Jackson Hole Global Forum Climate Change and National Security Panel
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.
- Nov 18 – Kenneth Matheson, an unmanned aircraft system pilot with
@ArmyERDC, prepares his fixed-wing drone before a flight Nov. 17. Matheson and the UAS team were asked to deploy to Florida to support recovery operations following Hurricane#Michael
- Nov 18 – Lots of discussion about climate change in the 116th Congress – Here’s a look specifically at
#ClimateSecurity | Forecast: Climate Change and Security in the 116th Congress https://t.co/LZcQ3BMxKY
- Nov 18 – The Climate and Security Podcast: Episode Two with Rear Admiral Ann Phillips https://t.co/X5wytet6l0
- Nov 18 – Climate change and security to be discussed at APEC summit https://t.co/06tHlnKh4a
- Nov 17 – NASA global temperature is out! Second warmest October on record. The past five are the only Octobers on record more than 1 °C warmer than the average of 1880-1910 via @rahmstorf
- Nov 17 – Responding to climate-related security risks – policy development in the EU and UN
@MalinMobjork from@SIPRIorg will deepen our understanding of#climate and security risks on 3rd Dec in Sthlm, organised by#MistraGeopolitics &@Forsvarshogsk Register now http://bit.ly/2PspGI4 via @SEIclimate
- Nov 17 – Join us!
@Braced Twitter Chat—How can you build resilience to#climate extremes and disaster in#conflict areas in the West African#Sahel? Mon., November 19 11:30 AM EST/4:30 GMT Join the conversation using#ResilientG5 To learn more, visit: http://bit.ly/2PtAPsf via @TRF_Climate
- Nov 16 – Next February I’ll host a
@PlanSecu workshop on natural resource driven#conflict in central#Mali with@torbenja,@giz_gmbh,@mastercircleNL & civil society from#Mopti. Sign up for the event and join the debate on#doable solutions to#ClimateChange. http://www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/activity/a4-local-conflicts-regional-solutions-enhancing-prospects-development-and-stability-mopti … via @LNvoyageuse
- Nov 16 – Emergency assistance needs in
#Afghanistan are atypically high through the lean season across the country http://ow.ly/30y630mDY7E via @FEWSNET
- Nov 16 – .
@thecaguard continues to support@CAL_FIRE along with other local, state and federal partners battling multiple wildfires throughout the state, but here they’re shown fighting the#CampFire. Go Guard! via @USNationalGuard
- Nov 15 – The Woolsey Fire and Nuclear Safety in the Era of Climate Change https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/11/15/16491/ … via @CntrClimSec
- Nov 13 – New tool from
@ndgain not only compares climate vulnerability & readiness of 270 US cities, it also shows variation within cities https://gain-uaa.nd.edu/ via @McCannEcology
- Nov 15 – Attending a training at Nairobi to understand the interplay of climate change and security in which
@PracticalAction Nepal and Sudan are becoming a part of project implementation in collaboration with UNEP Geneva via @gopalpghimire
- Nov 15 – Our director Sally speaking at the UCAR Senate briefing on Predicting Coastal Impact: “We need to identify the geographies most at risk and help them prepare for the impacts of climate change before they become hot spots for instability and conflict” https://news.ucar.edu/132636/experts-warn-growing-risks-heavily-populated-coastlines#.W-2WBNvZ5cE.twitter … via @StimsonEnvSec
- Nov 15 –
#Norway | Today, Minister@JY_LeDrian will meet with his Norwegian counterpart, Ine Eriksen Soreide, to discuss key international issues, including: European security, climate change, the Sahel & the Middle East. Learn more https://www.fdip.fr/GupBbn7K via @francediplo_EN
- Nov 14 – On November 28,
@NewSecurityBeat will present an all-day event on water, conflict, and cooperation. Please join the conversation by using#wateratwilson and watch the live stream here: https://t.co/ggIczHPXax via @TheWilsonCenter
- Nov 14 – Join us December 11 in Washington, DC for an informal conversation on emerging trends in
#disaster risk assessment, and help chart a course for the UR 10-year anniversary#UR2020. Don’t forget to RSVP: http://understandrisk.org/ur2020-planning-meeting/ … via @UnderstandRisk
- Nov 14 – From Lagos to Kinshasa, wilder weather and other stresses related to
#climate change could lead to knock-on effects such as high crime rates and civil unrest, analysts@MaplecroftRisk warn https://t.co/N2ta96BOJI via @TRF_Climate
- Nov 12 – NASA’s Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team observes California’s wildfires & the damages they’re leaving behind from space. https://go.nasa.gov/2B2jY77 via @NASAEarth
- Nov 14 – Climate, water and energy security for Jordan, Palestine and Israel was the theme of the two days EcoPeace conference. The urgency and self interest of working together to secure a more sustainable, just and peaceful future was the message of the 180 participants via @gidonb
- Nov 13 – A Security Analysis of the New IPCC Report: Prevent 2°C, Prepare for 1.5°, and Do So Responsibly https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/10/18/a-security-analysis-of-the-new-ipcc-report-prevent-2c-prepare-for-1-5-and-do-so-responsibly/ … via @CntrClimSec
- Nov 13 – “Allegations recently surfaced that the Taliban blocked the flow of water to farmers to force their compliance with demands.” Detailed piece on how drought + conflict are converging to ruin agriculture in Afghanistan bit.ly/2SxU6GM via @RPearshouse
- Nov 13 – UK
@DefenceHQ says military must prepare now for “far-reaching consequences” through 2050 due to#climate change. Trade + supply route disruption, increases in migration, crop failures + water wars all on horizon (h/t@crisortunity for spotting) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/754732/GST6_Web_Version_v2.pdf … via @edking_I
- Nov 13 – .
