Food Security and Climate Change: New Frontiers in International Security
Food security and climate change are already contributing to human suffering and eroding state structures. The United States should incorporate food and climate analysis fully into foreign and security policy to anticipate the next crisis. Read more →
Supporting Global Food Security in a Changing Climate Through Transatlantic Cooperation
Issue Brief
The United States and Europe should cooperate to help at-risk countries address the challenges of climate change and demographic growth.
Climate Change, Migration, and Nontraditional Security Threats in China
Report
This report examines the implications of the nexus of climate change, migration, and security in five Chinese hotspots. Our analyses highlight the overlays of these factors in key regions and discuss their impact on domestic and regional policymaking.
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
Report
The consequences of climate change helped ignite a volatile mix of underlying causes that erupted into the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world over the past two years.
Video Series: A Brighter Future for India
Video
This video series documents how solar power has the potential to improve livelihoods, health, and the environment while avoiding the need for the costly grid expansion that is a distant reality for many.
Climate Change, Migration, and Security in South Asia
Video
Climate shifts have the potential to create complex environmental, humanitarian, and security challenges in South Asia. The Center for American Progress examines this vulnerable nexus in the latest installment of our Climate-Migration-Security series.
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in the Amazon and the Andes
Report
This report examines the interactions of climate change, environmental degradation, migration, and conflict in this region.
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in South Asia
Report
Analyzing South Asia through the prism of climate, migration, and security in Assam and the surrounding region provides useful insights into the underlying trends shaping the entire region and the risks posed by current long-term trajectories.
Understanding the Historical Conflicts Behind Today’s Violence in Assam
Issue Brief
Arpita Bhattacharyya looks at past conflict involving South Asian immigrant communities in Assam to understand the roots of the current conflict and examine implications for the future, including the role of climate change in the region.
Panetta: ‘Climate Change Has a Dramatic Impact on National Security’
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed concern about the defense and development impacts of climate change at a recent Environmental Defense Fund event, writes Arpita Bhattacharyya.
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in Northwest Africa
Report
Michael Werz and Laura Conley track how the overlays and intersections of climate change, migration, and security create an arc of tension in Northwest Africa comprising Nigeria, Niger, Algeria, and Morocco.
Interactive Map: Foreign Aid
Interactive
John Norris looks at U.S. foreign assistance spending for the past fiscal year and whether it was wisely appropriated.
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict
Report
Growing evidence of links between climate change, migration, and conflict raise plenty of reasons for concern and it’s time to start thinking about new answers to these multifaceted crisis scenarios, write Michael Werz and Laura Conley.
The Arc Of Tension
Map
This series of maps illustrates the overlapping challenges of climate, migration, and security in northwestern Africa.
United Nations Misses Broader Climate Change Connection
Laura Conley and Michael Werz deconstruct the final statement on climate change and human security issued earlier this week by the U.N. Security Council.
