Environmental Change and Security Program

New Security Broadcast

Tune in to our podcast to hear expert speakers on the links between global environmental change, security, development, and health. The Environmental Change and Security Program is a part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the living, national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in the District of Columbia. It is a nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs. The Center establishes and maintains a neutral forum for free, open, and informed dialogue. For more i...

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Feb 21, 2025

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采矿以促进变革: 奥伯特·博尔 (Obert Bore) 谈津巴布韦矿业繁荣中的人权与发展 (Mining for Change: Obert Bore on Human Rights and Development Amid Zimbabwe’s Mineral Boom) 21.02.2025

在本期节目中,ECSP的克莱尔·多伊尔(Claire Doyle)和威尔逊中心中国环境论坛的阮叶芬(Jennifer Nguyen)将与奥伯特·博尔(Obert Bore)共同探讨津巴布韦矿业有关的一些问题。 奥伯特是津巴布韦环境法协会(Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association)的商业与人权项目的负责人,并是国际贸易、中国在非洲的投资以及自然资源治理方面的专家。 他在推动政策改革,加强受采矿影响社区的人权保护方面一直作为领袖   在这次对话...

Mining for Change: Obert Bore on Human Rights and Development Amid Zimbabwe’s Mineral Boom 21.02.2025

In this episode, ECSP's Claire Doyle and Jennifer Nguyen from the Wilson Center's China Environment Forum are joined by Obert Bore. Obert, who serves at the Business & Human Rights Program Lead at the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, is an expert in international trade, Chinese investments in Africa, and natural resource governance. He has been a leader in advancing policy reforms to streng...

The Arc | Financing Inclusive Climate Action: Investing in and Empowering Local Communities 13.12.2024

In today’s episode of The Arc, we’re sharing a panel discussion from the Forum on Advancing Inclusive Climate Action in Foreign Policy and Development, an event hosted by the Wilson Center in collaboration with the White House and USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, and with support from the USAID Climate Adaptation Support Activity. The panel you’ll hear today was the final panel of the F...

The Arc | Inclusive Green Energy: Accelerating Just Transitions 13.12.2024

In today’s episode of The Arc, we are featuring a panel discussion on how to accelerate just energy transitions around the globe from the Forum on Advancing Inclusive Climate Action in Foreign Policy and Development, hosted by the Wilson Center in collaboration with the White House and USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, with support from the USAID Climate Adaptation Support Activity. You...

Swathi Veeravalli on the Importance of Climate Security for US Strategic Interests 22.11.2024

In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP Program Director Lauren Risi sits down with Swathi Veeravalli on her last day as the Director for Climate Security and Adaptation at the National Security Council (NSC) to discuss the new US Framework for Climate Resilience and Security, its significance for the future of US security and economic interests, and what success in building climate sec...

Indigenous and Community Power: Localizing Climate Action 22.11.2024

In today’s episode of The Arc, we are featuring a panel discussion on climate action through indigenous and community power from the Forum on Advancing Inclusive Climate Action in Foreign Policy and Development, hosted by the Wilson Center in collaboration with the White House and USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, with support from the USAID Climate Adaptation Support Activity. You will...

The Arc | Climate Justice in the Arctic: Part 3 29.10.2024

In today’s episode of The Arc, ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg interview Eva Maria Fjellheim, a southern Saami researcher at the Arctic University of Norway, for the final episode of our mini-series focused on climate justice in the Arctic. We explore Eva Maria’s research on strengthening indigenous peoples' land rights in the face of growing climate and clean energy projects. She shares i...

The Arc | Climate Justice in the Arctic: Part 2 20.09.2024

In today’s episode of The Arc, ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg interview Dr. Benno Fladvad, Junior Professor for Natural Science Peace Research with a focus on Climate and Security at the University of Hamburg. Dr. Fladvad unpacks the potential environmental justice issues that arise as renewable energy deployment across the globe accelerates. He also describes the challenges of balancing...

The Arc | Climate Justice in the Arctic: Part 1 16.08.2024

In today’s episode of  The Arc , ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg interview Gunn-Britt Retter, Head of the Arctic and Environmental Unit at the Saami Council, in part one of three episodes focused on climate justice in the Arctic. We dive into Gunn-Britt’s background and her work on the Saami Council. Gunn-Britt outlines how climate change is impacting the livelihoods and daily lives o...

Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History | Carl Bruch 13.08.2024

In this episode, ECSP's Claire Doyle speaks with Carl Bruch, Senior Attorney and Director of International Programs at the Environmental Law Institute and the founding President of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. Bruch describes the early conversations, visioning, and initiatives that helped establish the field, how he's seen it evolve, and what he thinks is on the horizon for environ...

Environmental Cooperation in the Middle East: A Conversation with Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed 15.07.2024

In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, Wilson Center Global Fellow and environmental journalist Anneliese Palmer speaks with longtime leader in regional environmental diplomacy and Executive Director of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed. In their conversation, Dr. Hamed unpacks the opportunities and challenges of climate and environmental diplomacy, environm...

