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CloseWater Security is Climate Security
November 12, 2021
Many of climate change’s most significant impacts will be felt through water. From rising seas to record breaking floods and droughts, water will define much of how humanity experiences climate change. In this short video, the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change & Security Program and the International Water Management Institute explain the risks posed by water insecurity and how building water security planning into climate responses can help us prepare for an uncertain future.
Guests
Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Cynthia Brady
Global Fellow and Senior Advisor;
Former Peacebuilding and Resilience Advisor (2018-2019) & Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor (2005-2018) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Former Peacebuilding and Resilience Advisor (2018-2019) & Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor (2005-2018) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Emily Allen
former Staff Assistant Communications Intern, Environmental Change and Security Program
Sandra Ruckstuhl
Independent Consultant; Author, USAID Water and Conflict Toolkit
Brigitte Hugh
Water and Climate Security Research Intern, International Water Management Institute
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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