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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | March 17 – 21

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    Eye On  //  March 21, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

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

    Canal Projects Endanger Water Security in Pakistan’s Indus Delta (Al Jazeera)

    Dozens of villages in the Indus Delta have been submerged by the encroaching sea over recent years, pushing thousands to migrate inland. Now, local residents in Pakistan fear that new canal projects may further exacerbate water shortages in the region.

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  • Harnessing the Benefits of Water Cooperation in an Increasingly Complex World

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    Guest Contributor  //  March 21, 2025  //  By Susanne Schmeier, Melissa McCracken & Aaron Wolf

    In an era of apparent decline in international cooperation and rising crises, freshwater offers an area in which joint approaches remain absolutely essential—especially since water often transcends the boundaries of nation-states. 

    Cooperation has long been the preferred approach in dealing with water resources shared with neighboring countries. Since the first—and so far, only—water war in 2550 B.C.E., states have favored cooperative action over conflict to manage, protect, or develop our planet’s 313 transboundary surface water basins and 468 transboundary aquifers.

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  • Climate Change, Peace and Security: Discourse Versus Action in Asia

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 18, 2025  //  By Simone Bunse & Tabea Campbell Pauli

    This year’s World Economic Forum called for greater urgency in discussing the impacts of climate change on human security and social, political, and economic stability. And a recognition of the destabilizing effects of climate change also has led the UN to emphasize the risks they pose to the most vulnerable populations, including poor, conflict-affected, and displaced persons.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | February 10 – 14

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    Eye On  //  February 14, 2025  //  By Breanna Crossman

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

    Declining Biodiversity May Increase Risk of Future Pandemics (Mongabay)

    The COVID-19 pandemic that spread around the world in 2020 brought normal life to a standstill at many times in the past few years. But far from being a singular event, scientists and health experts warn that pandemics may become more common as biodiversity declines and spillover events become more likely.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | January 20 — 24 

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    Eye On  //  January 24, 2025  //  By Angus Soderberg & Breanna Crossman

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

    Placing Water at the Heart of Climate Action (Relief Web/Netherlands Red Cross)

    It may be true that water is life. But equally true is that roughly 90% of natural disasters—and the havoc they wreak—are water-related. A recognition that these disasters are intensifying in a warming world has led the Netherlands Red Cross to create Water at the Heart of Climate Action (WHCA): a program to tackle the intertwined crises of water-related disasters and climate change.

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  • New Tool Offers Key Insights for Tackling Climate and Conflict Challenges

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    Eye On  //  Guest Contributor  //  November 14, 2024  //  By Kayly Ober, Daniel Abrahams & Luna Ruiz

    When the White House released the US Framework for Climate Resilience and Security in September 2024, it was an important opportunity to highlight the significant impacts of climate change on US national security, economic, and strategic interests. The Framework also emphasized the need for tailored approaches in fragile, conflict-affected, and vulnerable (FCV) contexts, particularly in managing and allocating resources, as well as ensuring that climate finance addresses conflict drivers.

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  • The Story Behind Climate Security and What it Means for US Foreign Policy

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    Eye On  //  From the Wilson Center  //  November 12, 2024  //  By Noah Fritzhand & Angus Soderberg

    Hurricanes Helene and Milton battered the southeastern US in September and October and caused a combined estimate of $300 billion in damages. These storms were only the latest example of a cascade of disasters that is expected to worsen as climate change intensifies. Yet the impacts do not stop at dollars and human lives. Threats to security and stability also will multiply as rising temperatures increase the variability of rainfall patterns and the intensity of storms.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | October 15 – 18  

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    Eye On  //  October 18, 2024  //  By Neeraja Kulkarni

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

    Global Water Stress May Create a Food Crisis (Guardian) 

    In its recent report, The Economics of Water, the Global Commission on the Economics of Water examined world hydrological systems and their impact on water availability—and warn of imminent shortcomings in food production. The study asserts that the demand for freshwater will outweigh the supply by 40% in 2030, highlighting a significant shift in previous freshwater requirement estimates. 

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