Climate and Security Resources: Academic, Think Tank and NGO
This page includes a list of resources on the nexus of climate change and security by a selection of Academic, Think Tank and NGO sources. For a full list see the Climate Security Resource Hub main page.
2023
How the United States Can Prevent the Weaponization of Climate Migration in a Warming World: A Humane Approach. Authored by Katelin Wright, The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, March 2023.
Climate Security Scenarios for Sweden. Authored by Erin Sikorsky and Brigitte Hugh, The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, February 2023. Edited by Francesco Femia.
The Forgotten Countries in the “Muddy Middle” of Climate Security Risk: A Case for Addressing the Gap. By Tom Ellison, The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, February 6, 2023
Breaking Silos: Climate Change, Security, and Humanitarian Action. By Elsa Barron, Brigitte Hugh, Alejandra Portillo-Taylor, The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, January 31, 2023. Edited by Francesco Femia and Erin Sikorsky
Deepening U.S. Climate Security Ambition: A Road Map for 2023. By Brigitte Hugh and Erin Sikorsky, The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, January 19, 2023
Climate, Water and Militias: A Field Study From Southern Iraq, By Peter Schwartzstein, Republished via SIPRI’s ‘Environment of Peace’ initiative, January 11, 2023
Climate Change as a “Threat Multiplier”: History, Uses and Future of the Concept, By Sherri Goodman and Pauline Baudu, The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, January 3, 2023. Edited by Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia
2022
Authored by Erin Sikorsky, “China’s Climate Security Vulnerabilities,” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, November 2022. Edited by Francesco Femia.
Barron, E., Birkman, L. (The International Military Council on Climate and Security), “Security.” In: “State and Trends in Africa Report 2022.” (STA22). pp 438-457; November 2022
Authored by John Lichtefeld. Project managed by Brigitte Hugh, “Climate Security in Mainland Southeast Asia: A Scenarios-Based Assessment.” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, November 2022. Edited by Francesco Femia.
Caitlin Sturridge, João Feijó and Nelson Tivane, Coping with the risks of conflict, climate and internal displacement in northern Mozambique: ‘We can’t just sit here with our arms crossed’, HPG, November 2022
Kerrie HollowayID, Zaki Ullah, Dastgir Ahmadi, Elham Hakimi and Aaftab Ullah, Climate change, conflict and internal displacement in Afghanistan: ‘We are struggling to survive’, HPG, September 2022
Femia, F., Werrell, C. (2022). “Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent (R2P2): Applying Unprecedented Foresight to Addressing Unprecedented Climate Risks.” In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_160-1
“Climate Security Snapshot: The Balkans” The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, July 2022. Authored by Elsa Barron and Hugo van Manen. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks.
“Climate Security: An Agenda for Future Research.” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Authored by Dr. Duncan Depledge, Matt Ince, Olivia Lazard, and Erin Sikorsky. Edited by Francesco Femia. June 2022.
“Decarbonized Defense: The Need for Clean Military Power in the Age of Climate Change.” The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security. June 2022. Authored by Louise van Schaik, Pierre Laboué, Katarina Kertysova, Akash Ramnath, and Douwe van der Meer. Edited by Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks.
Michael Thomas, Rachel Fleishman, Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell, “La responsabilité de préparer et de prévenir (R2P2) : développer une architecture de gouvernance de la sécurité climatique.” Traduit de l’anglais par Maxime Chervaux. Les Champs de Mars 2020/2 (N° 35), pages 181 à 198
“Weathering Risk Scenario-based Analysis: Levant,” The International Military Council on Climate and Security Expert Group and the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. May 2022. Authored by Bentley, Robert; Brigitte Hugh and Dr. Rod Schoonover, Published by adelphi.
“Climate Change, Security, and Political Coherence in the South and East China Seas,” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. April, 2022. Authored by Rachel Fleishman. Edited by Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia.
“Challenge Accepted: A Progress Report on the Climate Security Plan for America and Recommendations for the Way Ahead,” The Climate and Security Advisory Group. Washington, DC. March 31, 2022. Edited by John Conger, Erin Sikorsky, Francesco Femia and Christine Parthemore. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks
Colin Kelley, Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell, “Chapitre 8. Sécurité climatique et hydrique en Méditerranée orientale” in La Guerre Chaude, Presses de Sciences Po, March 14, 2022
Sikorsky, Barron and Hugh, “Climate, Ecological Security and the Ukraine Crisis: Four Issues to Consider, The Center for Climate and Security, March 11, 2022
Joshua Busby, “States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security.” Cambridge University Press, 2022
Peter Schwartzstein and Wim Zwijnenburg, “We fear more war, we fear more drought,” PAX, February 16, 2022
Clint Watts and John Conger, “Climate Change and National Security,” Orbis, Volume 66, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 159-165
“Taking Stock: Integrating Climate Change into U.S. National Security Practices in 2022,” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, January 25, 2022
“Climate Change and Terrorism: Three Risk Pathways to Consider,” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, January 10, 2022
2021
Tom Middendorp, “Klimaatgeneraal: Bouwen aan weerbaarheid,” December 7, 2021
“2022 Global Economic Outlook,” Wellington Management, November 2021
Hannah M. Teciher, “How organized credibility enables climate action: the U.S. climate security coalition as a credibility machine,” Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, November 29, 2021
“The Climate and Security Advisory Group’s Climate and Security Fellowship Program: Climate Security Risk Briefers.” The Center for Climate and Security in partnership with the American Security Project and the Environmental Change and Security Program of the Wilson Center. October 2021. Edited by Esther Sperling, Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks.
