The Nexus of Climate Change, Migration, and Security

Overlapping Problems Need a New Approach

Climate change experts discuss the need for a new approach to climate change, migration, and security in this video from the Center for American Progress.

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The nexus of climate change, migration, and security poses a new challenge to traditional conceptions of national and human security. Experts Koko Warner of the United Nations University, U.K. Climate and Energy Security Envoy Rear Admiral Neal Morisetti, Anne-Marie Slaughter, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah, and Senior Fellow Michael Werz of the Center for American Progress discuss the need for a new approach to these overlapping problems.

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Climate Change, Migration, and Security by Michael Werz and Laura Conley
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