Erica Martin
Erica Martin is an intern for the Environmental Change and Security Program and is pursuing Bachelor’s degrees in International Studies and Anthropology at American University.
Her studies in Santiago, Chile, and anthropology field school in Pisté, Mexico, have cultivated her interest in understanding the intersection of agricultural production, food security, conservation, and sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean from an environmental anthropology perspective.
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Violence and Water Scarcity Threaten Historic Quadruple Famine
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An international food crisis is currently unfolding on a scale not seen since World War II. More than 20 million people in Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen are in danger of famine. UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien said in March, “We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations.”
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Ground Truth Briefing: Is Climate-Related Migration a National Security Issue?
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Experts predict that climate change will spur some people to leave their homes and countries. How will national security be affected as a result? -
Are We Headed Toward “Recurring Storms” of Global Food Insecurity?
›February 27, 2017 // By Erica Martin
It’s often assumed that in the modern era, food security is an achievable goal. But between 2007 and 2008, a confluence of conditions shook the international food system to its core, fueling unrest and riots in more than 40 nations around the world. What’s more, this “perfect storm” may have been only a harbinger of challenges to come, according to a new report by Emmy Simmons of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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Insights on Ending Famine and Creating Food Security in a Changing World
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The effects of climate change combined with breakdowns in governance are leading to food insecurity “on a scale that we’ve rarely seen,” said Alex de Sherbinin, associate director of Columbia University’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network, at the Wilson Center on January 26.