NATO’s Paul Rushton on the Alliance’s Climate Security Efforts 02.07.2024

When senior officials from 32 countries meet in Washington, DC next week for the NATO Summit, deterrence and defense, as well as Ukraine and global partnerships, are at the top of the agenda. Under Secretary General Stoltenberg’s leadership, NATO has recognized that climate change is also reshaping the security landscape. In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, Wilson Center Senior Fellow Sh...

Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History | Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram 21.05.2024

In this episode, ECSP's Claire Doyle speaks with Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram, Program Manager at Climate Diplomacy and Assistant Professor at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India. Dr. Jayaram describes what environmental peacebuilding looks like in the context of South Asia, how climate diplomacy connects to environmental peacebuilding, and how the field has evolved. In looking at the future...

The Arc | Dr. Mizan Khan on Loss and Damage and Bangladesh’s Role as a Climate Adaptation Leader 21.05.2024

n today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg speak with Dr. Mizan Khan, Deputy Director at the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), a research institute based in Bangladesh. Dr. Khan describes Bangladesh’s vulnerability to climate change and its unique role as an adaptation leader. He also discusses what he believes the core prin...

The Arc | Dr. Renata Giannini on Women Environmental Defenders in the Amazon and Climate Mitigation 26.04.2024

In today’s episode of “The Arc,” ECSP’s Angus Soderberg and Claire Doyle interview Wilson Center Fellow, Dr. Renata Giannini. She shares stories and solutions from her work with women environmental defenders in the Amazon and she looks ahead at COP30 in Brazil.  We also hear from Dr. Giannini about her work as a program manager and senior researcher at the Igarape Institute, where she coordin...

Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History | Dr. Erika Weinthal 18.04.2024

Today’s episode of New Security Broadcast is hosted by ECSP in collaboration with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association as part of a special series, "Thought-leaders and Frontline Workers in Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History." The series features interviews with academics, practitioners, and frontline workers to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the history and evolution the envir...

Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History | Dr. Ken Conca and Dr. Geoff Dabelko 21.03.2024

On today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association launch a series of oral history interviews with experts to trace the history of the field of environmental peacebuilding. From the people who helped shape the field to those who are bringing new approaches and perspectives today, our guests giv...

The Arc | Climate, Conflict, and Women’s Resilience: A Recent Women for Women International Report 08.03.2024

In today’s episode of “The Arc,” ECSP’s Angus Soderberg and Claire Doyle interview Nisha Singh and Kavin Mirteekhan from Women for Women International. We dive into the organization’s report, Cultivating a more enabling environment: Strengthening women’s resilience in climate-vulnerable and conflict-affected communities, hearing from them on the need for a report at this intersection, their key fi...

Sarah Ladislaw on US Climate Security and “Mutually Assured Resilience” 07.03.2024

In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP Program Director Lauren Risi speaks with Sarah Ladislaw, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy at the National Security Council (NSC). In the conversation, Special Assistant Ladislaw describes the most pressing climate security challenges facing the US, her recent address at the Munich Security Conference, a...

Relief, Recovery, and Peace: A Follow-up Interview with DAS Iris Ferguson 16.02.2024

In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP Program Director Lauren Risi follows up with Iris Ferguson, the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience, on their previous conversation previewing the DoD delegation to COP28. Deputy Assistant Secretary Ferguson discusses her takeaways from COP28 and the importance of listening to sta...

Unpacking the Impact of the Fifth National Climate Assessment 13.02.2024

In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP’s Lauren Risi hosts three contributing authors of the international chapter of the recently released fifth National Climate Assessment. Dr. Roger Pulwarty is a Senior Scientist with the Physical Sciences Laboratory at NOAA; Dr. Andrea Cameron is a permanent military professor teaching policy analysis at the US Naval War College; and Dr. Geoff Dabe...

The Arc | Dr. Yvonne Su on Climate Migration, Equity, and Policy 13.02.2024

In today’s episode of “The Arc,” ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg interview Dr. Yvonne Su, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University in Toronto. Dr. Su challenges oversimplified portrayals of displacement by drawing out how socioeconomic status, identity, and timeframes shape experiences of migration. She also stresses the importance of involving marginal...

Green Corruption: Dissecting a Recent Wilson Center Event 13.02.2024

In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP’s Angus Soderberg breaks down a recent Wilson Center event against the backdrop of the 10th annual Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention on Corruption, which is under way in Atlanta this week. On September 19, ECSP, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, and the Basel I...

Relief, Recovery, and Peace: Iris Ferguson on COP28’s New Theme 13.02.2024

In a new mini-series previewing the upcoming UN Climate Summit (COP28)’s new focus on relief, recovery, & peace, ECSP Program Director Lauren Risi spoke with Iris Ferguson, the US Department of Defense’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience. Deputy Assistant Secretary Ferguson spoke about why climate security has become a crucial element in DOD planning, as well a...

The Arc | Gender, Agriculture, and Climate Change with Dr. Maureen Miruka 13.02.2024

In the first episode of “The Arc,” ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg speak with Dr. Maureen Miruka about the complex relationship between gender, climate, and agriculture. Miruka, who is Director of Strategic Partnerships and Research at CARE USA., emphasizes the disproportionate impact of climate stressors on women and vulnerable populations through the lens of food systems. She also unders...

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