Matthew Brubacher, “Climate Security Risk Brief: LIbya.” Climate Security Expert Network, October 2021
Eric Hunt, Francesco Femia, Caitlin Werrell, Jordan I. Christian, Jason A. Otkin, Jeff Basara, Martha Anderson, Tyler White, Christopher Hain, Robb Randall, Katie McGaughey, “Agricultural and food security impacts from the 2010 Russia flash drought,” Weather and Climate Extremes, Volume 34, December 2021, 100383
Marcus D. King, Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, “The responsibility to prepare and prevent: Closing the climate security governance gaps,” in Anthropocene (In)securities: Reflections on Collective Survival
50 Years After the Stockholm Conference, SIPRI, 2021
Burnett and Mach, “A “precariously unprepared” Pentagon? Climate security beliefs and decision-making in the U.S. military,” Global Environmental Change, September 2021
Missing in Action: Responding to Australia’s climate & security failure, Australian Security Leaders Climate Group, September 1, 2021
Dr Pushp Bajaj, “A Critique Of The Report On “A Security Threat Assessment Of Global Climate Change: How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate A Catastrophic Security Future,” National Maritime Foundation, August 20, 2021
“Converging Crises in North Korea: Security, Stability & Climate Change,” The Converging Risks Lab, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center. July 2021. Authored by Catherine Dill, Alexandra Naegele, Natalie Baillargeon, Monica Caparas, Dominick Dusseau, Madeleine Holland, and Christopher Schwalm. Edited by Francesco Femia, Rachel Fleishman, Emily Marshall, David McGlinchey, Andrea Rezzonico, and Zach Zobel. See the associated story map here.
Esra Buttanri, Danica Svilanović, David Ilioski (OSCE); Lukas Rüttinger, Pia van Ackern, Adrian Foong (adelphi), “Regional Consultation for the South Caucasus – Armenia and Georgia: Co-operation opportunities for addressing the security implications of climate change,” OSCE and adelphi, July 2021
Esra Buttanri, Danica Svilanović, David Ilioski (OSCE); Lukas Rüttinger, Pia van Ackern, Adrian Foong (adelphi), “Regional Consultation for the South Caucasus – Azerbaijan and Georgia: Co-operation opportunities for addressing the security implications of climate change,” OSCE and adelphi, July 2021
Nevitt, Mark, “Is Climate Change a Threat to International Peace and Security?,” Michigan Journal of Law, July 2021.
“Climate Change in the U.S. National Security Strategy: History and Recommendations,” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. June 2021. Holly Kaufman and Sherri Goodman.
“Security and Climate Risk in the Arctic: Temperatures and Tensions Rise,” The Converging Risks Lab, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center. June 2021. Authored by Kate Guy, Alexandra Naegele, Natalie Baillargeon, Madeleine Holland, Christopher Schwalm. Edited by Francesco Femia, Rachel Fleishman, Emily Marshall, David McGlinchey, Andrea Rezzonico, Zach Zobel. See the associated story map here.
“The World Climate and Security Report 2021,” The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, June 2021. Authored by Steve Brock, Oliver-Leighton Barrett, Laura Birkman, Elisabeth Dick, Leah Emanual, Sherri Goodman, Kate Guy, Sofia Kabbej, Tom Middendorp, Michel Rademaker, Femke Remmits, Julia Tasse. Edited by Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks.
Horton, Radley et al., “Assessing human habitability and migration” Science, June 18 2021.
Gilmore, Elisabeth and Halvard Buhaug, “Climate mitigation policies and the potential pathways to conflict: Outlining a research agenda,” WIREs Climate Change, June 17, 2021.
“Melting Mountains, Mounting Tensions: Climate Change and the India-China Rivalry,” The Converging Risks Lab, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center. May 2021. Authored by By Sarang Shidore, Alexandra Naegele, Natalie Baillargeon, Rachel Fleishman, Madeleine Holland, Christopher Schwalm. Edited by Fancesco Femia, Emily Marshall, David McGlinchey, Christine Parthemore, Andrea Rezzonico, Zachary Zobel.
Buhaug and Nina von Uexkull: “Vicious Circle: Violence, Vulnerability, and Climate Change,” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, May 19, 2021
Regional Assessment for South-Eastern Europe: Security Implications of Climate Change, OSCE and adelphi, April 22, 2021
Hegazi, Farah, Florian Krampe and Elizabeth Smith, “Climate-Related Security Risks and Peacebuilding in Mali,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, April 20, 2021
Pratnashree Basu and Aadya Chaturvedi, “In Deep Water: Current Threats to the Marine Ecology of the South China Sea,” Observer Research Foundation, March 8, 2021
Bircan, Tuba, et al., “Finding the gap. Addressing the international migration data gaps,” HumMingBird, March 2021
Zittis, George, et al., “Business-as-usual will lead to super and ultra-extreme heatwaves in the Middle East: and North Africa, NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, Volume 4, March 23, 2021
R. Schoonover, C. Cavallo, and I. Caltabiano. “The Security Threat That Binds Us: The Unraveling of Ecological and Natural Security and What the United States Can Do About It.” Edited by F. Femia and A. Rezzonico. The Converging Risks Lab, an institute of The Council on Strategic Risks. Washington, DC. February 2021.
