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CCS to Launch New Report on Food, Climate, and National Security
By Tom Ellison
Global hunger is worsening humanitarian emergencies, food prices are driving instability, weather shocks are threatening the global food system, and extremists and geopolitical challengers are capitalizing. In this context, getting ahead of the nexus of food insecurity and climate change is critical to US national security.
On September 16, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) will launch The Feeding Resilience Plan, a report synthesizing the 18-month Feeding Resilience project on food, climate change, and US national security. Interested policymakers, researchers, and members of the public are invited to register and join CCS for a launch event on September 16 from 12 – 1:30 pm EST on Capitol Hill (Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2060).
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Pest and Pathogen Threats to Food Security
By Molly Gallagher, Ecological Security Fellow
Executive Summary
Pests and pathogens impacting essential agricultural products pose a significant threat to the future of food security. Critical food sources are at risk worldwide due to pest and pathogen attacks.1 Globalization increases the risk of invasive pest and pathogen species, which can rapidly take hold in regions with crop plants already subject to significant climate stressors. The interacting impacts of climate change and globalization can be unpredictable and are expected to cause additional strain on the food supply.2
Over the next two decades, we must intervene to protect the global food supply from pests and pathogens. Technologies to detect their presence are needed. These early warning systems may be applied during the growth phase of crop plants and should also be developed for screening imports. Standoff and low-cost detection should be deployed domestically and internationally to enhance surveillance. Furthermore, we must invest in basic research under a One Health framework to enable improved analytics and threat forecasting to guide optimal mitigation efforts. Finally, it is critical that we strengthen relationships across regions to coordinate quarantine and control efforts long-term.
The Elephant in the Climate Room: Financing Sustainable Security and Supporting Future-Fit Systems
By Siena Cicarelli, Erin Sikorsky and Michael Werz
Every year, leaders of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank – as well as key stakeholders from civil society, the private sector and regional financial bodies – gather to assess the landscape of international development finance. This year, they will do so against the backdrop of a complex geopolitical landscape, where one of the most consequential election years in human history, continued conflict in Ukraine and Gaza, and increasingly frequent extreme weather events have divided multilateral bodies and strained the funding landscape.
While this year’s agenda will cover everything from water security to streamlining taxation, one key challenge will dominate discussions: the staggering costs of the green transition and how these relatively inflexible financial institutions can evolve to support global climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience building – particularly in fragile, conflict-affected and violent situations (FCV). As seen at 28th UN climate conference (COP28) and the 2024 World Bank Fragility Forum, most stakeholders recognize that existing efforts are falling short and are eager to move from admiring the problem to identifying tangible steps and best practices needed to address this challenge.
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Nexus 25 Project Launches New Podcast, “Reshaping Multilateralism”
In early March, the Nexus25 project officially launched a new podcast, “Reshaping Multilateralism,” a series at the intersection of food, climate, security, and migration. The first teaser episode provides an overview of today’s top nexus challenges and some initial solutions for multilateral leaders. To discuss, Host Thin Lei Win was joined by the three experts leading Nexus25‘s work:
- Michael Werz, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Senior Adviser for North America and Multilateral Affairs to the Munich Security Conference;
- Erin Sikorsky, the Director of the Center for Climate and Security and the International Military Council on Climate and Security; and
- Nathalie Tocci, the Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and part-time Professor at the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute.
The Nexus25 project is a joint Istituto Affari Internazionali/Center for Climate and Security initiative funded by Stiftung Mercator. The teaser is available on the Nexus25 website here, or wherever you get your podcasts. The next episode, “The View from MSC,” will be released on March 28th.