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  • Integrating Conflict Prevention and Climate Change in U.S. Foreign Policy and Development Assistance

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    Guest Contributor  //  September 1, 2021  //  By Cynthia Brady, Liz Hume & Nick Zuroski
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    Climate change is no longer an abstract issue we may face in the future. Devastating forest fires, the hottest June on record in the United States, lethal flooding in Europe and Asia, and extreme droughts in Africa reveal that the climate is already changing with extreme consequences. Even more concerning than these events alone is the reality that the drivers of climate change, violent conflict, and fragile states compound each other. Climate change exacerbates unstable social, economic, and political conditions, while conflict and fragility can hinder effective climate change response and adaptation. The U.S. can address the compound risks created by both of these issues only through integration of conflict prevention and climate change in its foreign policy and development assistance.

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  • Afghans that Remain Are in Dire Need of Humanitarian Support

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    Dot-Mom  //  On the Beat  //  September 1, 2021  //  By Sara Matthews
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    Although large-scale evacuation efforts have dominated international attention, evacuation is only an option for a “tiny fraction” of the Afghan population, said Vicki Aken, Country Director for Afghanistan at the International Rescue Committee, at a congressional briefing hosted by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. The briefing was focused on the evolving humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the need for civil protection in the country. “More than 40 million Afghans will remain in Afghanistan,” said Aken. “And half of them already face critical humanitarian needs.”

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  • Geoengineering and Notions of Sovereignty: A Wilson Center NOW Interview with Beth Chalecki

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    From the Wilson Center  //  May 26, 2021  //  By Ratia Tekenet
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    As climate change impacts become starker, interest in geoengineering is growing. Geoengineering is “climate manipulation technologies that we can use to alter the climate to offset the worst parts of climate change,” says Beth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Research Fellow at the Wilson Center, in a recent episode of Wilson NOW. “It sounds like a technological fix, but of course it’s not that simple,” says Chalecki.

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  • Translating Urgency Into Action on Water, Climate, and Security

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    On the Beat  //  May 7, 2021  //  By Ratia Tekenet
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    “We need to devote our full attention to the relationship between water, climate, and security, increase understanding of the issue, and take urgent action,” said Carola van Rijnsoever, Director of Inclusive Green Growth at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a recent Hague roundtable on building a transatlantic coalition for climate action on water and security challenges in countries of risk.

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  • Why We Need a Climate Security Course-Correction for Stability in the Sahel

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    April 23, 2021  //  By Janani Vivekananda & Johanna Dieffenbacher

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    This article originally appeared on Climate Diplomacy.

    Not only is the Sahel highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, but it is also one of the regions where climate change is most likely to undermine security and trigger violent conflict. Now more than ever, climate security risks must be effectively integrated into stabilisation and peace operations in order to achieve stability in the region.

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  • Climate Change and Terrorism

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 14, 2021  //  By Jeremiah Asaka
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    This article is adapted from an article previously published by the journal, Perspectives on Terrorism.

    Climate change is a defining global issue of our time. In a recent address to the UN Security Council, John Kerry, the U.S. presidential envoy for climate, remarked that climate change is “the challenge of all of our generations.” An important dimension of the challenge presented by climate change concerns its implications for state and human security.

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  • The Climate Crisis and Southeast Asian Geopolitics

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 13, 2021  //  By Abraham Denmark
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    This article originally appeared on Asia Dispatches. 

    Southeast Asia is at the center of the two major geopolitical challenges of the 21st century: climate change and the rise of China. As decision-makers across the region grow increasingly concerned about climate change and environmental degradation, as well as the implications of intensifying competition between China and the United States, Washington has an opportunity to strengthen its engagement with Southeast Asia and advance its broader geopolitical objectives.

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  • Michael Kugelman, The Third Pole

    Why was Pakistan Left out of Biden’s Climate Summit?

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    April 8, 2021  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The article, by Michael Kugelman, originally appeared on The Third Pole.

    Given that Pakistan is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, Washington shouldn’t write it out of the climate change cooperation script

    The White House has announced the names of 40 world leaders invited by US President Joe Biden to participate in a virtual global climate summit on April 22-23. Many Pakistanis are unhappy – and with good reason – that Prime Minister Imran Khan isn’t on the list. 

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