The climate change threat to national security got some attention from the Harvard Business blog today. Author Andrew Winston sat down to talk climate security with ASP President Vice Admiral Lee Gunn:
(T)he people standing on the proverbial (and actual) walls defending our freedoms are very concerned about the dangers our soldiers face in an uncertain, [...]

The United States Navy drew attention to its continuing concern over climate change in a recent Stars and Stripes article highlighting security and readiness concerns raised by rapid Arctic ice melt. According to NOAA projections, Arctic summers may be completely ice-free by 2030. That is startlingly soon.
The prospect of iceless, unregulated Arctic waters opening for [...]

An August paper from the Strategic Studies Institute at the Army War College, Taking Up the Security Challenge of Climate Change, adds another unequivocal call for preparative action from the US government and military to address security risks posed by climate change.
The paper lays out the importance of US leadership in the global response to [...]

As the US lumbers on in debate over renewable energy reform, the PRC is moving forward to become the world’s biggest contender in the solar energy market. Boosted by generous government subsidies, bountiful cheap labor and an ever-increasing demand for green energy, Chinese companies like Suntech are gradually overtaking their American and German competitors.
This may [...]

IBM has released a report warning of huge risks posed to the global utilities sector by climate change. According to the report, “90% of utilities around the world know they are at risk from climate change but fewer than a third said they have performed any financial review of the possible impacts on their business.”
IBM [...]

The British government has called for “a radical rethink” in UK food production and consumption. The announcement follows months of internal debate over the future of British food security in the face of increased climate change and global population growth over the next 20-30 years. According to Robert Watson, chief scientific advisor at the Department [...]

Many are already familiar with the catastrophic decline of the Aral Sea the past forty years. Once the world’s fourth-largest saltwater lake, pollution and the Soviet Union’s redirection of rivers that once fed it have shrunk the Aral Sea to less than 10% of its original size.
The Aral Sea disaster – and the complete [...]

An excellent article in Foreign Policy by Stephan Faris provides unflinching analysis of the threats of climate change to some of the world’s most volatile regions, focusing on the looming Pakistan-India water crisis. Some highlights:
Traditionally, Kashmir’s waters have been naturally regulated by the glaciers in the Himalayas. Precipitation freezes during the coldest months and then [...]