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Off the Shelf | Climate Change, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security with Author, Sherri Goodman

August 27, 20246:18

In her new book, Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security, Sherri Goodman, the nation’s inaugural Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security and current Wilson Center Senior Fellow, tracks the evolution of the Pentagon’s understanding of the risks posed by climate change to US national security. Goodman explores the rapidly changing landscapes of a thawing Arctic to a drought-stricken Middle East, articulating climate change’s cascading impacts on the fight for global security and offering pragmatic guidance for policymakers to respond effectively.

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Sherri Goodman, photo taken by Kristina Sherk

Sherri Goodman

Senior Fellow, Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program;
Author, Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & the Fight for Global Security, coming in 2024.    
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Environmental Change and Security Program

The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.  Read more