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  • Facing Up to Climate Risk: Arctic Sea Ice, Tipping Points, and Possible Interventions

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    Navigating the Poles  //  February 10, 2025  //  By Brad Ack & Kerry Nickols

    Global greenhouse gas emissions continue in stark contrast to the emissions reductions needed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Indeed, planetary warming has accelerated so much that many scientists warn that key components of the earth’s system are approaching “tipping points” that will trigger additional climate feedback loops that further fuel and exacerbate climate disruption if they are exceeded.

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  • Beating the Backlash: Can Incremental Approaches Strengthen NGO Responses to Security-Based Migration Policies

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 4, 2025  //  By Jean-Pierre Murray

    On October 2, 2024, Dominican President Luis Abinader launched a large-scale deportation operation through the National Security and Defense Council. Framed as an “emergency” security measure to “protect national sovereignty and address migration challenges,” the operation aimed to deport 10,000 Haitian migrants every week.

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  • Energy Islanding in Kentucky? Fort Knox’s Push to Resilience and Grid Independence

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 3, 2025  //  By Alicia Dotson & Andrew Pfluger

    Islands are not found in abundance in the middle of the continental United States, but Fort Knox has set out to challenge this notion. Indeed, it has been described as the first and only energy-independent installation in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)—and thus exists on an “energy island.”

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | January 27 – 31

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    Eye On  //  January 31, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    Declining Fish Stocks Threaten Lake Tanganyika Fishing Communities (Al Jazeera) 

    For the millions who live on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, fishing is a way of life that has sustained generations. However, recent declines in fish production in the world’s largest freshwater lake have devastated Tanzania’s fishermen and prompted questions of the sustainability of the decades-long practice.

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  • Conflict in Sudan: Widespread Sexual Violence

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    Dot-Mom  //  January 21, 2025  //  By Zeinab Mohammed Salih

    This article originally appeared on Enheduanna, a blog of the Wilson Center’s Middle East Women’s Initiative.

    Only a few years ago, the world celebrated the women-led revolution in Sudan that ousted the former dictator Omer El-Basher after 30 years in power. Women were fed up with his government. Those who used to live in the urban areas experienced the humiliating public order laws: they were arrested and flogged for wearing trousers or walking around with no headscarves.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | January 13 – 17

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    Eye On  //  January 17, 2025  //  By Angus Soderberg

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program

    The Success of Community-based Conservation in Africa (Yale 360)

    Across Africa, herders once seen as threats to wildlife have now become vital conservationists. In a transformative shift from “fortress conservation” to community stewardship, they are protecting iconic species like elephants and lions as they coexist with their livestock.

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  • Classic Geopolitics and Today’s Nexus of Conflict and Climate

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 13, 2025  //  By Gerard Toal

    In recent weeks, users of the social network Bluesky were able to watch a compelling video featuring Jessica Newberry Le Vey—a Climate Change and Health Policy Fellow at Imperial College’s Climate Cares Centre. The video begins with Le Vey’s direct-to-camera assertion that the climate crisis is a health crisis affecting people around the world. Then Le Vey’s image disappears—yet we hear her (or someone who sounds eerily like her) speak over a compendium of combat footage that includes video of ATACAM missiles being fired and larger strategic missiles on the move. Climate is important, declares the speaker, but there are more serious problems that threaten our security.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | January 6 – 10

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    Eye On  //  January 10, 2025  //  By Angus Soderberg

    A window into what we’re reading at the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program 

    Room for Justice in Vietnam’s Energy Transition? (The Diplomat)

    Vietnam’s crackdown on environmental leaders such as Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng on disputed charges raises significant concerns about human rights, transparency, and civil society’s role in its energy transition. These arrests have garnered international attention, but Vietnam’s government argues that they had nothing to do with environmental work. And while Hoàng and other activists have been released, their work remains curtailed. The message is clear: you’re not welcome here.

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