climate and security
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Framing the Climate Crisis as a Terrorism Issue Could Galvanize Action
A student argues that underlining global warming’s threats to national security could increase the sense of urgency and free up funding to take action.
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New Program Will Tackle Public Health Threats Around the Globe
From pandemics to food crises and climate-related disasters, Columbia’s new Global Health Security and Diplomacy program will help prevent, detect, and respond to a wide range of problems.
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An Admiral Assesses Climate Change
Columbia University’s Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate hosted its biggest seminar to date. David Titley presented a talk entitled Climate Risk and National Security: People not Polar Bears. Titley, a retired U.S. rear admiral and now a professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, brought humor to a serious topic and how it affects…
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