenUN @ScheuerJo via @UNDPClimate

• Lieutenant General Stephen Lanza Joins the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/04/18/lieutenant-general-stephen-lanza-joins-the-center-for-climate-and-security-advisory-board/ via @CntrClimSec

• Coast Guard foresees conflict in the far north, points to China and Russia, and implies w/o new icebreaker, US has “paper sovereignty” in Arctic https://news.usni.org/2018/04/17/zukunft-congress-u-s-must-serious-icebreaker-acquisition via @burkese

• I had a privilege to deliver a lecture at our National Defense College on the nexus between Climate Change and Security. I am glad that Tanzania has ratified the UN Convention on Climate Change. It is a step in a right direction @jmkikwete via @atmuzikafrica

• Extreme weather continues in the US. In 2018, already there have been 3 extreme weather and climate events with losses exceeding $1 billion each. There were 16 such events last year costing $309 billion, a new record. #SendaiFramework #DRR #climatechange https://bit.ly/2fXEslt via @unisdr

• *11,000 dead/missing in 2017 disasters *New record for insured losses – US$ 144 billion *Total global economic losses – US$ 337 billion *Hurricanes insured losses US$ 92 billion equal to 0.5% of US GDP #SendaiFramework #switch2sendai #SDGs #climatechange https://bit.ly/2uZW23b  via @unisdr

• The amount of sea ice in the Bering Sea was less this winter than any year since written records of the commercial whalers started in 1850. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/coastal-communities-near-bering-strait-winter-unlike-rest … via @NOAAClimate

• UGA’s @DrShepherd2013 shows how planning is key for enduring extreme weather https://greatcommitments.uga.edu/story/planning-for-hurricanes/ … via @UGAResearch

• Excellent in-depth look at the impending disaster in the Rohinyga refugee camps. UN says over 200k at risk in a single camp, Kutapalong. The physical threat of landslides and flooding likely to bring with them the spread of disease. Red Cross says: “We have a mass casualty plan.” https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFL8N1RO0IL via @rich_weir