“Climate Security and the Strategic Energy Pathway in South Asia.” Part of the “World Climate and Security Report 2020” Briefer Series, February 2021. Authored by Sarang Shidore (CSR), Rachel Fleishman (CCS). Edited by Erin Sikorsky (CCS) and Francesco Femia (CSR). Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. February 2021.
“Climate Security and the Strategic Energy Pathway in Southeast Asia.” Part of the “World Climate and Security Report 2020” Briefer Series, February 2021. Authored by Shiloh Fetzek (CCS), Rachel Fleishman (CCS), Andrea Rezzonico (CCS). Edited by Erin Sikorsky (CCS) and Francesco Femia (CSR). Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. February 2021.
Steve Brock and Deborah Loomis, “Climate 21 Project: Department of Defense,” Climate 21 Project, February 2021
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, “Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia,” February 3, 2021
Leamon, Robert, Scott McIntosh, and Daniel Marsh: “Termination of Solar Cycles and Correlated Tropospheric Variability,” Earth and Space Science, February 9, 2021
“Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021,” International Displacement Monitoring Centre
John Conger and Shiloh Fetzek, “A Climate Security Plan for Canada,” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Edited by Erin Sikorsky and Francesco Femia. January 2021
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program et al., “SHELTER FROM THE STORM: Policy Options to Address Climate Induced Displacement from the Northern Triangle,” January 26, 2021
Sherri Goodman, Kate Guy, Marisol Maddox, Ole Jacob Sendig, Iselin Németh Winther, “Climate Change and Security in the Arctic,” The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Edited by Francesco Femia and Erin Sikorsky. January 2021
2020
Abrahams, Daniel: “Land is now the biggest gun: climate change and conflict in Karamoja, Uganda,” Climate and Development, December 25, 2020
Fuller, Kurnoth, Mosello, “Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: The Caribbean,” Climate Security Expert Network, December 2020
Peter Schwartzstein, “Bringing the Natural World into America’s Middle East Policy: Averting a Crisis Foretold,” The Century Foundation, December 14, 2020
Lavorio, Agata, “Geography, Climate Change, National Security: The Case of the Evolving US Arctic Strategy,” The International Spectator, Italian Journal of International Affairs, 30 November 2020
Beatriz Pérez de las Heras, “Climate security in the European Union’s foreign policy: addressing the responsibility to prepare for conflict prevention,” Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Volume 28, 2020, Issue 3, February 2020
“Climate and Security in Brazil,” Part of the “World Climate and Security Report 2020” Briefer Series, The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, November 2020. Authored by Oliver-Leighton Barrett (CCS), Andrea Rezzonico (CCS), Vanessa Pinney (CCS), Francesco Femia (CCS). Edited by Francesco Femia and Shiloh Fetzek. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. November 2020. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks.
Parthemore, Conger, Femia and Guy, “Confronting Systemic Security Risks: Proposals for the Next U.S. Administration, The Council on Strategic Risks, October 2020
“5 Threats to National Security and How Government Protects its Citizens,” Eastern Kentucky University, 2020
Cox, Kate et al: “A Changing Climate: Exploring the Implications of Climate Change for UK Defence and Security,” RAND Corporation and University of Exeter, 2020
Fetzek, Shiloh et al: “Climate and Security in the Indo-Asia Pacific,” Part of the “World Climate and Security Report 2020” Briefer Series, The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Edited by Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell, July 2020
Shidore, Sarang: “Converging Risks in South Asia: Is a Disruptive Transition on the Horizon?,” The Council on Strategic Risks, July 2020
Rezzonico, Andrea & Cavallo, Christine: Climate and Nuclear Security in the South China Sea: The Cases of Indonesia and the Philippines, The Council on Strategic Risks, June 2020
Climate Change and the National Defense Authorization Act (FY18-FY20), The Center for Climate and Security, June 2020
Imran, Zafar: “Understanding Climate-Security Risks: A Mechanism-based Approach,” Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), May 2020
Rezzonico, Andrea: “Climate Change and Nuclear Developments: A Growing Security Nexus,” SAIS Review of International Affairs, Volume 39, Number 2, Summer-Fall 2019, pp. 139-127
Climate and Security Expert Network, Factsheets and Briefs, 2020
Guy, Kate et al. “A Security Threat Assessment of Global Climate Change: How Likely
Warming Scenarios Indicate a Catastrophic Security Future.” Product of the National Security, Military, and Intelligence Panel on Climate Change. Edited by Femia, Francesco. and Werrell, Caitlin. The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. February 24, 2020
Brock, Steve et al, “The World Climate and Security Report 2020,” The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security. Published by the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Edited by Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell. Released at the Munich Security Conference, February 2020
“Munich Security Report 2020: Westlessness,” Munich Security Conference, February 11, 2020
2019
Beatrice Mosello, Lukas Rüttinger, Liesa Sauerhammer, “The Climate Change-Conflict Connection: The Current State of Knowledge,” Climate Security Expert Network, November 2019
