Climate and Security Week(s) In Review: June 26 – August 20

A MAFFS-equipped C-130 Hercules plane, crewed by @theCaGuard’s @146AirliftWing, releases fire retardant over the Carr Fire.

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

• The July GISTEMP data update was posted this morning. The global mean temperature anomaly for July was +0.78°C (above the 1951-1980 baseline average). https://go.nasa.gov/2PakncLvia @NASAGISS
• Our latest piece explains new scientific work that presents a novel index revealing how climate risks are reinforced by global connectivity. The implication? No country, anywhere in the world is shielded from the impacts of climate change. http://ow.ly/xX8d30ltxL7  via @sthlmresilience
• Meteorologist Craig Clements chases #wildfires to better predict fire behavior, via @sciam http://egu.eu/43YED0 via @EuroGeosciences
• In this week’s podcast, we talk with Leon Panetta of The Panetta Institute for Public Policy and @dwtitley of the Center for Climate and Security. Listen in for a conversation about national security and climate disruption. Available now, anywhere you podcast! via @climateone
• Today we hear that India has deployed the military to respond to extensive flooding in Kerala and Australia has appointed a retired Army General to lead the drought response effort. Climate is a security issue – everyday we see this in practice #ClimateSecurity via @mattnewman_au

• Scores of locations on every continent north of the equator have witnessed their hottest weather in recorded history. https://www.sciencealert.com/this-summer-has-been-brutal-and-these-7-unsettling-charts-show-why-you-should-be-concerned via @rahmstorf
• U.S. Congress Addresses Climate Change and Security in the Latest Defense Bill https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/08/13/u-s-congress-addresses-climate-change-and-security-in-the-latest-defense-bill/ … #ClimateSecurity via @CntrClimSec
• Having served with @SenThomTillis, I know he is pragmatic. Not surprised he’s highlighting the “Military’s Concerns About Climate Change as Important Factor in His Evolving Approach to the Issue” https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/08/14/republican-senator-thom-tillis-nc-highlights-militarys-concerns-about-climate-change-as-important-factor-in-his-evolving-approach-to-the-issue/ … via @CntrClimSec via @ChuckMcGrady
• Coming Soon: The Climate and Security Podcast! Featuring dialogues with leading personnel, working on the nexus between climate change and security. Stay Tuned: https://climateandsecurity.org/podcast/  via @PlanSecu
• More frequent and severe storms, fires, and floods are straining resources for U.S. disaster relief. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-disaster-relief-home-and-abroad?utm_content=081618&utm_medium=social_earned&utm_source=tw&utm_term=us-disaster-relief-home-and-abroad via @CFR_org
• Check out the update on @LancerBrigade active-duty @USArmy soldiers support to @NIFCfire and @forestservice efforts in fighting the #MendocinoComplexFire in Calif. #MendocinoComplex @Norad_Northcom @I_Corps via @USArmyNorth
• Task Force Rugged Soldiers assigned to @LancerBrigade at @JBLM_PAO, search out and extinguish hotspots in support of @NIFCfire ‘s efforts to contain the #MendocinoComplexFire. @Norad_Northcom @forestservice @CALFIRE_MEU @I_Corps @5thMPAD #MendocinoComplex @USArmy via @USArmyNorth
• About 1,700 @USArmy $ @USNationalGuard troops now fighting wildfires in California and 3 other states https://www.stripes.com/news/about-1-700-troops-now-fighting-wildfires-in-california-and-three-other-states-1.542837#.W3VumqTlsUM.twitter … @USArmyNorth @theCaGuard #KnowYourMil #MeetYourArmy via @juanitachang
• My short piece on linkages between water stress and violent extremism in Special issue on climate-security: European Security and Defence Union Journal available at http://www.daten.behoerdenspiegel.eu/esdu_30.pdf  via @MarcusKingGW
• Australia faces unprecedented set of security challenges | Albert Palazzo | https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-faces-unprecedented-set-of-security-challenges/ … via @aspi_org via @rdyn51
• #USSMomsen arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, today in conjunction with the ongoing #Arctic Maritime Symposium, an event hosted by Alaskan Command to address strategic challenges of operations in the region. #DDG92 #USNavy via @USPacificFleet
• Watch Live: @TheCaGuard crews talk to the press about helping @Cal_Fire fight the largest #WildFires in #California’s history today at 1 p.m. EST. #KnowYourMil #ShowcasingLethality via @DeptofDefense
• From @CntrClimSec Board Member Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips, USN (Ret): black line is nuisance flood level near Hampton Roads VA; blue band is hourly water level. When blue band crosses black line, nuisance flooding will occur *every high tide*. #climateassessment @theNASEM via @ClimateAtEmory
• Great summary from @CntrClimSec of yesterday’s National Defense Authorization Bill-signing which addresses #ClimateSecurity risks to U.S. Military–including coastal flooding shown in our award-winning #TidewaterFilm (which has screened twice on The Hill!) via @AmerResProj
• Republican Senator Thom Tillis (NC) Highlights Military’s Concerns About Climate Change as Important Factor in His Evolving Approach to the Issue http://climateandsecurity.org/2018/08/14/republican-senator-thom-tillis-nc-highlights-militarys-concerns-about-climate-change-as-important-factor-in-his-evolving-approach-to-the-issue/ … via @CntrClimSec
• “This bill reflects the fact that Congress has accepted the consensus that climate change affects national security” – John Conger, @CntrClimSec, on just-signed $716 billion NDAA https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2018/08/13/stories/1060094001 … #climatechange #nationalsecurity via @e2org
• President Signs Defense Bill Addressing Climate Change Risks To The Military https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/08/13/u-s-congress-addresses-climate-change-and-security-in-the-latest-defense-bill/ … #NDAA via @CntrClimSec
