Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret) on a Washington Post Live panel on The Energy 202
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.
- In response to damage from
#HurricaneSandy, DOD is building stronger and more resilient facilities. Revisit our report to learn more: https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-15-749?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gpi …#Hurricaneprep via @USGAO
- Through the Silver Jackets Program USACE can implement its Flood Risk Management Program at state level. Interagency Silver Jackets teams leverage resources to identify and implement solutions to reduce flood risk and assist communities. Learn more: http://silverjackets.nfrmp.us/ . via @USACEHQ
- DOD’s SLVAS report https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/01/29/new-pentagon-survey-climate-change-risks-to-50-of-military-infrastructure/ … shows just what a significant challenge water security poses to military
#readiness .@RepCarbajal responds with some language in the#FY19NDAA#climatesecurity#nationalsecurity via @hlmessera
- Pleased that HASC adopted my amendment to improve water security on bases. Our installations are not isolated from the impacts of #climatechange & it’s critical that we prepare to address water scarcity threats, both in drought-impacted states like CA & around the world #FY19NDAA via @RepCarbajal
- Managing effects of #ClimateChange “can’t be Africa’s job on its own.” More lessons about climate security threats in #Africa from our MSC Roundtable on Human Security in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia @TanaForum: https://www.securityconference.de/en/news/article/climate-change-exacerbates-threats-to-africas-security-msc-roundtable-on-human-security-in-bahir/ … via @MunSecConf
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@RCClimate working with@SprepChannel &@BOM_au to boost capacity of#SolomonIslands Meteorological Services to monitor and communicate on#drought thru ‘early-action rainfall watch’, incl seasonal outlooks – (pic shows training session in Honiara) – http://bit.ly/2rBNfzl via @RCClimate
- Climate change, food security and sustaining peace | World Economic Forum https://buff.ly/2rzFXw5 via @FlorianKrampe
#PacificPartnership 2018 mission phase in#SriLanka wraps up after two weeks of events building relationships and disaster response capabilities: http://go.usa.gov/xQRG5@USEmbSL@PacificCommand via @USPacificFleet
- Energy experts from
@MiddleEastInst@BrookingsInst and@CntrClimSec talk#energypolicy and#market solutions at@postlive#202Live. Discuss the question of US energy abundance & impacts of#IranNuclearDeal@PepcoConnect@Exelon#EnergyEfficiency#CyberSecurity#ThursdayThoughts – at The Washington Post Live Center via @USEnergyAssn
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@SaraSorcher talks w/@samanthaenergy@RaufNMammadov & Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (Ret.) about the energy challenges facing America today.#202Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-live/?utm_term=.5181badf5580 via @postlive
- With the Coast Guard now on schedule to receive its first new heavy icebreaker in 40 years, it’s going on the offensive to highlight its role on the frontlines of emerging national security threats—including climate change. From
@MBourmont and@dandeluce: http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/04/the-head-of-the-u-s-coast-guard-isnt-afraid-to-talk-about-climate-change/ via @ForeignPolicy
- Defence force is ‘the insurer of last resort’ and ‘climate change is a peace inhibitor’. Defence must use a CC lens on their operations. Ian Cunming, Defence Security Advisor.
#adapt2018 via @crimatology
- You often hear about sea level rise, but UN ambassador for tiny Pacific Island nation of Nauru says food security is an overlooked but major climate risk for small island nations. Prices spike if drought hits global supply chain. Reef collapse hurts local fish
#oceanrisk via @jessleber
- “The newly inaugurated forum believes that tackling the receding Lake Chad, climate change, and other development issues cannot work without security.”
@channelstv on#LCBGForum via @Chanda_lm
- Climate change is already threatening national security, retired vice admiral says. http://wlrn.us/2IbG3RC via @WLRN
- ‘How can climate security academics who aspire for policy relevance seek to orient their work without compromising academic rigor?’ https://bit.ly/2KRrsfR Great post by Joshua Busby of
@CntrClimSec abt navigating the#policy and#academia link in#climatechange and#Security via @ross250182
#Somalia Update on the impact of#floods: over 700,000 people affected, including over 228,000 people who displaced since mid April.#Beledweyne district is the most affected. WASH and health are of particular concern https://www.acaps.org/country/somalia/special-reports#container-1010 … via @ACAPSproject
- 30 navies from around the world arrive in
#Indonesia for Exercise Komodo, building maritime cooperation and competence in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105450 … via @PacificCommand
- Example of need to think beyond obvious impacts of
#climate change. At same time, appreciated@wudanyan including caution against unwittingly taking perpetrators off the hook, determined pathways & oversimplified causality@NewSecurityBeat@ClimateDiplo@busbyj2@CntrClimSec via @geoffdabelko
- My latest for
@Revelator_News: on how climate change can cause and exacerbate trafficking & what we can do it about it. http://therevelator.org/climate-change-human-trafficking/ via @wudanyan
- Lake Chad Climate-fragility risk assessment is being launched the
#SthlmForum in Galleriet right now! Join the discussion@PlanSecu@adelphi_berlin@SIPRIorg via @Amierasawas
- What are the key challenges the
#LakeChad region is facing as a consequence of the interplay between#climatechange & fragility? – JOIN US at#2018_Stockholm_Forum – and explore our NEW REPORT: http://adelph.it/lakechadprofile ~@PlanSecu@SIPRIorg#climate#SthlmForum via @adelphi_berlin