Environmental Security and the Global Fragility Act
To inform the implementation of the Global Fragility Act, the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change & Security Program hosted a roundtable discussion in August 2020 for U.S. Government Representatives on the connections between environmental security and fragility. This policy brief distills the key takeaways, recommendations, and illustrative case studies shared in the meeting.
Contributors
Sharon Burke
Founder and President, Ecospherics
Geoffrey D. Dabelko, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Associate Senior Fellow, Environment of Peace Initiative, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Sherri Goodman
Author, Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & the Fight for Global Security, coming in 2024.
Michael Kugelman
Lauren Herzer Risi
Aaron Salzberg
Director of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina
Rod Schoonover
Janani Vivekananda
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
Global Risk and Resilience Program
The Global Risk and Resilience Program (GRRP) seeks to support the development of inclusive, resilient networks in local communities facing global change. By providing a platform for sharing lessons, mapping knowledge, and linking people and ideas, GRRP and its affiliated programs empower policymakers, practitioners, and community members to participate in the global dialogue on sustainability and resilience. Empowered communities are better able to develop flexible, diverse, and equitable networks of resilience that can improve their health, preserve their natural resources, and build peace between people in a changing world. Read more