• As the Arctic melts, maritime security gets real http://www.dailypress.com/news/science/dp-nws-climate-security-symposium-arctic-20180703-story.html … @dwtitley @GoodmanSherri @hlmessera
• Release: Mayors, Military Leaders and City Officials Raise Concerns about Sea Level Rise Threats to South Carolina’s Military and Civilian Communities https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/08/07/release-bipartisan-group-of-mayors-military-leaders-and-city-officials-raise-concerns-about-sea-level-rise-threats-to-south-carolinas-military-and-civilian-communities/ @CntrClimSec
• And they’re off: Two hundred #Soldiers with @lancer_brigade are heading to California today to help get the state’s largest wildfire ever, under control. #TrustInMe #Bayonet @I_Corps @Norad_Northcom @USArmyNorth @NIFCfire @forestservice @USArmy @CALFIRE_MEU @FORSCOM @JBLM_PAO via @7thID
• 200 active-duty soldiers to deploy to battle wildfires, defense officials say http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/06/200-active-duty-soldiers-to-deploy-to-battle-wildfires-defense-officials-say.html
• “Is there a #climate role for the most powerful and contentious of all @UN organs, the Security Council?…And what might the Council actually do?” @UNSWCanberra Professor Shirley Scott and @TAMU Professor Charlotte Ku explore in ‘Climate Change and the UN Security Council’. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0238-2 via @UNSWCanberra
• Pacific foreign ministers have toughened their language on security in the region and climate change, in a revamped framework that aims to protect their collective interests. PM’s @LindaMottram spoke to International Development Minister @Senator_CFW http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/pacific-nations-widen-security-definition-include-climate-change/10107758?smid=abcnews-Twitter_Organic&WT.tsrc=Twitter_Organic&sf195284461=1 @abcnews
• Climate Change threatens to deprive people of their livelihood and become a risk for international security. Germany and @Republic_Nauru have thus established a Group of Friends on #ClimateAndSecurity at the @UN: https://new-york-un.diplo.de/un-en/news-corner/climate-and-security-new-group-of-friends/2125774 @GermanyUN
• Military leaders in South Carolina are preparing for rising sea levels while partisans dispute whether it’s the effect of global warming. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/08/06/military-leaders-respond-rising-seas-threaten-installations.html
• Could flooding and sea level rise cost Hampton Roads a military base? https://pilotonline.com/news/military/local/article_f2bc6da2-975a-11e8-8119-4368a84d4813.html via @virginiapilot
• Parris Island, Charleston Coast Guard threatened by rising seas, global warming. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/parris-island-charleston-coast-guard-threatened-by-rising-seas-global/article_c9def6ac-972d-11e8-9fc4-33b949beb674.html via @postandcourier
• The EU Advances a Responsibility to Prepare for Climate and Security Risks https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/07/24/the-eu-advances-a-responsibility-to-prepare-for-climate-and-security-risks/ … #ClimateAndSecurity
• Lawmakers to Pentagon: Keep climate change and security in your sights https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/08/01/lawmakers-to-pentagon-we-said-what-we-meant-and-we-meant-what-we-said/ @CntrClimSec
• James Clapper, director of national intelligence under President Obama, cites “the range of issues that arise from climate change” as a national security threat not receiving sufficient attention. https://www.axios.com/climate-change-national-security-threat-f92444f4-e87f-4e4f-82aa-dc4dcf1be1f2.html via @axios
• Heatwave in Europe set to push up UK food prices https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/03/heatwave-in-europe-set-to-push-up-uk-food-prices?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco via @guardianeco
• Heavy #monsoon rain across E Asia tests #humanitarian system as @Federation announces emergency cash for @philredcross flood relief (photo); #scientists see intense rain as part of storms and monsoons as key risk in a warmer world, says @CoughlanClimate – http://bit.ly/2MdLGRe via @RCClimate
• Wildland fire managers at the NIFC are mobilizing firefighters from Australia and New Zealand to assist with wildfire suppression efforts in the western US. Australia and New Zealand fire crews were last mobilized in 2015 when severe fire activity was similar to this year. #PL5 via @FSNIFC
• See: Combating climate risks in 3D – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://thebulletin.org/2015/06/combating-climate-risks-in-3d/#.W2RpiiNFowM.twitter … |Innovative technologies help optimize #aviation fuel use. Aft body drag reduction devices (commercially known as Microvanes) are small 3-D printed parts that are bonded to the tail of the aircraft, helping to redirect air and reduce drag. Wow! https://www.dover.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1437630/dover-helps-afrl-make-c-17s-safer-lighter-more-fuel-efficient/ @AFEnergy
• Yesterday, Scripps researchers logged the warmest sea-surface temperature at Scripps Pier since records began in August 1916. The record temp—78.6 ℉—is the highest in 102 years of measurements. Data is maintained by the @shoresta100 program at Scripps. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/highest-ever-seawater-temperature-recorded-scripps-pier … @Scripps_Ocean
• See also: Effects of climate change on ticks and tick-borne diseases in Europe http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ipid/2009/593232.pdf …|
  Tick-borne encephalitis has been reported in Rheinland-Pfalz, where tens of thousands of military personnel and their families live https://www.stripes.com/news/medical-officials-in-europe-urge-caution-as-disease-laden-ticks-are-on-the-prowl-1.540829 via @starsandstripes
