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Review: IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change
“Horn of Africa famine refugee” Photo by Oxfam
By Sandra Fatorić, Center for Climate and Security Research Fellow
The new International Organization for Migration (IOM) Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change report is intended to be a reference publication on environmental and climate change migration, which targets policymakers, practitioners, researchers, international agencies, the private sector, donors, students, and think tanks. Environmental migration intersects a range of policy areas, including migration, climate change and environment, security, development, and humanitarian assistance. (more…)
Center for Climate and Security Named a Best New Think Tank
The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) was named a Best New Think Tank in the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. It’s an annual assessment of leading think tanks worldwide produced by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. CCS is honored to be included, and extends a big thank you to colleagues and friends for their guidance and support.
State of the Union: Pentagon Recognizes “Immediate Risks” Posed by Climate Change
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama recognized the Pentagon’s concerns about the security risks of a changing climate, stating:
The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security. We should act like it.
Gen. Galloway on Climate Risks to Mississippi River Shipping
Flooding in downtown Memphis, TN; part of the 2011 Mississippi River floods (by Thegreenj)
Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board member, Brigadier General Gerald Galloway, United States Army (Retired), recently sat down with Yale Climate Connections to discuss how climate change-related impacts could disrupt shipping flows along the Mississippi River. The Mississippi is a vital trade route for the United States. As Gen. Galloway notes: (more…)