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Our Interview with Moyers and Co: Syria, Drought, Climate and Security
The Center for Climate and Security’s Co-Founder and Director, Francesco Femia, was recently interviewed by Moyers & Company’s John Light. In the interview, Femia discusses the links between the...
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One-stop list of resources on Syria, drought, climate change and unrest
Over the past week, as attention to the humanitarian crisis in Syria has heightened in the United States, the mainstream media has taken a closer look at some of the underlying factors that contributed...
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The Atlantic Cities: Climate Change and Water Scarcity
Atlantic Cities’ John Metcalfe recently ran a piece arguing that water scarcity – with an emphasis on more severe drought – is the most immediate threat emanating from a changing climate. While we...
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Madagascar Election Cycles and Cyclones
The polls open today, October 25th, in Madagascar, and some hold hopes that they will close five years of instability. A military-backed coup in 2009 led by Andry Rajoelina ousted then President Marc...
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UK’s ODI: Climate Change to Make Poor Poorer
The United Kingdom’s Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has released a report which argues that climate change may make the world’s very poor even poorer. This is primarily due to the fact that...
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China Environment Series: Coal Heaven, Water Hell
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum has just published the 12th edition of its China Environment Series (CES12). This edition, like previous editions, is packed full of interesting...
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China, Water Transfers, Disease and Climate Change: Transferring Risk with...
China is in the process of constructing a massive “South-North Water Transfer Project” connecting the more water-abundant south to the water-stressed north. There are a number of motivations for...
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William Polk: Deep Dive On Syria, Including Drought
William R. Polk, a Middle East and North Africa expert who began his career on the State Department’s Policy Planning Council during the Kennedy Administration, has written an interesting piece for the...
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Rats, Hawks and Fighter Jets: Climate and National Security in the American West
The drought in California is taking its toll on farmers throughout the region, but the fallow fields are also having an unexpected impact on Naval flight exercises. Here & Now reports that pilots...
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DOD Battles Western Wildfires Amid State of Emergency
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard conducts annual helicopter bucket training at Irvine Lake, Calif., April...
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Brazil: A Nation’s Churning Waterless Storm
Três Marias Reservoir, Minas Gerais Brazil – Planet Labs Satellite image. The Represa Três Marias, the result of damming the São Francisco river, is one of the largest reservoirs in Brazil. In 2014,...
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More Evidence on Climate Change and Conflict Links: Context is Key
Iraqis displaced by conflict collect water at al-Takia refugee camp in Baghdad, July 2015 (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed) By Neil Bhatiya, Climate and Diplomacy Fellow, The Center for Climate and Security...
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Venezuela: Drought, Mismanagement and Political Instability
By Lieutenant Commander Oliver-Leighton Barrett, US Navy (Ret) Most of the story-lines driving the international community’s understanding of the Venezuelan crisis center on the Maduro regime’s gross...
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AFRICOM Commander and Experts Talk Climate Security in Niger and Mali
USAFRICOM Commander General Thomas Waldhauser speaks to the PBS News Hour’s Mike Cerre (published APril 16, 2019) On April 16, the PBS News Hour ran a story called “In Niger, rising temperatures mean...
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No Mention of Climate Change in the U.S. National Drought Resilience Partnership
Tracking drought — A hydrologic technician from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center measures streamflow in Lightning Creek at Clark Fork, Idaho, during the 2015 drought. By Marc Kodack The National...
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