• Climate change is threatening to shift the balance of power in Asia-Pacific: Climate change in Asia-Pacific will impact many security issues. And implementing solutions may create a more multipolar region, writes Shiloh Fetzek https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/08/climate-change-is-threatening-to-shift-the-balance-of-power-in-the-asia-pacific/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter via @WefBot
• Water Crises, Security and Climate Change https://cftni.org/publications/water-crises-security-and-climate-change/ … via @CFTNI
•  At today’s launch of the Group of Friends on climate&security. Thank you co-chairs @GermanyUN and #NauruUN for this timely initiative. #Belgium is pleased to join forces! We need to strengthen momentum to respond to security implications of the effects of climate change. via @BelgiumUN
• A very timely Group of Friends coming together for the first meeting today: GoF #ClimateAndSecurityThank you to the chairs Nauru & Germany. Norway is a proud founding member – We look forward to take this important topic further! via @NorwayUN
• Thanks to #Germany  & #Nauru for the first meeting of friends of #ClimateAndSecurity. We are ready to bring this agenda forward! ~ @sigrunra #climate – at United Nations via @SwedenUN
• Today marked the launch of the Group of Friends on #ClimateAndSecurity at the #UN, co-chaired by #Nauru and @GermanyUN. Joining forces to address a key global security challenge of our times! @GermanyUN
• I signed an emergency proclamation today for all 39 counties to ensure firefighting resources are ready to go at a moment’s notice to help protect our communities from another unprecedented wildfire season. https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-declares-state-emergency-wildfire-threats-statewide … #WaWILDFIRE via @GovInslee
• 97% of Iran of is suffering from these drought conditions. via @AJEnglish
• An unprecedented heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, with the govt. weather agency now classifying the record-breaking weather as a ‘natural disaster’ http://u.afp.com/osy7  via @AFP
• Climate making bad situations worse. See also https://climateandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/11_the-coffee-belt.pdf … Why are so many migrants leaving Guatemala? A crisis in the coffee industry is one answer http://time.com/5346110/guatemala-coffee-escape-migration/?xid=tcoshare via @shiloh_fetzek
• ‘A nation disappearing off the map is something that’s never happened before and, so far, is something people seem unable to imagine.’https://t.co/C0GcGMwMYd Via @joshuakeating
• The long hot summer: Heat is causing problems across the world https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/07/28/heat-is-causing-problems-across-the-world?utm_source=EHN … via @TheEconomist
• .@CntrClimSec, @VACoastalPolicy at @WMLawSchool & the @williamandmary Whole of Government Center of Excellence held a forum on preparing for #climatechange and impacts on the military and coastal communities, as well as national security. http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/time-whats-next-now-preparing-climate-changed-future-within-our-military-and-coastal … via @TessMackey
• Event Report: Climate and Security from the Arctic to Virginia http://climateandsecurity.org/2018/07/30/event-report-climate-and-security-from-the-arctic-to-virginia/ … via @CntrClimSec
• In the latest edition of The Ripon Forum, John Conger of the @CntrClimSec explains “Why the Pentagon Cares about Climate Change” – https://bit.ly/2Nut7IT 
• Despite sea change at White House, Pentagon steps up climate change preparations http://ow.ly/4Knl30kNayE  @FL_BRACE @RobMooreNRDC @TTUCSC @ICCCAD @UCSshana @CoastalResilCtr @CntrClimSec @ClimateCoLab @theAGU @KHayhoe @UCSUSA via @emweeklyrpt
• A look at our recent event covered in @smallwars | The Time for “What’s Next?” is Now: Preparing for a Climate Changed Future Within our Military and Coastal Communities http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/time-whats-next-now-preparing-climate-changed-future-within-our-military-and-coastal … @hlmessera @dwtitley @GoodmanSherri @VACoastalPolicy via @CntrClimSec
• “Climate change hits us at our Achilles’ heel. In the Southwest, it’s water availability. On the Gulf Coast, it’s hurricanes. In the East, it’s flooding. It’s exacerbating the risks we already face today.” ⁦@KHayhoe⁩ https://t.co/wYJh3dFAGi via @JarsonBordoff
• Experts Say What Happens In The Arctic Affects Norfolk Flooding http://www.tinyurl.com/y8man9kn  @hlmessera @GoodmanSherri
• WWII ammo complicates efforts to fight German forest fire https://t.co/37TShqVc3n via @starsandstripes
• Fort Hood suspends exercises to assist in a different kind of fire fight http://bit.ly/2NKbKnr  via @MilitaryTimes
• Great to partner with @TheWilsonCenter & @StanfordWoods on Coastal Resilience and this briefing on Capitol Hill: Protecting the United States’ Infrastructure, Economy, and Security – https://t.co/07UYQXe8dU via @Alice_C_Hill
• Conger: Why the Pentagon Cares about Climate Change https://t.co/I1oJPWMm8b via @CntrClimSec
• Applying Just War Theory to #geoengineering; can the international community develop new norms to manage potentially world-changing consequences of geonegineering? http://bit.ly/2IP0MKK via @NewSecurityBeat
• Polish firefighters at work in Kårböle, #Sweden, where they are supporting the efforts to put out the #SwedenFires. 7 planes, 300+ #firefighters and 60 vehicles offered by EU countries via the #EUCivPro Mechanism are currently operating in the affected areas. #Skogsbrand via @eu_echo
• Raging wildfires killed 60 people in Greece, devouring homes and forests as terrified residents fled to the sea to escape the flames http://u.afp.com/oekY  via @AFP
• .@eu_echo partners are in emergency mode in #Herat, #Afghanistan, distributing much needed humanitarian assistance to families displaced by the #drought. Over 2000 more families received cash grants today – at least 6000 more will be reached in coming days via @ECHO_Asia
• #Japan “living in a sauna”: 22000+ ppl hospitalised; 65 heatstroke deaths in 1 wk. Elderly most vulnerable. Pple at risk in damaged homes & shelters in floods/landslide-affected areas. via @AJWasahi https://bit.ly/2v8IIGL  & @AFP https://bit.ly/2A5Id61 via @m_yonetani
