Variations in total water storage from normal, in millimeters, in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins, as measured by NASA’s (GRACE) satellites, Author NASA/UC Irvine/NCAR

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.

• Tomorrow 21 May 2018, the PSC will have an open session on ‘Climate Induced Conflicts: Sources of Insecurity in Africa’. The meeting will examine the link between climate change & violent conflict in Africa. The Insight on the PSC has more on the meeting. http://www.amaniafrica-et.org/index.php/publications/onthepsc/52-climateinduced …via @africa_amani

• The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia also stresses the need to build resilience to extreme weather events https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/05/1010252 via @UN_News_Centre

• Delighted to speak @UNDP_innovation‘s Innovation Conversation series-May 24th-on a new paradigm for #ScalingUp in #FragileStates focused on #adaptdev solutions for collective action to address widespread need, complex risks, root causes. Thanks to @GAHInnovation for co-hosting. via @JPapoulidis

• “Debate about a climate change role for the UN Security Council has shifted from whether the Council should play a role to what role the Council should play,” write CHARLOTTE KU and SHIRLEY V. SCOTT. https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/05/16/the-developing-focus-of-the-un-security-council-on-climate-security/#.Wv7lEsDE-js.twitter via @SanjuPad

• On June 22, @FedericaMog will host a high-level event on ‘Climate, Security, & Peace: The Time for Action’, focusing on ‘the responsibility to prepare’ for #climatesecurity risks, and ‘moving from early warning to early action’. @eu_eeas @Clingendaelorg |More on Responsibility to Prepare here: https://climateandsecurity.org/responsibilitytoprepare/ … via @shiloh_fetzek

• As of May 18, USACE had 1,185 personnel on the ground, working to restore power to the people of #PuertoRico. There were 1,022 contractors, 639 working directly on distribution and transmission lines. via @USACEHQ

• Nice article on the Washington meeting of The @HagueRoundtable and related issues from @CntrClimSec. https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/05/03/washington-dc-hague-roundtable-furthers-climate-security-dialogue/ …
  #climatesecurityGWU @ihedelft #climatechange @deltares @WRIClimate @PlanSecu @MarcusKingGW @GoodmanSherri via @HagueRountable

• “Africa: Climate Change, Security and Violent Conflict” provisional programme https://mailchi.mp/3d2899baa304/save-the-date-final-eucersecfkas-energy-talk-2853617 … 13 June, @eucers KCL and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. #climate #conflict Registration here https://mailchi.mp/3d2899baa304/save-the-date-final-eucersecfkas-energy-talk-2853617 via @bcbromwich

• Exclusive: Climate change warning for Australia’s military – Former defence chief Admiral Chris Barrie, who led Australian forces until 2002, says a new Senate committee report on the security risks of #climatechange must be taken seriously. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/exclusive-climate-change-warning-for-australia-s-military … via @SBSNews via @EJinAction

• BIG #CLIMATESECURITY NEWS TODAY An Australian Senate Committee released its report into the implications of #climatechange on national security, finding it to be a ‘current and existential threat’. You can read the full report here: https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/fadt_ctte/Nationalsecurity/report.pdf?la=en … #auspol #defence via @mattnewman_au

• I wrote a thing- My analysis of the Australian Senate committee’s report on the inquiry into the national security implications of #climate change https://theconversation.com/senate-report-climate-change-is-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-australias-security-96797 … @CntrClimSec @NewsClimate @ClimateDiplo #POLS2201 #POLS2209 via @MattM_UQ

• Cyclonic storm #Sagar in the Gulf of Aden may impact #Djibouti, #Yemen and #Somalia with high winds, rain and risk of floods. Only 3 cyclones have been recorded in this region since 1968 via @WMO

• The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee’s report into the implications of climate change for Australia’s national security was presented this afternoon https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Nationalsecurity/Report … via @AuSenate

• Humanitarians brave alot of challenges in a bid to deliver life saving efforts to the vulnerable communities. @UgandaRedCross team crossing to Karamoja land to support communities affected by water logging due to floods @opmdpm @UNRA_UG @GovUganda @UNinUganda @IFRCAfrica via @inakasiita

