On October 19, Center for Climate and Security Director Erin Sikorsky spoke to a public meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on the intersection of climate change and national security. Her remarks highlighted the importance of close collaboration between the US scientific community and the US national security community on better analyzing climate security risks, as well as on the need for greater science and data literacy in order to build a ‘climate strong’ national security workforce.

You can watch Erin’s full remarks here (beginning at 4:08).