• We have now helped channel a record level of support to help Sweden battle unprecedented forest fires. So far, 7 firefighting planes, 7 helicopters, 60 vehicles and over 340 personnel have been offered through #EUCivPro  #EUProtects via @EU_Commission
• The big difference between the heatwaves of 1976 and 2018. June 1976: the UK was one of the warmest places relative to normal across the globe, with most areas cooler than average. June 2018: the UK was just another warm blob in a mostly warmer than normal world. #GlobalHeatwave. via @SimonLeeWx
• The world’s largest international maritime exercise, #RIMPAC 2018, includes humanitarian assistance / disaster relief (HA/DR) training, fostering multilateral cooperation in one of the most natural disaster-prone regions on Earth. via @PacificCommand
• “Meeting the growing global demand for energy and natural resources is destabilizing our climate, and threatening the development and security of Asia and the Pacific” #BWCom #climateaction #ClimateFinance https://t.co/yTG9XfKh47 via @BrettonWoodsCom
• Grateful for the active participation and valuable insight by @CntrClimSec at the international conference on #ClimateChange and fragility in Tokyo on July 12. Overview also at: https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ch/page22e_000847.html … via @CCMofa_Japan
• #Climatechange has influences not only on environment but also on economy and national security as “climate change and fragility” Here is a report on International conference on climate change and fragility held by MOFA via @CCMofa_Japan ☞ https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/ic/ch/page22_003022.html …
• Climate Change, Security, Agency and Responsibility https://wc2018.ipsa.org/events/congress/wc2018/paper/climate-change-security-agency-and-responsibility … via @rightrelevance thanks @drrimmer
• Coming Soon: The Climate and Security Podcast! https://t.co/cXLRD8iTVe via @CntrClimSec
• Typhoon trouble brewing in Asia, #JTWC monitoring FIVE storm systems; disaster risk management in #China sees over 387,000 people evacuated and 41,400 ships return to ports before typhoon #Amphil hit Shanghai yesterday #SendaiFramework #IDDR2018 #ResilienceForAll via @unisdr
• The latest edition of the European Security and Defence Union journal looks into #climatesecurity. Highlights: Water weaponization & extremism Climate & conflict in #LakeChad  #Climatechange & the military  Promoting peace in Africa via @ClimateDiplo ACCESS: http://www.daten.behoerdenspiegel.eu/esdu_30.pdf
• Japan Continues its Leadership on Climate Change and Security http://climateandsecurity.org/2018/07/23/japan-continues-its-leadership-on-climate-change-and-security/ … via @CntrClimSec
• A mega-heat wave is gaining strength over Texas and the south-central United States https://t.co/GHPvknPiI2 via @capitalweather
• Extreme weather is striking parts of Asia with deadly flash-flooding in Vietnam, a tropical storm in China and a heat wave in Japan https://t.co/BsoyMak35a via @New_Narrative
• Oregon Airmen Train to Support Wildland Firefighters https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1580105/oregon-airmen-train-to-support-wildland-firefighters/ … @DeptofDefense
• Mock #typhoon disaster aims to determine when #military should respond: http://j.mp/1kjYUqX  #RIMPAC #Hawaii via @starsandstripes
• One of the most important parts of RIMPAC is the humanitarian and disaster relief exercise. It involves #partner nations and local civilian organisations – including virtually all hospitals across #Hawaii. https://goo.gl/R89Sd9  #RIMPAC #RIMPAC2018 #CapableAdaptivePartners via @RimofthePacific
• Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a new warning for very high temperatures #heatwave via @WMO
• A few quick tweets about the brewing food crisis in Sudan. Quietly & away from the news, farming is crumbling. Crop production is down up to 80% this yr in some of the country, as poor rains, a fuel crisis + the collapsing currency, which has made inputs too expensive, bite. 1/ Many farmers are ditching their land & heading to Khartoum. Last wk I visited villages that had lost 40% of their pop since 2015. The crisis has been compounded by a total lack of gov support or policy. Sudan has had 4 ag ministers since 2016. 2/ Unsurprisingly, food prices have soared bc of collapsing local production & higher import costs. Crop staples, like sorghum, have more than doubled in price since Jan. Even the middle class sometimes struggle to buy fruit & veg. Tomatoes have gone from 20 to 110 SDP this yr. 3/ 20 to 110 SDP per kg that is. About $5 per kg. Anger is building, and while it hasn’t really exploded yet, ‘land grabs’ from the Gulf are pushing some ppl over the edge. The highest food price hikes have come in areas where key farm & grazing land has been appropriated. 4/ For 50 yrs, Nile and water-rich Sudan has been referred to as the (potential) breadbasket of the Middle East. But through horrific mismanagement, a worsening climate, & rapacious outsiders it can’t even feed itself. via @PSchwartzstein
• Today’s US #DroughtMonitor shows #drought emerging in several of the Hawaiian Islands, putting over a quarter of the state in moderate drought. Drought also expanded in the Midwest, Northeast & Northwest, but there was some improvement in the Southwest & TX. via @DroughtGov
• Wildfires  -Sweden, Norway, Russia and Finland are all affected. Read more: https://wef.ch/2Lx8efF  via @wef
• Working Group on Climate, Nuclear and Security Affairs – “Breakout Briefer: Expanding The Climate-Nuclear-Security Toolkit” https://climateandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/working-group-on-climate-nuclear-security-affairs_breakout-briefer_toolkit_2018_05.pdf …
• Working Group on Climate, Nuclear and Security Affairs – “Breakout Briefer: Stability At Stake: Addressing Critical Regions Facing Complex Climate, Security, And Nuclear Risks” https://climateandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/working-group-on-climate-nuclear-security-affairs_breakout-briefer_crisis-regions_2018_05.pdf … #ClimateSecurity