Beatrice Mosello and Lukas Rüttinger, “Climate-Fragility Research Paper: Linking Adaptation And Peacebuilding Lessons Learned And The Way Forward,” Climate Security Expert Network, December 2019
Caitlin E. Werrell and Francesco Femia, “The Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent: A Climate Security Governance Framework for the 21st Century,” The Council on Strategic Risks/ The Center for Climate and Security (also published by the Global Challenges Foundation), October 2019
Louis Cox-Brusseau, “An Inhospitable Climate: Why the V4 Needs to Wake Up on Climate Security,” Think Visegrad, October 31, 2019
The Center for Climate and Security, “A Climate Security Plan for America: A Presidential Plan for Combating the Security Risks of Climate Change,” Washington, DC: The Climate and Security Advisory Group, Chaired by the Center for Climate and Security in partnership with George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, , September 2019
2019 Climate and Security Fellowship Program’s “Risks Briefers,”: The Center for Climate and Security, the American Security Project and the Wilson Center, September 2019
Busby, Joshua, “A Clear and Present Danger: Climate Risks, the Energy System, and U.S. National Security,” in “Impact of Climate Risk on the Energy System Examining the Financial, Security, and Technology Dimensions,” the Council on Foreign Relations, pg 54, September 2019
Bolsen, Palm and Kingsland, “The Impact of Message Source on the Effectiveness of Communications About Climate Change,” Science Communication, Volume: 41 issue: 4, page(s): 464-487, August 1, 2019
Teicher, Hannah M., “Climate allies : how urban/military interdependence enables adaptation,” Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, June 2019
Council of Canadian Academies, The Expert Panel on Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Potential, “Canada’s Top Climate Change Risks,” 2019
Brosig et al, “Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army,” US Army War College, July 2019
Werrell, Femia and Conger (The Center for Climate and Security), “A ‘Responsibility To Prepare’: A Strategy For Presidential Leadership On The Security Risks Of Climate Change,” War on the Rocks, June 14, 2019
“Global Peace Index 2019: Measuring Peace in a Complex World,” Institute for Economics and Peace, June 2019
Rezzonico, Parthemore, “Nuclear Energy Developments, Climate Change, and Security in Egypt,” The Council on Strategic Risks, June 2019
Institute for Integrated Economics Research (IIER), “Reframing Climate Change as a Core National Security Issues,” Australian Defence Magazine, June 6, 2019
Conger, Fetzek, Fleishman, “Climate Change Lessons from the US Military: What Japanese Industry Can Learn from Another Global Enterprise,” Japan Series Report 2, The Center for Climate and Security, May 2019
Fetzek, Fleishman, Conger, Japanese Industry in an Unstable Climate: Reducing Exposure to the Security Implications of Climate Change,” Japan Series Report 1, The Center for Climate and Security, May 2019
Implications of Climate Change on Defence and Security in the South Pacific by 2030, Observatory on Defence and Climate at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), commissioned by the 2017 South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM), May 2019; Executive Summary
Spratt, Dunlop, “Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach,” Breakthrough – National Centre for Climate Restoration, Foreword by Admiral Chris Barrie, AC RAN (Ret), May 2019
David Wallace-Wells,“The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming,” February 2019
2018
Femia, Werrell: “Significant Security Threats from Climate Change on the Horizon,” Defense Dossier, Issue 23, December 2018
Dakota Wood (Ed.), “2019 Index of U.S. Military Stregth, David Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy,” The Heritage Foundation
Fleishman, Goodman: “Climate Change and the U.S. Military,” Defense Dossier, Issue 23, December 2018
Fetzek and Barrett, “Climate Security Drivers in the Caribbean,” The Center for Climate and Security, December 2018
Parthemore, Femia and Werrell, “The global responsibility to prepare for intersecting climate and nuclear risks,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, October 22, 2018
A Security Analysis of the New IPCC Report: Prevent 2°C, Prepare for 1.5°, and Do So Responsibly, The Center for Climate and Security, October 18, 2018
“Governance for a Changing Climate,” Sustainable Solutions Lab, University of Massachusetts Boston, pg 41 (sidebar), September 2018
Climate Change in the Age of Great Power Competition, The American Security Project, 2018
Water Crises, Security and Climate Change, Center for the National Interest, 2018
Climate Change and the UN Security Council, Edited by Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku, 2018
Climate Change: a global security and humanitarian challenge, The European Security and Defense Union, February 2018
The Time for “What’s Next?” is Now: Preparing for a Climate Changed Future Within our Military and Coastal Communities,” Small Wars Journal, July 2018
Europe’s Responsibility to Prepare: Managing Climate Security Risks in a Changing World, The Center for Climate and Security in partnership with the Clingendael Institute and the Planetary Security Initiative, June 2018
How Climate Change Impacts National Security (One-Pager), The Center for Climate and Security, June 2018
Working Group on Climate, Nuclear and Security Affairs. Report Two: A Clear Path for Complex Threats, Nolan and Parthemore, The Center for Climate and Security, May 17, 2018
