Claire Doyle
Claire Doyle is ECSP's Program Associate. She holds a master's degree in Environment and Sustainability with a concentration in Environmental Justice from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a bachelor's degree in foreign service from Georgetown University. Claire previously worked with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, where she oversaw capacity development projects on climate resilience and food sovereignty. She also interned with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the World Food Programme. Her research interests focus on the links between climate change, human rights, and development, particularly in the context of a just energy transition.
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The State of Play for Critical Mineral Policies: A Berlin Climate Security Conference Roundtable
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The global transition to low-carbon energy is spurring new momentum to produce and secure the mineral inputs necessary for renewable technologies. Yet meeting demand may prove difficult. From electric cars to wind turbines, essential renewable energy technologies often require more minerals than fossil fuel-powered infrastructure. The International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement could lead to a fourfold increase in mineral demand by 2040.
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Q&A: Peter Schwartzstein on Conflict & Climate in Libya
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In the wake of Storm Daniel, which hit Libya in September 2023, ECSP spoke with Wilson Center Global Fellow Peter Schwartzstein about the storm’s tragic fallout and its connection to conflict. As an environmental journalist and consultant, Schwartzstein has written extensively about the climate-conflict nexus and other environmental and geopolitical issues, primarily in the Middle East, North and East Africa.
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The Climate Security Nexus: A Transatlantic Conversation With NATO
›July 21, 2023 // By Claire Doyle
From individual health risks to geopolitical tensions, climate impacts are relevant to every facet of peace and security. Focus on these links has sharpened in recent years, as governments and international security organizations like NATO increasingly recognize that climate responses must be part of promoting peace and security.
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Examining China’s Impact on Mining in Africa: Critiques and Credible Responses
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The increased demand for minerals driven by the renewable energy transition has put China’s involvement in mining activities in Africa in the spotlight. But understanding the challenges posed by this activity means we need to situate it within broader contexts.
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ECSP Weekly Watch | July 3 – 7
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A window into what we are reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program
In Conflict-Affected Somalia, Climate Change Adds to Migration Pressures
In the Somalian coastal town of Hobyo, thousands of residents—some of whom settled there to flee the country’s civil war—are starting to leave. Why? Their homes are being engulfed by sand.
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Addressing the Converging Risks of Climate, Insecurity, and Migration in Central America
›May 19, 2023 // By Claire Doyle
The idea of climate change as a “threat multiplier” has been gaining steam since it was first proposed roughly 15 years ago. This framing acknowledges that climate can interact with existing political, social, and demographic conditions to heighten communities’ security risks—which in turn suggests that problem-solving in the face of these risks must be interdisciplinary.
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Building Global Collaboration on Infrastructure: A Conversation with Amos Hochstein
›April 7, 2023 // By Claire Doyle
Today’s geopolitical climate, paired with the accelerating energy transition, means it is more important than ever to collaborate on international infrastructure investments. This episode of the New Security Broadcast features a recent Wilson Center panel discussion with Amos Hochstein, Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security. Moderated by Mark Kennedy, Director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, and Wilson Center Global Fellow Sharon Burke, the conversation explores what U.S. cooperation—with both developed and developing countries—should look like to ensure that the unfolding technology and energy revolutions contribute to diplomacy and benefit all countries. -
The Changing Geopolitics of Critical Minerals and the Future of the Clean Energy Transition
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At a recent Wilson Center event on the shifting geopolitics of critical minerals, Cory Combs, Associate Director at Beijing-based Trivium China, noted that “the nature of global resource competition is changing—and quite rapidly.”