• Working Group on Climate, Nuclear and Security Affairs – “Report Two: A Clear Path for Complex Threats” https://climateandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/working-group-on-climate-nuclear-security-affairs-report-two_2018_05.pdf …
• RIMPAC disaster relief drill trains and certifies military, civilian organizations https://t.co/2NzSSGL7up via @PacificCommand
• U.S. joint forces begin #PacificAngel humanitarian and medical exchanges with #Vanuatu in Luganville, ensuring maximum efficacy in disaster response. https://t.co/eKqTWjg7ke via @PacificCommand
• #Copernicus European Drought Observatory has issued an analysis of the ongoing #drought and above average temperatures in Central-Northern Europe. Details here https://bit.ly/2uxPiH3  @CopernicusEU via @WMO
• Integrating climate change into disaster risk reduction strategies | Robert Glasser | https://bit.ly/2L1PeJX  via @ASPI_org
• Climate change is producing levels of heat and humidity in India that, combined, can kill. It will get worse. Read the story here from @sominisengupta with photos from @saumyaphotos https://nyti.ms/2zP3Sz3  via @nytclimate
• LIVE STREAM: “Tatak ng Pagbabago: A Pre-SONA Forum”—led by the Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, and the Cabinet Cluster on Security, Justice and Peace. https://www.facebook.com/pcoogov/videos/499876177138528/ … #DuterteSONA2018 #TatakNgPagbabago #DFAinACTION @DFAPHL
• At MS&D, at #SMM, experts will outline how maritime enterprises can protect themselves effectively against cybercriminals. Threats originating from climate change, and security policy challenges are further items on the agenda http://ow.ly/YjOT30l0guW  via @maritimejournal
• #Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as #Sweden calls for help, reports @guardianeco http://egu.eu/57NKEX  via @EuroGEosciences
• After the deluge, the #heat. This map from Japan Meteorological Agency shows the extremely high temperatures in the country after the devastating #Japanfloods. 200 out of 927 stations recorded more than 35°C on 15 July via @WMO
• This is why incorporated heat waves in to our updated climate security maps for the region. http://strauss.tacc.utexas.edu/#/d  |Extreme heat has become “a major public health challenge” in India and Pakistan. Excellent reporting here by @SominiSengupta: https://t.co/cWqWHgCQNb via @bradplumer and @busbyj2
• USACE has a permanent presence in #PuertoRico, with the Antilles office, providing federally authorized navigation, ecosystem restoration and flood damage reduction projects. We’ll be here long after our emergency response missions are complete. via @USACEHQ
• #Colorado Drought Task Force will hold a public listening session in #Durango, July 23rd, 4:15pm, at the Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave. They want to hear from those most impacted by the #drought: what has (not) worked, how can the State help with response & recovery? @hnw2 via @PeckAgEc
• George Washington Parkway is partially flooded, and people are being rescued from their cars. Updates: http://nbc4dc.com/LJvXWtR 
• Aviation crews with the 3-142nd dropped more than 100,000 gallons on this forest fire near NY’s Adirondack Park. When disaster strikes, we respond. For more information on the Guard visit: http://nyarmynationalguard.com  via @NationalGuardNY
• How might #climatechange affect security and stability in developing countries? And how might dynamics of #conflict, fragility, and #peace either support or hinder efforts to address climate change? Explore the climate-conflict nexus in this USAID report: http://bit.ly/2mKNkPO  via @climatelinks
• Widespread unrest erupts in southern Iraq amid acute shortages of water, electricity. ⁦@Mustafa_salimb⁩ and ⁦@LizSly⁩ with a good rundown of the ongoing protests in Iraq’s south. https://t.co/CRqPMdvzVE via @TamerELG
• Wildfires can drastically change the terrain and make the ground less able to absorb water. Even areas that do not typically flood are now at risk for flash flooding and mudflows for up to five years after a wildfire. https://www.fema.gov/flood-after-fire … via USACEHQ
• This past week @UN: Deputy Secretary-General @AminaJMohammed briefed the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security in the Sahel #wps (https://bit.ly/2uqzMMg ) and climate-related security risks (https://bit.ly/2KWFO2j ). via @UN_DPA
• Japan floods a warning for a changed climate | Kumuda Simpson https://t.co/LfdBLjQiEq via @kumudasimpson and @LowyInstitute
• Two Days of Climate and Security Action in the UN Security Council and Japan https://t.co/788EokqVeJ via @CntrClimSec
• Climate & security risks in the #LakeChad crisis: Important new report from @JanVivekananda @camillaborn for Expert Working Group (incl @TheWilsonCenter fellow @MalinMobjork) http://bit.ly/2NIRcwC  via @meagham
• As Planet Heats Up, Conflicts Do Too – “Climate change is inextricably linked to some of the most pressing security challenges of our time,” U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the council. “We must understand climat…https://lnkd.in/es44Rah  via @TimothyLawn
• Drought in northern Europe, Scandinavia and Baltics is continuing in July. Well above average temperatures. Risk of wildfires and harvest losses, according to WMO regional climate monitoring centre for Europe operated by @DWD_presse . via @WMO
• #Climatechange ­and the shortages of #water and #food that come from it is becoming increasingly linked to #conflict. Countries most vulnerable to #drought and #crop failure are also most vulnerable to conflict and #fragility. https://t.co/enNIob7h0f via @abdellatif_adel
• Today, #Sweden holds the first meeting in the @UN Security Council since 2011 on #Climate & #Security to better understand how #climatechange impacts security. Read more: http://bit.ly/UNclimsec
• @Portugal_UN congratulates @SwedenUN for convening this important meeting on #ClimateAndSecurity. Portugal believes that when climate change has an impact on international peace and security, it is important that the #UNSC dully considers it.