Working Group on Climate, Nuclear and Security Affairs. Breakout Briefer: Stability At Stake: Addressing Critical Regions Facing Complex Climate, Security, And Nuclear Risks, Bhatiya, The Center for Climate and Security, May 17, 2018
Working Group on Climate, Nuclear and Security Affairs. Breakout Briefer: Expanding The Climate-Nuclear-Security Toolkit, Conger and Fetzek, The Center for Climate and Security, May 17, 2018
Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding, Storlazzi et al, April 27, 2018
“We must prepare and react to climate and security risks through space technologies,” in
“Climate Change: a global security and humanitarian challenge,” The European Security and Defense Union, pp 26-29, February 2018
Military Expert Panel Report. Sea Level Rise, and the U.S. Military’s Mission, 2nd Edition, The Center for Climate and Security, February 26, 2018
Climate and Security Advisory Group. A Responsibility to Prepare – Strengthening National and Homeland Security in the Face of a Changing Climate: Roadmap and Recommendations for the U.S. Government, The Center for Climate and Security in partnership with the Elliott School of International Affairs, February 26, 2018
Munich Security Conference: Munich Security Report 2018
2017
“A Responsibility to Prepare,” Briefing to the UN Security Council, Werrell, The Center for Climate and Security, December 15, 2017
Video and prepared remarks
“National Climate-Related Security Policies of the Permanent Member States of the United Nations Security Council,” Jiayi Zhou, SIPRI, 2017
“Chapter 6: Climate Hazards, Food Security and the Arab Uprisings,” Lost in Translation: New Paradigms for the Arab Spring,” Edited by Uzi Rabi and Abdelilah Bouasria, Sussex Academic Press, May/ June 2017
“Handbook of Transitions in Energy and Climate Security,” Edited by Robert E. Looney, Routledge, 2017
“Climate Wars? A Systematic Review of Empirical Analyses on the Links Between Climate Change and Violent Conflict,” Kendra Sakaguchi, Anil Varughese, and Graeme Auld, International Studies Review, 5 October 2017.
“Action on Climate and Security Risks,” Vivekananda, Fetzek, Mobjörk, Sawas and Wolfmaier, adelphi, The Center for Climate and Security, SIPRI, December 2017
“Sea Level Rise, Deterritorialized States and Migration: The Need for a New Framework,” Douglas, The Center for Climate and Security, November 2017
“Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs – Report One: A Framework for Understanding and Managing the Intersection of Climate Change, Security and Nuclear Affairs,” Parthemore, Nolan and Rezzonico, The Center for Climate and Security, November 2017
“Sustainability, Stability, Security,” World Wildlife Fund, November 2017
“Facing an Unpredictable Threat: Is NATO Ideally Placed to Manage Climate Change as a Non-Traditional Threat Multiplier?,” Amar Causevic, Connections: The Quarterly Journal, George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies, October 2017
Out of the Frying Pan Part 1 (understanding the links between climate change and violent conflict) and Part 2 (building resilience to climate change and violent conflict),
Grene and Cammaer, Christian Aid, October 2017
“The Securitization of Climate Change: Australian and United States’ Military Responses (2003 – 2013),” Michael Durant Thomas, The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, Springer, 2017
A Responsibility to Prepare: Governing in an Age of Unprecedented Risk and Unprecedented Foresight, Werrell, Femia, Goodman and Fetzek, The Center for Climate and Security, August 2017
“Epicenters of Climate and Security: The New Geostrategic Landscape of the Anthropocene,” The Center for Climate and Security, June 2017
The Alliance in a Changing Climate: Bolstering the NATO Mission Through Climate Preparedness, Fetzek, The Center for Climate and Security, May 2017
“India, Climate Change and Security in South Asia,” Antos, The Center for Climate and Security, May 2017
“Climate change and security,” Werrell and Femia (the Center for Climate and Security), Crisis Response, Volume 12, Issue 3, April 2017, pp. 44-47
Why and how to use foresight tools to manage climate security risks, The Center for Climate and Security, April 2017
“A Responsibility to Prepare: Why the U.S. National Security Community Takes Climate Risks Seriously,” Werrell and Femia, The Center for Climate and Security, April 2017
“Responsibility to Prepare: A Whole of Government Approach to Climate and Security in Three Steps,” Femia and Werrell, The Center for Climate and Security, March 2017
“Climate Security Risks in the Asia Pacific: An Opportunity for U.S. Engagement,” Fetzek, The Center for Climate and Security, Feb 2017
Coastal Megacities vs the Sea: Climate and Security in Urban Spaces, Vivekananda and Bhatiya, The Center for Climate and Security, Feb 2017
2016
2016: “The U.S. Department of Defense Rationale for Innovative Energy Investments,” Barnes, Dec 2016
2016: “Climate Change, the Erosion of State Sovereignty, and World Order,” Werrell and Femia (the Center for Climate and Security), The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Volume XII, Issue 2, Spring-Summer 2016, pp. 221-235. Full article here.
2016: 2016 Special Issue: Climate Change and Policy, Marine Corps University Journal
2016: “Armed-conflict risks enhanced by climate-related disasters in ethnically fractionalized countries,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Schleussner et al, July 25 2016
Voski, Anaïs. (2016). The Role of Climate Change in Armed Conflicts across the Developing World and in the Ongoing Syrian War. Carleton Review of International Affairs. 3. 10.22215/cria.v3i0.123.
