Washington, DC, February 24, 2020 – In a comprehensive report released today by the “National Security, Military and Intelligence Panel (NSMIP)” of the Center for Climate and Security, experts warn of High-to-Catastrophic threats to security from plausible climate change trajectories – the avoidance of which will require “quickly reducing and phasing out global greenhouse gas emissions.” The panel, made up of national security, […]
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Report: The Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent – A New Climate Security Governance Framework
Nov. 4, 2019 – A quick read of daily headlines makes it increasingly clear that current governance structures are not fully prepared for the security risks of a changing climate. In response to these mounting risks, the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing a report calling […]
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64 U.S. Military, Natl. Security and Intel Leaders Release “A Climate Security Plan for America”
Washington, D.C., September 24, 2019 — On Capitol Hill today, the Climate and Security Advisory Group (CSAG), an extraordinary group of 64 senior military, national security and intelligence leaders chaired by the Center for Climate and Security in partnership with the Elliott School of International Affairs, is releasing “A Climate Security Plan for America.” The Plan calls on the U.S. President to […]
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58 Senior Military and National Security Leaders Denounce National Security Council’s Climate Panel
Washington, DC, March 5, 2019 — In an extraordinary letter published today by the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the American Security Project (ASP), a group of 58 senior retired military and national security leaders denounced the National Security Council (NSC) plan to set up an “adversarial” group to undermine the science that […]
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Executive Order on Climate Security Scrapped, but Assault on Science Agencies and Security Continues
Washington, DC, February 24, 2019 – According to a Washington Post article published today, the planned Executive Order establishing a Presidential Committee on Climate Security, or PCCS, has been scrapped. This is likely due to the extraordinarily negative public response to the idea following an initial Washington Post article on the PCCS published on February […]
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3 Bipartisan Groups of Military and Security Leaders Urge New Course on Climate
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 15, 2016 – Three separate bipartisan groups of senior military and national security experts, including many who served under Republican or Democratic administrations, issued a statement and two major reports urging a robust new course on climate change. This included a Climate Security Consensus Project statement, a Climate and Security Advisory Group […]