@NOAA Coast Survey hydrographers helped survey the waters of U.S. Marine Corps@camp_lejeune in NC, post-Hurricane Florence.@USCG Special Mission Training Center now has the survey data needed to confidently and safely resume small boat tactics training. https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/updates/?p=171622 … via @NOAAcharts
- Nov 13 – Good discussion at @SWP_Berlin today on early warning mechanisms. Very relevant for Germany’s initiative to advance the climate and security agenda in the UN Security Council via @GERClimatEnergy
- Nov 13 –
#ClimateChange is one of the greatest challenges facing our world, causing extreme weather events affecting communities’ food, security & livehoods. Today@UNECOSOC will discuss the links between climate change, peacebuilding & sustaining peace. Join us: http://webtv.un.org via @SwedenUN
- Nov 8 – Lieutenant General Jameson, USAF (Ret) at the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs, “the U.S. military has been concerned about climate change for at least 20 years.” via @CntrClimSec
- Nov 11 – Looking forward to hearing H.E.
@UKenyatta speak on the security consequences of climate change at the#ParisPeaceForum alongside Presidents of Djibouti, Republic of Congo,@spain & Prime Minister of@denmarkdotdk via @AmbMkimani
- Nov 11 – Joined the conversation on consequences of climate change at the
#ParisPeaceForum. Climate change is not an abstract threat in a far-off future. It is here with us today, and is a defining security and development challenge of our time via @UKenyatta
- Nov 12 – The
#ParisPeaceForum opens its door for the 2nd day. Today, Igarapé’s researchers will be at our Innovation in Conflict Prevention booth, as well as participating in several debates with policy-makers on issues regarding Security, Development, Migration, as well as climate change via @igarape_org
- Nov 12 – Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, US Navy (Ret): Extreme weather harms national security https://t.co/UF5cuavv2w
- Nov 12 – Igarapé Institute meetups at the
@ParisPeaceForum today: (a) How to make Infrastructure more Conflict-Sensitive? (b) What are the links between climate change and security? (c) What is the role of organized crime in conflict?#ParisPeaceforum via @AAbdenur
- Nov 12 – Hurricane-Damaged Air Force Base Has an Opportunity to Rebuild for Resilience https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-damaged-air-force-base-has-an-opportunity-to-rebuild-for-resilience/?amp … via
@sciam
- Nov 11 – Understanding the National Security implications of our rapidly warming planet is a critical responsibility of military leaders.
#climate change via @Dirkjam
- Nov 9 – “When we look at, when I look at, climate change, it’s in the category of sources of conflict around the world and things we have to respond to.”