2016: Putting Environmental Stress (Back) on the Mass Atrocities Agenda, The Stanley Foundation
2016: The Climate and Security Advisory Group (CSAG) Briefing Book for a New Administration, The Center for Climate and Security in partnership with the Elliott School of International Affairs
2016: Military Expert Panel Report: Sea Level Rise and the U.S. Military’s Mission, The Center for Climate and Security
2016: Climate Security Consensus Project Statement, The Center for Climate and Security
2016: The Climate-Nuclear-Security Nexus: A Collision Course or a Road to New Opportunities?, The Center for Climate and Security
2016: A Storm Without Rain: Yemen, Water, Climate Change, and Conflict, Collin Douglas, The Center for Climate and Security. August 2016
2016: “Climate Change and US National Security: Past, Present and Future,” Peter Engelke and Daniel Chiu, The Atlantic Council
2016: Spatiotemporal drought variability in the Mediterranean over the last 900 years, Cook et al.
2016: The Commander in Chief’s Authority to Combat Climate Change, Nevitt, M. Cardozo Law Review (and summary via New Security Beat)
2015
2015: The U.S. Asia-Pacific Rebalance, National Security and Climate Change, The Center for Climate and Security in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for a New American Security and the University of Oxford.
2015: A Catch 22 or an Opportunity? Climate change and instability in the Middle East and North Africa – the cases of Syria and Egypt, Femia and Werrell, the Center for Climate and Security
2015: “The Securitisation of Climate Change in the United States: The Integration of Climate Threats Into the Security Sector,” Franziskus von Lucke, University of Tübingen, ClimaSec, June 2015
2015: Climate Security 101, The Center for Climate and Security
2015: Hampton Roads, Virginia and the Military’s Battle Against Sea Level Rise, Matt Connolly, The Center for Climate and Security
2015: Be Prepared: Climate Change, Security and Australia’s Defence Force, Climate Council
2015: Climate Security 101, The Center for Climate and Security
2015: The Longest Conflict: Australia’s Climate Security Challenge, Centre for Policy Development
2015: The SAIS Review of International Affairs: The Era of Man: Environmental Security on a Changing Planet, Volume 35, Number 1, Winter-Spring 2015
2015: Climate Change and Vietnamese Fisheries: Opportunities for Conflict Prevention, Dr Marcus D. King, The Center for Climate and Security
2015: A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action on Climate and Fragility Risks, Independent report commissioned by members of the G7
Produced by adelphi, International Alert, the Woodrow Wilson Center and the European Union Institute for Security Studies.
2015: Climate Change as Threat Multiplier: Understanding the Broader Nature of the Risk, The Center for Climate and Security
2015: The Era of Man: Environmental Security on a Changing Planet. The SAIS Review of International Affairs. Volume 35, Number 1, Winter-Spring 2015
2015: Climate Change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought. Kelley, Colin P.; Mohtadi, Shahrzad; Cane, Mark; Seager, Richard; Kushnir, Yochanan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2014
2014: Topic Guide: Conflict, Climate and Environment. Peters, K. and J. Vivekananda, ODI and International Alert
2014: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: Land and Water Conflicts, The Center for Climate and Security
2014: Water, drought, climate change, and conflict in Syria. Gleick, P.H., in Weather, Climate and Society
2014: Climate Security and Justice for Small Island Developing States. The Hague Institute for Global Justice
2014: [Update] Climate and Security 101: Why the U.S. National Security Establishment Takes Climate Change Seriously, The Center for Climate and Security
2014: Migration as a climate adaptation strategy in developed nations, The Center for Climate and Security
2014: Environmental and Energy Issues for the Military. Environment and Energy Security for the Americas, Military Resiliency and Readiness. Environmental and Energy Collaboration Group (EECG)
2014: The U.S. Military, 3D Printing, and a Climate Secure Future, The Center for Climate and Security
2014: “Global Estimates 2014: People Displaced by Disasters,” Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
2014: Message to Davos: Climate Change Risk Assessments Need to Go Big, The Center for Climate and Security
2014: “National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change,” CNA Corporation
2014: Forced Migration Review. Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
2014: The U.S. Military, 3D Printing, and a Climate Secure Future, The Center for Climate and Security
2014: Climate Change and EU Security Policy: An Unmet Challenge. Youngs, R. Carnegie Europe
2013
2013: The Arab Spring and Climate Change. Werrell, C. and Femia, F. Center for Climate and Security, CAP, The Stimson Center.
2013: Thirty-Eight Leading U.S. National Security Experts Urge Action on International Climate Change Initiatives. Partnership for a Secure America
2013: Climate Change, Conflict and Certainty: New Research in Context, The Center for Climate and Security
2013: The Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change Preliminary Results: National Security Perspectives on Climate Change from Around the World. Holland, A. and Vagg, X.
2013: Hydropolitics, Climate Change and Peace-building in the South Caucasus, The Center for Climate and Security
2013: Underpinning the MENA Democratic Transition: Delivering Climate, Energy and Resource Security. E3G
2013: Planning for Complex Risks: Environmental Change, Energy Security and the Minerva Initiative. Briggs, Chad.