• Incoming chair of Pacific Islands Forum emphasises security implications of climate change. |Nauru President calls climate change defining issue of next century, calls for special representative on climate and security at UNSC @Republic_Nauru @COP23 @FijiPM @ForumSEC @SprepChannel @IslandsBusines @PacIsNewsAssn @President_Heine @spc_cps @StefArmbruster @UNFCCC via @wtmpacific
• “Climate change is a security threat” says Yoichi Kato in his keynote speech @CCMofa_Japan international conference on #climatechange and fragility #japan4climate2018 via @Groen_Lisanne
• Vice Admiral McGinn on CNN: The President should acknowledge climate threat at NATO https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/07/10/vice-admiral-mcginn-on-cnn-the-president-should-acknowledge-climate-threat-at-nato/ … #ClimateSecurity
• Other regions offer lessons on tackling rising sea impacts, experts say http://www.dailypress.com/news/science/dp-nws-climate-security-symposium-creative-20180703-story.html … @hlmessera #ClimateSecurity
• Climate change should be top security priority for Trump at NATO summit says Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn – CNN https://buff.ly/2unaleN 
• Today’s #UNSC debate on climate-related security risks w/ DSG @AminaJMohammed, #Iraq‘s Min. of Water Resources Hassan Janabi & Hindou Ibrahim. #Poland  underlines multilateral cooperation, climate risk assessment and management as conflict prevention tools. #climatesecurity via PLinUN
• “#Climate related security threats must be seen through the need for climate diplomacy and should be as much as a part of overall UN efforts in conflict prevention” – Statement by Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan Ashikbayev on #ClimateAndSecurity via @Kazakh_Mission
• In UNSC Climate-related security risks, Nauru PM (Pacific SIDS) notes growing climate threats likely to test our basic structures of governance. Climate preparations are long overdue. The UN needs a new SRSG dedicated specifically to “climate and security” concerns. via @GlobalActionPW
• Impressive statement from China calling for strengthened measures and more international cooperation to address climate-related security risks including land, water, food and migration ‘all @UN organs should act on climate change’ #ClimateAndSecurity @SwedenUN via @camillaborn
• In UNSC Climate-related security risks, Curaçao PM (@NLatUN) insists that the SC must play a larger role in ensuring that the UN agencies tasked with climate issues are fully responsive. “Better analytical information” and monitoring essential. UN needs a climate “knowledge hub.” via GlobalActionPW
• “Climate risk assessments must be part & parcel of reporting to the #UNSC; how #climate risks interact w/ social, political, & economic factors & #gender dimensions. We must capitalize on knowledge on the ground & integrate it in our efforts to end conflict & sustain peace.” – at United Nations Security Council Chamber @SwedenUN
• In UN Security Council Climate-related security risks, @iraq_un Water Min. notes that many of the river basins that have housed human civilizations for millennia are now facing major stresses and threats. Water-related political tensions are growing. via @GlobalActionPW
• .@forestservice crews assist @thecaguard Soldiers set up an Improvised Ribbon ‘float’ bridge. @CAL_Fire requested the bridge to allow firefighters to haul heavy equipment to reach the County Fire faster. Go Guard! via @USNationalGuard
• #Climate-related security risks on the #UNSC-agenda today, chaired by Swedish Foreign Minister @MargotWallstrom. Understanding climate risks is essential to ensuring effective & #sustainable conflict prevention! #ClimateandSecurity via @Denmark_UN
•  At the international conference tomorrow, we will use scenario set in near future site in Southeast Asia or Pacific Islands and discuss how to deal with possible #climatechange-affected natural disasters and long-term risks. Read more: https://www.mofa.go.jp/ic/ch/page25e_000192.html … #japan4climate2018 via @CCMofa_Japan
• Now that’s how weathermen work! @AirForceReserve #HurricaneHunters fly weather reconnaissance missions into #TropicalStormChris and #TropicalStormBeryl. @53rdWRS @DeptofDefense http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1569944/hurricane-hunters-fly-tropical-storms-beryl-chris/ … via @usairforce
• June 2018 contiguous U.S. average temperature was 71.5°F, 3.0°F above average—the 3rd warmest June on record: http://bit.ly/USClimate201806  #StateOfClimate via @NOAANCEIclimate
• US wildfires continuing to accelerate in coverage. YTD acres burned (3.27M) now running 25% above recent average. #OKwx #COwx #TXwx leads w/ most acres charred thus far. via @SteveBowenWx
• Why have record Japan rains been so deadly? “The frequency of heavy rain-linked disasters is on the rise, and we are facing the world where the rules learnt from your experiences no longer apply.” #SendaiFramework #SDGs #ResilienceForAll https://t.co/tlk97GmUEd via @UNISDR
• Release: Political and Military Leaders Demonstrate Bipartisan Agreement on Preparing Virginia for Climate Change Threats https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/07/09/release-political-and-military-leaders-demonstrate-bipartisan-agreement-on-preparing-virginias-military-and-coastal-communities-for-climate-change/ … via @CntrClimSec
• Polynesian leaders urge for #UNSG to appoint special rapporteur to #SecurityCouncil on security threats caused by climate change. Leaders confirm that their territorial boundaries under #UNCLOS shall “remain unchanged despite the effects of sea level rise.” #MareNulliusProject https://t.co/7iohCT1SLO via @EdvardHviding
• 38 killed, 50 missing as torrential rain hits Japan, over 1.6 million evacuate homes https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/15-dead-50-missing-as-heavy-floods-hit-japan-over-1-mn-ordered-to-evacuate/story-CiRYNyjxej48Oi8xO2by6N.html … via @htTweets via @henkovink
• As the Caribbean braces for #HurricaneBeryl, @SebastienMalo reports on the challenges in rebuilding the #BritishVirginIslands devastated by last year’s monster #HurricaneIrma https://tmsnrt.rs/2L0cROQ 
• A brush fire started at 11:29 a.m. and continues to burn in Mainside area from Santa Margarita to De Luz. Evac for Lake O’Neill, NCIS building, De Luz CDC, temporarily set up at 22 area McDonald’s. De Luz and O’Neill Heights areas on standby for evacuation to Paige Field House. via @MCIWPendletonCA
