Climate Change and Security Conference - Video

Panel 1: Defining the Problem

 How We Came to See Global Climate Change as a Threat --  Spencer R. Weart (American Institute of Physics)

The Science of Climate Change – Robert Corell (The Heinz Center)

A Threat Assessment – Richard Matthew (University of California –Irvine)         

Discussant -- James Rotenberg (UNC-Wilmington)

 

Panel 2: Climate Change and Human Security

Water Conflict – Erika Weinthal (Duke University)

Disease – Andrew Price-Smith (Colorado College)

Demographics and Conflict – Nazli Choucri (MIT)

Discussant – David Gilmartin (North Carolina State University)

 

Panel 3: US National Defense and Climate Change

Climate Change: Complicating the Struggle against Extremist Ideology – Kent Butts (Center for Strategic Leadership, USAWC) 

Under What Conditions Climate Change could Pose a Threat To US National Security Interests  – Joshua Busby (University of Texas- Austin)

The Perfect Storm and U.S. Defense Strategy -- John T. Ackerman (Air Command and Staff College )

Discussant – Col Gregory Douquet, USMC (Royal College of Defence Studies and King’s College, London)

Panel 4: Meeting the Challenge

Transatlantic Climate and Energy Policy Making – Dennis Tänzler  (Adelphi Research, Germany)

Making Clean Power Happen: The Role of the Corporation – Simon Rich (Formerly, Louis Dreyfus)

Communicating the Risks of Global Warming – Anthony Leiserowitz (Yale University)

Discussant -- Marvin Soroos (North Carolina State University)

 

 

Keynote Climate Change and Security - General Paul Kern, USA (Retired)

 

Panel 5: Preparing for a Changed Environment

Early Warning Systems – Michael Glantz (Center for Capacity Building)

Good Governance and Stability --  Robert Dorff (Creative Associates)

Defense Planning – Henry Gaffney (Center for Naval Analyses)

Discussant --  William Schlessinger (Duke University)

 

Panel 6: Dealing with Climate Change:  Opportunities or Obstacles for the Military?

Climate, Security, and Energy – E. Thomas Morehouse, Jr. (Institute for Defense Analyses)

Military Technology and Renewable Energy –  David Sheets (Army Environmental Policy Institute)

The Law, the Environment, and Combat Operations – Karen Hulme (University of Essex)

Discussant -- Christopher Schroeder (Duke University)

Panel 7: The US Military: Planning for the Future

Disaster Preparedness  – Lieutenant Colonel Bert B. Tussing (USMC, Retired) (Homeland Defense and Security Issues, Center for Strategic Leadership, USAWC)

Peacekeeping – Major General William L. Nash (US Army, Retired) (Council on Foreign Relations)

Strategic Challenges  U.S. Army – Douglas Johnson (Strategic Studies, USAWC)

Discussant -- Richard Kilroy (East Carolina University)

Wrap Up:  Lessons Learned            

Richard Weitz (Hudson Institute)