2013: The Climate-Water-Energy Security Nexus in Central Asia, The Center for Climate and Security
2013: Environmental Security, Military Planning, and Civilian Research: The Case of Water. O’Lear, S., Briggs, C. Denning, G. Environment Magazine.
2013: Understanding Climate Diplomacy: Building diplomatic capacity and systems to avoid dangerous climate change. Mabey, N. Gallager, B, Born, C. E3G.
2013: Backdraft: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. Dabelko, G. et al. Woodrow Wilson Center.
2012
2012: Syria: Climate Change, Drought and Social Unrest, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Climate Extremes: Recent Trends With Implications for National Security, Harvard University
2012: Protecting Americans in the 21st Century: Communicating Priorities for 2012 and Beyond. National Homeland Security Consortium.
2012: The 3D Printing Revolution, Climate Change and National Security: An Opportunity for U.S. Leadership, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Eye on Iran: Lake Urmia, Water, Climate and Security in a Volatile Region, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: A Marshall Plan to Combat Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific: The Missing Piece of the New U.S. Security Strategy, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Mali: Migration, Militias, Coups and Climate Change, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: High Tide on Main Street. Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis. Englander, John.
2012: When National Disasters Go Global: Drought in the U.S., Food and Global Insecurity, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Climate Security Report. Foley, C. and Holland, A. American Security Project.
2012: Climate-Security a Reality, Not a Narrative, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Egypt’s Political Transition and the Rising Sea: An Opportunity for Reform, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Building a New Libya in a New Climate: Water as a Key to Cooperation, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Climate Change & International Security: The Arctic as a Bellwether. Huebert, R. et al., Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
2012: Climate and Security 101: Why the U.S. National Security Establishment Takes Climate Change Seriously, The Center for Climate and Security
2012: Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in Northwest Africa Rising Dangers and Policy Options Across the Arc of Tension. Werz, M. and Conley, L. Center for American Progress and Heinrich Böll Stiftung
2012: Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea. Cronin, P. et al., Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
2012: A New Security Architecture for the Arctic: An American Perspective, Conley, H. et al., Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
2012: Water Scarcity, Regional Security and Comprehensive Planning. Remarks as prepared for the Al Nahrain Center workshop Water, Food, Energy and the Security of Iraq. Briggs, C. Air University, USAF
2012: Climate Change in UK security policy: implications for development assistance? Harris, K. Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
2012: Special Issue: Climate Change and Conflict. Journal of Peace Research.
2012: Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict, Werz, Conley, Center for American Progress and Heinrich Böll Stiftung
2012: Developing Strategic and Operational Environmental Intelligence Capabilities, Intelligence and National Security, Briggs, C. Intelligence and National Security 27:5, 653-668
2011
2011: Climate Security Vulnerability in Africa. Busby, J. Presentation, Woodrow Wilson Center
2011: The Inadequate U.S. Response to a Major Security Threat: Climate Change, The Center for Climate and Security
2011: A New Libya in a New Climate: Charting a Sustainable Course for the Post-Gaddafi Era, The Center for Climate and Security
2011: Thailand Forecast: Floods, Droughts and Political Instability, The Center for Climate and Security
2011: Transatlantic Dialogue on Climate Change and Security: Final Report. Holland, A. London: International Institute for Strategic Studies
2011: If Climate Change is a Security Threat Who’s Qualified to Fight It? Hint: Everyone, The Center for Climate and Security
2011: The Nile Basin: Preventing Water Conflict, The Center for Climate and Security
2011: Conflicts Associated with the Global Climate. Hsiang, Meng & Cane. Presentation, Woodrow Wilson Center
2011: Can Political Institutions Avert Violence from Climate Change? Research Brief – August 2011. Kuperman, A. Austin, Tx: Strauss Center CCAPS
2011: Unintended Consequences: Thomas Midgley and the Geo-engineering Treadmill, The Center for Climate and Security
2011: Degrees of Risk: Defining a Risk Management Framework for Climate Security. Mabey, N. et al. E3G
2011: The inadequate US response to a major security threat: Climate change, Femia, F., Parthemore, C. Werrell, C. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
2011: Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel. UNEP
2010
2010: Climate Change and Mediterranean Security. Brauch, H.-G., Barcelona: IEMed.
2010: Locating Climate Insecurity: Where Are the Most Vulnerable Places in Africa? Busby, J. et al. Austin, Texas: The Robert S. Strauss Center.
2010: Mapping Climate Change and Security in North Africa. Busby, J. et al. Washington, DC: GMF.
2010: Climate change and conflict: Working Paper. A framework for analysis and action. Campbell, I. London: Saferworld.
2010: Climate change and conflict: Lessons from community conservancies in northern Kenya. Conflict Development Center, IISD and Saferworld. Nairobi, Winnipeg and London.
2010: Climate-Related Impacts on National Security in Mexico and Central America. Feakin, T. and Depledge, D. Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
2010: Climate Security: Impacts and Opportunities for Transatlantic Relations. Feakin, T. and Depledge, D. Washington, DC: GMF.
