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Event Summary: Arctic Security – A Tabletop Game for the World House Student Fellows Program
By Ethan Wong
On February 23, The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) facilitated an Arctic security scenario exercise for the World House Student Fellows Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House. The tabletop game was designed to educate future decision makers on the ways in which climate change intersects with existing security risks, and to encourage innovative and rational decision-making given rising uncertainties and time restrictions.
Students engage in tabletop exercise to assess their decision-making skills during high-risk scenarios. (Perry World House / University of Pennsylvania)
The crisis response game was set in 2030 and centered around an environmental crisis in the Arctic amidst brewing geopolitical tensions featuring military exercises, oil spills, gray-zone activities, and ecosystem changes due to rising temperatures. The student fellows took on the role of three different teams, Blue, Red and Green, representing NATO, Russia, and the international community, respectively. Throughout the exercise, teams competed and worked to tackle the ongoing crisis that was exacerbated by “injects,” or wildcard events, such as severe natural disasters and suspicious military incidents. Over the course of several turns, students debated policies, sent and received intelligence, and formulated political and military responses that contributed to the evolving situation in the Arctic.
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The Center for Climate and Security Joins Nexus25 Project as it Launches Phase 2, Hosts MSC Side Event
On February 16, 2024, the Nexus25 project organized an official side event at the Munich Security Conference, marking the official launch of Phase 2 of the project. The discussion, co-hosted with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), brought together leaders from government, multilateral organizations, civil society, security institutions and the private sector to discuss the links between hunger, climate and sustainable security.
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CCS Webinar: Locking in Progress: Climate Security Priorities for 2024
Join the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) for a virtual event: Locking in Progress: Climate Security Priorities for 2024 on 1 February from 10:30-12:00 PM EST. This public, on the record event will feature former US government officials and outside experts discussing how to ensure the climate security gains made over the past three years are solidified, and where gaps remain as we enter the final year of this presidential term. The goal of this event is to identify key climate security priorities for the US government in 2024.
Participants
Dr. Tegan Blaine, Director, Climate, Environment and Conflict at USIP and former head of the climate team at USAID’s Bureau for Africa
The Honorable Joe Bryan, former Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Advisor for Climate to the Secretary of Defense
Mr. Richard Kidd IV, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Security
Dr. Frances Colón, Senior Director for International Climate Policy at CAP; former Deputy Science and Tech. Adviser to the Secretary of State
Erin Sikorsky, Director, Center for Climate & Security, Moderator
When
Thursday, February 1, 2024
10:30 am – 12:00 pm (ET)
Where
Register for the virtual webinar here.
The event will be also recorded and released online via the Council on Strategic Risks website.
If you have any questions please reach out to Ethan Wong at ewong@csrisks.org. Please feel free to share this event with others who may wish to attend.
Event Summary: Implications for NATO of Climate Security Scenarios in the Balkans
An exercise conducted with the Halifax Peace with Women Fellowship 2023
By Lily Boland
On October 30, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) led a scenario exercise on climate security for the new class of the Halifax Peace with Women Fellowship, which convenes senior female military leaders from NATO and partner countries for a 3-week executive tour of the political and technological capitals of the United States and Canada. The exercise sought to socialize a better understanding of how climate change hazards shape security risks in a region of importance to the NATO alliance (in this case, the Balkans) and help identify ways in which NATO, partner countries, and their militaries can better prepare for and prevent these risks. Participants included the fellows class along with officials from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Force Education & Training and Office of Arctic and Global Resilience.
