NWC INS Lecture Series -- Lecture 3 "Climate Change"
Channel: U.S. Naval War College
Date: 28/10/2021

The U.S. Naval War College is pleased to host the third lecture in this academic year's "Issues in National Security" lecture series.

Join Professor Andrea Cameron who will speak about "Climate Change".

From Professor Cameron: Climate change affects security around the world. CDR Cameron explores the basics of climate change and the many ways it interacts with national security. For over 20 years, the DoD has increasingly incorporated a variety of climate-related considerations into defense which is culminating in the recent surge of activities. This includes adapting to environmental changes, building resiliency within the infrastructure, and understanding the geostrategic and operational implications. Global changes to climate have significant impacts to local water, food, and other resources leading to potentially destabilizing effects on fragile state systems and migration. These changes affect the entire globe—leaving each country (allies and adversaries alike) to determine their unique security interests. The countries and organizations that best understand and anticipate these changes will be the best prepared to fight and win in the unstable climatic environment of the next century.

Cmdr. Andrea H. Cameron, U.S. Navy, is a permanent military professor teaching policy analysis in the National Security Affairs Department and the founding director of the Climate and Human Security Studies Group. Her academic interests explore non-traditional and transnational security threats and their impact on U.S. strategic, national security and economic interests. These research interests include climate change and security, climate and energy policy, human security topics and civil-military coordination during humanitarian assistance/disaster relief.

About the Lecture Series

ISSUES IN NATIONAL SECURITY (INS) LECTURES are designed to offer scholarly lectures to the spouses, partners, and significant others of our students; military/civilian employees assigned to the Naval War College and Naval Station Newport and its tenant activities, International Sponsors, Foundation members, and local-area retirees or active/reserve personnel.