2010: Shifting Bases, Shifting Perils: A Scoping Study on Security Implications of Climate Change in the OSCE Region and Beyond. Maas, A. et al. Berlin: Adelphi Research in Kooperation mit Chatham House und Cimera.
2010: Facing the Climate Security Threat: Why the Security Community Needs a “Whole-of-Government” Response to Global Climate Change. Mabey, N. Washington, DC: GMF.
2010: Climate Conflict: how global warming threatens security and what to do about it. Mazo, J., London: International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
2010: Climate Change and National Security: A field map and analysis of funding opportunities. Sherry, C., Philanthropic Consulting
2010: Future Landscapes of Conflict or Cooperation? Climate Security Needs Transatlantic Leadership. Taenzler, D. and Carius, A. Washington, DC: GMF.
2010: Environmental Change, Strategic Foresight, and Impacts on Military Power: Redefining the Environment for Scenario Planning. Briggs, C. Strategic Studies Institute.
2009
2009: Environmental Security, Abrupt Climate Change and Strategic Intelligence. Briggs, C., U.S. Department of Energy
2009: Climate Change and Security in Africa. A Study for the Nordic-African Foreign Ministers Meeting. Brown, O. and A. Crawford. Winnipeg: International Institute for Sustainable Development.
2009: Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions. Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict in the Middle East. Brown, O. and A. Crawford. Winnipeg: International Institute for Sustainable Development.
2009: Regional Security Implications of Climate Change. A Synopsis. Maas, Achim and Dennis Tänzler. Berlin: Adelphi Consult.
2009: The future is here: Climate change in the Pacific. Maclellan, Nic. Oxfam Briefing Paper 2009. Oxfam Australia and Oxfam New Zealand.
2009: Environmental Law and Policy: Climate Change as a Threat to International Peace and Security. Gupta, Sonia. Perspectives on Global Issues.
2009: In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement. Warner, K./Ehrhart, C./de Sherbinin, A./Adamo, S./Chai-Onn, T., CARE International.
2009: Climate Change and Environmental Migration. Seventeenth OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. Briggs, C.
2008
2008: Climate Change, National Security, and the Quadrennial Defense Review: Avoiding the perfect storm. Ackerman, J. Strategic Studies Quarterly. Spring 2008
2008: American Security Project, A New American Arsenal
2008: Council on Foreign Relations, Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy
2008:Climate Change and Security. Challenges for German Development Cooperation, Carius, A./Tänzler, D./Maas, A. Eschborn: GTZ.
2008: Climate Change: Addressing the Impact on Human Security. Dokos, T. et al. Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy.
2007
2007-2008: The Security Implications of Climate Change, John Podesta and Peter Ogden
2007: National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, CNA
2007: The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change, CSIS and CNAS
2007: Climate Change and Security in Asia: Issues and Implications for Australia. Barnett, John. Melbourne-Asia Policy Paper 9. The University of Melbourne.
2007: Climate change as the ‘new’ security threat: implications for Africa. Brown, O./Hammill, A./McLeman, R. International Affairs 83: 6, 1141-1154.
2007: Climate Change and National Security. An Agenda for Action. Busby, Joshua. CSR No. 32. Washington: Council on Foreign Relations.
2007: Beyond Disasters: Creating opportunities for peace. Chafe, Zoё and Michael Renner. Washington: Worldwatch Institute.
2007: Climate Change: A New Threat to Middle East Security. Freimuth, L./Bromberg, G./Mehyar, M./Al Khateeb, N. EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East.
2007: World in Transition. Climate Change as a Security Risk. Executive Summary. German Advisory Council on Global Change. Berlin.
2007: A climate of conflict. The links between climate change, war and peace. Smith, Dan and Janani Vivekananda. London: International Alert.
2007: Climate Change and Foreign Policy. Drexhage, John et al. Winnipeg: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
2007: Climate Change and Borders. Paskal, Cleo. London: Chatham House.
2007: Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict. Barnett, J. Adger, W. N. Political Geography 26 (2007) 639-655.
2007: Trends and Triggers: Climate Change and Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hendrix, Cullen S. and Glaser, Sarah M., Political Geography, Vol. 26, Issue 6, August 2007.
Pre-2007
2006: Is there “Climate Security” for India? “Tipping Points” as Drivers of Future Environmental Conflicts. Background Paper. Tänzler, D./Schinke, B./Bals, C.
2005: Climate Change poses greater security threat than terrorism. Global Security Brief No. 3., Sawin, Janet L. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute.
2004: The Security Implications of Climate Change for the UN System. Background paper. Purvis, Nigel and Joshua Busby. Washington, D.C.: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
2003: An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security.Schwartz, Peter and Doug Randal. Emeryville, USA: Global Business Network (GBN).
2003: Weather Operations in the Transformation Era. John M. Lanicci, Air War College Maxwell Paper No. 29 (Maxwell AFB: Air University Press 2003)
2001: Security and Climate Change. Barnett, Jon. Tyndall Centre Working Paper 7
1989: The implications of global climatic changes for international security. Gleick, Peter. Climatic Change Vol. 15, No. 1/2, pp. 309-325.
1989: Greenhouse warming and international politics: Problems facing developing countries. Gleick, Peter. Ambio, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 333-339.
