International Military Council on Climate and Security
A growing number of militaries and national security communities around the world are concerned about a changing climate – including the very real risks it poses to global stability, conflict and military missions. The IMCCS is an international network of these individuals that seeks to anticipate, analyze, and address the security risks of climate change.
Climate change is driving unprecedented risks to the geostrategic landscape of the 21st century. Militaries have a responsibility to help prevent and prepare for these risks.
On December 8, 2019, the New Zealand Minister of Defence Hon. Ron Mark, with Minister for Climate Change Hon James Shaw, released a Climate Change Implementation Work Plan for its defence force, titled Responding to the Climate Crisis: An Implementation…
Last week, the Federal News Network’s “Federal Drive” ran an interview with the IMCCS’s Senior Advisor and Manager, Francesco Femia, regarding a recent U.S. Army War College report that alarmingly found the U.S. military “precariously underprepared for the national security…
This article was first published by SIPRI on 23 October 2019, and on the Planetary Security Initiative website here. Authors: Karolina Eklöw and Dr Florian Krampe Stockholm, October 23, 2019 – Climate change poses serious challenges to current and future peacebuilding missions, according to a new report…