• Africa’s hottest temperature may have been set on Thursday in Algeria, where a desert town hit 124 deg F. https://t.co/0vGPmqJ8Ma via @afreedma
• Several Southern California locations currently meeting or exceeding their *all time* record high temperatures at this hour. Temperatures still rising in most spots. Nearly every site exceeding daily records, and countless monthly records. #CAwx #CAfire #CAheat #LAheat #heatwave via @Weather_West
• Not good news for our fellow citizens ….some still do not have power from Maria…every storm going forward for the foreseeable future compounds the tragedy for Puerto Rico and other Caribbean Islands.|BREAKING: Puerto Rico Governor declares state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Beryl which is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm before it affects the island – landfall likely to be Monday morning – public office to be closed, Monday – shelters to open island wide via @DrShepherd2013 and @DavidBegnaud
• SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Beryl is expected to hit the eastern Caribbean as a hurricane instead of dissipating, threatening islands still trying to recover from last year’s storms, forecasters said Friday.https://www.wsj.com/articles/beryl-strengthens-expected-to-hit-caribbean-as-hurricane-1530896268 … via @WSJ
• The story of how climate change, terrorism, and the vanishing waters of Lake Chad are threatening centuries of subsistence fishing around the region. @UNDP is lending support as a high level delegation led by @AminaJMohammed found out on Thurs. https://t.co/LNpzzjrO3S via @UN_News_Center
• #DroughtMonitor 7/3 shows ~30% of continental U.S. & 66.4M people impacted by moderate #drought or worse. One month ago, it was 50M people & 27% of CONUS. http://drought.gov , #drought2018 via @NOAA
• #NZ has placed #climatechange as core to its new #defense strategy: “New Zealand’s defence #capability would have to grow to deal with the challenges of climate change” #nationalsecurity @Alice_C_Hill @mattnewman_au @MattM_UQ |Defence policy: Climate change central to new strategy https://t.co/bDfsQFvIV3 and https://t.co/FlWXqp2GAw via @DrJNalau and @RNZjonathan
• As heatwaves become stronger and more frequent (see: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/305/5686/994.short …) strange stories like this will also become more frequent. This is why it’s so impt to integrate climate change into infrastructure engineering design! |Today we had an incident in Heaton, young man stepped on some tarmac and lost his footing The tarmac had become so soft during the current heatwave that it melted. He stayed calm & called 999 Thankfully he didn’t break his ankle he was wearing his granddads @drmartens! via @KHayhoe and Tyne_Wear_FRS
• BREAKING (yet again): Africa may have witnessed its all-time hottest temperature Thursday: 124 degrees in Algeria. This adds to a remarkable onslaught of all-time heat records set around the planet over the last 10 days https://t.co/EtERaKLZqc via @capitalweather
• Today New Zealand published their Strategic Policy Statement 2018 acknowledging climate change as a ‘complex disruptor’ shaping the strategic environment. You can read it here: https://www.defence.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Strategic-Defence-Policy-Statement-2018.pdf … via @mattnewman_au
• Thirty-three people have died in a #heatwave that has baked the southern part of the #Canadian province of #Quebec, officials say. https://t.co/wLcR6RPRfR via @abdellatif_adel
• First day of Chad visit with @AminaJMohammed completed. Strong impressions from Lake Chad Basin – emotional meetings with survivors of Boko Haram’s violence. Here the link between security, development and climate is obvious. Will take these experiences with me to #UNSC next week via @margotwallstrom
• A very candid and timely discussion on #ClimateSecurity by Dr. @AdilNajam Amb. @KoblerinPAK and @rafay_alam today at #IdeasConclave2018
• PRESS RELEASE: Foreign Minister @margotwallstrom & @UN DSG @AminaJMohammed visit #Chad & Niger ahead of #UNSC meetings. “Following the visit I will chair 2 meetings on the situation of women in #theSahel, & the link btw #climate & security.”~FM Wallström https://t.co/PMGqXE7hzX @SwedenUN
• USACE has a permanent presence in #PuertoRico, with the Antilles office, providing federally authorized navigation, ecosystem restoration and flood damage reduction projects. We’ll be here long after our emergency response missions are complete via @USACEHQ
• PM to raise CSME, Security and Climate Change at CARICOM summit https://stluciatimes.com/2018/07/04/pm-to-raise-csme-security-and-climate-change-at-caricom-summit/ … via @stluciatimes
• Incredible. Temperature analyses show temperatures along Arctic Ocean in Northern Siberia 40+ degrees above normal, exceeding 90 degrees. This is another example of astonishing heat in different parts of planet over last week. More info here: https://wapo.st/2KPnZRZ  via @capitalweather
• Since 2014, the #Peace Centers for Climate & Social Resilience project in Ethiopia has undertaken activities in pastoral communities to address vulnerabilities to #climatechange & improve capacity for #conflict prevention, mitigation & resolution: http://bit.ly/2B25y3D  via @climatelinks
• Heat wave kills 12 in Montreal https://t.co/gqGadl6W3I via @cflav
• ICYMI: @JasonBordoff wrote about the security challenges of a connected #energy grid and how to address them https://t.co/Uo3o2pcphQ via @ColumbiaUEnergy
• When people are aware of disaster risks and trained to be prepared, lives are saved. This EU-funded project in Malawi uses #drones to create #maps to help increase local #resilience to natural disasters such as floods via @eu_echo
• #Weeklypick #Afghanistan Drought and conflict are triggering #displacement. Almost 20,000 people were displaced due to conflict in June, and +20,000 people have been forced to migrate due to drought, since April. Read more here: https://www.acaps.org/countries via @ACAPproject
• All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week https://t.co/1xNOiQPwIu via @nzhearald
• Climate Change, the Erosion of State Sovereignty, and World Order https://climateandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/1_eroding-sovereignty.pdf …