• U.S. Navy and San Diego Port Partner on Sea Level Rise: First of its Kind Agreement on West Coast https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/05/15/u-s-navy-and-san-diego-port-partner-on-sea-level-rise-first-of-its-kind-agreement-on-west-coast/ via @CntrClimSec

• New book out on the UN Security Council and Climate Security | The Developing Focus of the UN Security Council on Climate Security https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/05/16/the-developing-focus-of-the-un-security-council-on-climate-security/ via @CntrClimSec

• Check out our NEW article by EESI’s very own Brian La Shier on the #DepartmentofDefense warning that #climatechange can be a threat to #nationalsecurity. @SeaTechnology @CntrClimSec https://sea-technology.epubxp.com/i/979661-may-2018/41 … via @eesionline

• Humans playing a huge role in changing freshwater availability via climate change, water management and changing extremes. Freshwater security is more tenuous than we thought. Out now in @Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0123-1 … via @JayFamiglietti

• First map of global freshwater trends shows “human fingerprint.” Includes worrying implications for national security. https://www.axios.com/map-of-freshwater-trends-human-impacts-1526484828-26c12185-7c10-4a06-ac66-0a92ec399514.html?utm_source=sidebar via @afreedma

• Experts will meet tomorrow to analyze strategies to tackle climate change in the seminar “T20 and climate change: Planning, risks and response facing the emergency” organized by @UNDEFArgentina and #T20Argentina. Find the full program here: http://bit.ly/T20ClimateChange … via @T20Solutions

• TONIGHT AT 10 ON @KENS5…I had the chance to talk with @USArmyNorth Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan. Did you know that Army North played a major role in the relief effort for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria? @JBSA_Official @USArmy #militarycityusa #kens5eyewitness via @LukeKENS5

• Tune in to @KENS5 tonight to hear our Commanding General discuss ARNORTH hurricane response efforts. @Norad_Northcom via @USArmyNorth

• Take a look at my commentary on The Conversation, exposing the UN Security Council’s interaction with climate change – we are seeing progress! #ClimateAction #climate #UnitedNations #SecurityCouncil #globalhealth via @AMSUHR

• Climate change has increased interest—and traffic—in the Arctic. This raises new threats to national security and sovereignty and increases chances of environmental disasters, shipwrecks and plane crashes, any of which may call for the @CanadianForces https://legionmagazine.com/en/2018/05/medical-aid-in-the-deep-freeze/ … via @Legion_Magazine

• You cannot mitigate the impact of a #disaster or #climatechange if you don’t have information on exposed coastlines, weather patterns & other risk info. BLOG from @UNDP‘s Rajeev Issar: The only way to reduce risk is to understand it http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2018/The-only-way-to-reduce-risk-is-to-understand-it.html#.WvmXObnen4Q.twitter … #UR2018 via @carlvmercer

• Weather forecasting technology has improved so dramatically that humanitarian organizations can now fund disaster relief before disaster hits. It’s a revolutionary change that could save countless lives. https://grist.org/article/how-to-stop-a-humanitarian-disaster-before-it-happens/ via @EricHolthaus

• New paper: “climate change and environmental disasters increasingly affect conflict dynamics. Effective conflict prevention thus remains of great concern.” http://bit.ly/2Im35td  via @CliMig

• Full April 2018 U.S. Climate Report now available: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/201804 … #StateOfClimate via @NOAANCEIclimate

• From my @thedailybeast piece on a US “advise and assist” op in #Somalia that took place the night before last Thursday’s hearing at the Pentagon — why US military activity here is so utterly complicated: via @cegoldbaum

• Follow @emilycwilkinson and @katiepetersodi this week in #Mexico for #UR2018 to discuss forecast-based financing, climate-induced migration, #DRR in conflict-affected contexts, climate resilience, risks and more. via @ODIclimate

• This week the #AU Peace and Security Council is looking at the link between security and Climate Change #climatechange #ClimateAction https://issafrica.org/pscreport/on-the-agenda via @PSCReport

• Stakeholders from across the globe are here to discuss displacement related to the adverse effects of climate change #AvertMinimizeAddress @DDisplacement @IOM_MECC via @IOM_MECC