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National Defense Magazine: “WMD Threat in Asia: ‘W’ Is For Weather”

National Defense Magazine has published a great piece by Sandra Erwin on one of Asia’s primary security issues  – weather and natural disasters, and what that means for U.S. foreign policy. She states:...

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Philippines: Climate Change a Top Priority in 2013

AlertNet reports that the Filipino government intends to implement a series of climate change policies in 2013, building off the creation of the People’s Survival Fund last year, a $24.5 million...

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USPACOM’s Admiral Locklear: Climate and Security in the Asia-Pacific

Earlier this week, we briefly highlighted comments by Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), in the wake of the severe flooding that gripped Jakarta in January. As...

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South Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister: Climate Change A Security Risk

Yonhap News Agency recently reported the remarks of South Korea’s Second Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul regarding the security risks of climate change.  The minister provided important commentary on...

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Admiral Locklear’s Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee

On April 9th, Admiral Samuel Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), gave testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the role of U.S. Pacific Command “in review of the...

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Australia: A Climate Change Bellwether?

A 2012 report, Climate Change & International Security: The Arctic as a Bellwether, from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), proposed that climatic and geopolitical trends in the...

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National Security Advisor Rice: America’s Future in Asia and the Transcendent...

On Nov. 20th, U.S. National Security Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice gave a speech to a crowd at Georgetown University on the future of U.S. policy in the Asia-Pacific region. Ambassador Rice noted that...

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Must Watch: PACOM Commander on the Climate Change Threat to the Asia-Pacific

About a year ago, the Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, identified climate change as the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region. He defended that...

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The U.S. is a Pacific Nation, Here Is Why That Is Relevant to National...

On March 10, the U.S Senate hosted a discussion on climate change. Sen. Schatz, representing a Pacific state, has a unique perspective on how climate change will play a role in the security of the...

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Military Leaders Applaud Defense Secretary Hagel’s Attention to Climate...

RELEASE: Military Leaders Applaud Defense Secretary Hagel’s Attention to Climate Change at ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Washington, D.C. — The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a policy...

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Australia’s Chief of Army: Australian Defence Force Needs to Consider Climate...

On the heels of Secretary of State John Kerry’s comments in Jakarta, Indonesia on the security implications of climate change, Australia’s Chief of Army noted that the Australian Defence Force (ADF)...

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Climate Security and the U.S. Pacific Command Posture: Strategic Long-term...

Marines gather to listen to Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, speak aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns On...

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Summer Reading List: New Offerings on Climate Change and Security

Choosing what to read on the beach has been a perennially difficult choice. We are making that choice easier. A range of new volumes, reports, testimonies and concept notes on climate change and...

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New Report: The U.S. Asia-Pacific Rebalance, National Security and Climate...

If the United States is to “rebalance” to the Asia-Pacific region  – building and broadening alliances, helping advance regional security and prosperity in the face of potentially catastrophic change,...

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Photos and Videos: The U.S. Asia-Pacific Rebalance, National Security and...

Ellen Laipson, Hon. Sherri Goodman, Admiral (ret) Samuel Locklear III, Eric Schwartz – “Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.” On November 17, the Center for Climate and Security released its new report, “The...

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Admiral Sam J. Locklear Joins the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board

The Center for Climate and Security is honored to welcome Admiral Sam J. Locklear, United States Navy (Retired), to its distinguished Advisory Board of senior military, national security and foreign...

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The Strategist: Combating climate change in the Asia–Pacific: lessons from...

In light of President Obama’s visit to Asia this week, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s The Strategist published an article yesterday by the Center for Climate and Security’s Caitlin Werrell...

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Secretary of Defense Carter: the “growing strategic impact of climate change”

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter made a recent statement at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, calling for a “principled security network” for the Asia-Pacific region – one that could...

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Event: Security & Climate: Issues and Perspectives for the Pacific Coast

California Army National Guard conducts helicopter bucket training at Irvine Lake,  to prepare for wildfire season The Center for Climate and Security, with support from The San Diego Foundation and...

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RELEASE: Bipartisan Military, Political & City Leaders Talk Climate Security...

U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Dakota Griffin,  Camp Pendleton Calif., Composite Training Unit Exercise, March 27, 2015 RELEASE: Bipartisan Military, Political and City Leaders Talk Climate Change...

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