• Chronic #disaster displacement across #Asia & #Pacific is a key issue for debate and action at this week’s #AMCDRR2018 in #Mongolia capital #Ulaanbaatar #IDPs #SendaiFramework #ResilienceForAll @DDisplacement @IDMC_Geneva @iom Read @HeadUNISDR op ed here http://bit.ly/2tMZknx via @unisdr
• In 2017, #drought in #Malawi affected more than half the population. With our @eu_echo funded project, we use #drones to increase awareness about safe spaces in case of #disasters https://t.co/oxUpgixqNO via @coopi
• #Jason2, a satellite partnership operated by @CNES, @EUMETSAT, @NOAA and @NASA, celebrates a decade of tracking the ongoing rise in global sea level https://t.co/s0KMqunU4G via @NASASeaLevel
• “Exacerbating that unrest is the drought. The Iran Meteorological Organization estimates 97 percent of the country faced some form of drought. Analysts also blame government mismanagement for diverting water away from some farmers in favor of others.”At least 11 people, mostly Iranian police, were wounded when security forces confronted protesters angry over water scarcity in the country’s south https://t.co/E7JUYNu8JJ via @AP
• As water routes become increasingly passable, there is likely to be a rise in legal and illegal fishing activity, recreational traffic, and perhaps even illicit trafficking https://t.co/kcj2xMXh0O via @WarOnTheRocks
• The #Navy is taking #climate change seriously because it has to: #readiness “If you’re doing a humanitarian response, you are not doing in all likelihood the mission that you’re supposed to be” – RADM Ann Phillips of the @CntrClimSec https://usat.ly/2tM4ZJs  #climatesecurity via @hlmessera
• High Level Climate, Peace and Security Event Summary https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/06/29/high-level-climate-peace-and-security-event-summary/ … via @CntrClimSec
• #PACAngel 18-1 came to a close. The multinational team helped more than 65K people in Timore-Leste with #medical and #humanitarian assistance. @usairforce via @PACAF
• When natural disasters strike, the unique capabilities of the British Armed Forces help DFID get aid to the most remote, fragile and dangerous parts of the world #AidWorks #ArmedForcesWeek via @DFID_UK
• USACE has 960 personnel in #PuertoRico supporting all FEMA assigned missions, including 814 contractors, 660 working directly on temporary power generation. (as of 27 June) via @USACEHQ
• Today’s WatchBlog takes a closer look at how expected impacts of weather effects associated with climate change pose operational and financial risks to DOD’s overseas sites. https://blog.gao.gov/2018/06/26/climate-change-adaptation-at-u-s-military-bases-around-the-world/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blogsm … via @USGAO
• Last week PSI took part in an unprecedented high-level event in Brussels hosted by @FedericaMog – #Climate, #Peace and #Security: The Time for Action. Read about the highlights of the meeting here: https://www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/news/taking-action-climate-security-unprecedented-high-level-event-brussels … via @PlanSecu
• .@SERVIRGlobal – a joint initiative of @USAIDEnviro & @NASA that connects #Space2Village – focuses on four service areas: 1. Agriculture & #FoodSecurity 2. Land Cover 3. #Water & Disasters 4. Weather & #Climate Learn more: http://bit.ly/2GJIXR0  via @climatelinks
• 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 #ClimateSecurity
• Amidst Growing Nuclear and Climate Threats, A New Series of Reports Issues Warnings and Recommendations https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/06/11/release-amidst-growing-nuclear-and-climate-threats-a-new-series-of-reports-issues-warnings-and-recommendations/ … #ClimateSecurity
• The expected impacts of weather effects associated with climate change pose financial risks (such as the cost of repairing facilities) to the U.S. military’s overseas bases. Today’s WatchBlog explores: https://blog.gao.gov/2018/06/26/climate-change-adaptation-at-u-s-military-bases-around-the-world/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blogsm … via @USGAO
• The U.S. military’s overseas bases face significant operational and financial risks from weather effects associated with climate change. Today’s WatchBlog explores DOD’s efforts to adapt its bases to these risks: https://blog.gao.gov/2018/06/26/climate-change-adaptation-at-u-s-military-bases-around-the-world/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blogsm … via @USGAO
• Climate change has increasingly become a matter of national security and national interest over time http://ow.ly/yN1F30kFpRv via @UNinBrussels
• WMO Exec Council discussing how to reduce risk of high-Impact weather including floods, wildfire, extreme wind, disruptive winter weather, and heat and air pollution. Details of HiWeather project at https://bit.ly/2EWs9RT via @WMO
• Where nuclear and climate issues combine in countries with other issues such as terrorism, nation-state competition, weak institutions, and mass movement of people, we must understand how this nexus of challenges could affect stability and security. https://www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/news/new-analysis-how-climate-change-reinforces-nuclear-threats … via @KittyvdHeijden
• Lead article in @arctic_today is about U.S. lack of preparedness for a changing #Arctic. Captures much of my recent testimony to #Congress on this issue https://t.co/upthQX3EcS via @dwtitley
• Coast Guard Receives International Recognition for Hurricane Response https://t.co/q0hacYBorj via @DeptofDefense
• Europe’s Responsibility to Prepare: Managing Climate Security Risks in a Changing World https://t.co/xnwhdpRzmH via @CntrClimSec
• Last week, #NATO DSG @Gottemoeller addressed the importance of practical cooperation & adaptation at conference on “Climate, Peace and Security” https://goo.gl/axgrHL via @ItalyatNATP
• At critical juncture for the EU, experts unveil “Europe’s Responsibility to Prepare” framework for climate and security. https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/58887 via @PlanSecu
• #NATO works actively to reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency in field operations. DSG @gottemoeller discussed the links between climate & security at an #EU conference on Climate, Peace and Security, read more: https://bit.ly/2MhZ5r4  via @NATODepSpox