@GenDunford@thejointstaff@CntrClimSec https://t.co/KQI2w1I2r4 via @PhaseZeroNA
- Nov 8 – Lt.Gen Jameson, Lt.Gen Castellaw, Maj.Gen Halter and Amb. Holwill talking climate change impacts on national security and the military mission in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
#climatesecurity via @CntrClimSec
- Nov 8 – New
@USAID Report on the Double Burden of Climate Exposure and State Fragility#climatechange https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/10/15/the-double-burden-of-climate-exposure-and-state-fragility/ … via@CntrClimSec via @martinfredras
- Nov 8 – Hurricane Michael’s destruction of Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida –and estimated cost of $1.7B to rebuild– raises questions about the military’s vulnerability, especially at coastal installations, to climate change as it fuels more extreme storms https://t.co/qifvCIsfNW via @EENewsUpdates
- Nov 8 – Today we’re at the Jackson Hole Global Forum – http://jhcga.org/globalforum
@JHCGA. Up next CCS Advisory Board member @dwtitley and others for timely discussion on climate solutions. Tune in later this afternoon for the Climate Change & National Security Panel via @CntrClimSec
- Nov 8 – Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Join us on December 7th for the
#YearAhead2019 to listen to Rear Admiral (ret’d) Jonathan White@CntrClimSec talk about the climate-security nexus and the way ahead. https://carleton.ca/csids/ for more info via @CSIDSCU
- Nov 7 – Continuous water supply minimizes vulnerabilities, enhancing human security and development potential, via
@CntrClimSec https://t.co/aZgP2NRqGa via @PacificInstitut
- Nov 6 – Want to learn more about how
#climate and national security are connected? The new Climate and Security Podcast from@CntrClimSec will delve into that topic every two weeks. Check it out https://t.co/Rcgwizt7iN via @citizensclimate
- Nov 6 – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: Climate change a source of conflict around the world https://climateandsecurity.org/2018/11/06/chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-climate-change-a-source-of-conflict-around-the-world/ … via
@CntrClimSec
- Nov 6 – New: The
#Climate &#Security Podcast! Thanks@CntrClimSec Favorite that one.@cclconservative Episode 1 https://t.co/NpdB94UMIy via @JimTolbertNC
- Nov 6 – USACE is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response for Hurricane
#Michael. We have more than 440 personnel providing support both onsite and remotely, coordinating with local, state and@fema partners via @USACEHQ
- Nov 6 – We just had the fourth warmest October on record, with global average
#temperatures 0.5°C above the 1981-2010 average. October 2015 was warmest, followed by 2016 and 2017, per@CopernicusECMWF https://bit.ly/2OrDbCz via @WMO
- Nov 6 – Leaders at UNGA 73 Debate Urge Accelerated Climate Action, Security Council to Address Climate Change http://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/policy-briefs/leaders-at-unga-73-debate-urge-accelerated-climate-action-security-council-to-address-climate-change/ … via @energyenviro
- Nov 6 –
@Defensie symposium on climate & security. Huge interest with examples of#iraq#mali#caribbean. Speakers from@WetlandsInt@Clingendaelorg@eeas Debate focuses on what EU & NL military can do to reduce security risks from climate change & water scarcity via @PlanSecu
- Nov 6 – Global Climate Change is real and it poses the gravest threat to the security, human development & the livelihood of the people of our hemisphere via @NestorMendezOAS
- Nov 5 – At
@duke_ags, a freshman just asked Gen. Dunford about climate change. He says it’s a source of conflict and something DOD must respond to, noting droughts and past storm devastation. “It’s something we very much have taken into account in our planning,” he says. via @DanLamothe
- Nov 5 – Congratulations to the
@WYPW_PMJE for an amazing session on#water security &#climate change at the#WorldYouthForum in Egypt. Contributors included the Egyptian Water#Minister, the Egyptian Environment#Minister as well as the#Swiss#Ambassador. via @InternSecrWater
- Nov 5 – Rear Admiral Len Hering Sr. USN discusses the robust policies needed to reduce the scale of climate change to avoid unpredictable threats rooted in national security approaches
@ASUgreen Friday, 11/9 from 3:30-4:30 pm@ASU Wrigley Hall. More info & RSVP: https://bit.ly/2QjZJab via @asulightworks
- Nov 5 – How climate change can affect national security
#HTAnalysis by Bikram Singh https://t.co/pUxvKRwldH via @htTweets
- Nov 5 – “As communities compete for scarce resources, communities clash with each other and the result is conflict.”
@hindououmar explains the stark impact that#ClimateChange has had on people in Chad and neighboring countries. “#Climate has become a security issue” via @iiea
- Nov 5 – When asked what needs to be addressed in the 2020 vision of the UN, Dmitry Titov, former Asst. Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in UN Peacekeeping, says: climate change. Panel on the topic on Thursday at 10.45am: https://quno.org/peace-week-2018 via @annikaep
- Nov 5 – U.S. Army, 46th “Steel Spike” Engineer Battalion, Fort Polk, La., deployed to Tyndall AFB as part of Task Force Hammer, a combined task force of active duty engineers and
@USACEMobile to aid fellow service members in the recovery following Hurricane#Michael via @USACEHQ