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This Summer Previewed the Security Threats of Climate Change: The U.S. Needs to Do More

U.S. policymakers must recognize the critical security risks climate change poses, and make serious efforts to anticipate and mitigate them.

Climate Mitigation: Moving Beyond National Action to International Action

The international community must unite in a joint effort to reduce fugitive emissions of methane around the world.
Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look for belongings through the ashes of their family's home in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023.  (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Maui After Fire Illustrates Need to Plan for Longer-Term Disaster Displacement

Evacuation is a key risk-reduction strategy. But it isn't always temporary. Yet governments usually don't account for longer-term scenarios.
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Succumb to Climate Change: Competing With China by Helping Our Partners and Allies Adapt

In the Indo-Pacific, climate funding can help combat China's influence - boosting allies' climate resilience and U.S. national security.
An officer of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) takes part in an operation against Amazon deforestation at an illegal mining camp, known as garimpo, at the Yanomami territory in Roraima State, Brazil

The U.S. Military Can Help Save the Amazon

The U.S. military should partner with Brazilian forces to counter illegal deforestation that is contributing to climate change.
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The U.S. National Ocean Climate Action Plan Must Prioritize Local Stakeholders and Ecosystem Protection

The U.S. can bolster ocean action in a manner that centers on justice for the communities that are most impacted by climate change.
A worker uses a torch to cut steel pipes near the coal-powered Datang International Zhangjiakou Power Station at Zhangjiakou

China’s Achilles Heel: Climate Diplomacy in the Developing World

The United States has an opportunity to expand its climate diplomacy with the developing world, while pressuring China to cut its emissions.
A young climate activist wears a mask as she with others take part in a demonstration.

Watch This Space: Momentum Toward an International Crime of Ecocide

"[T]he proposal to criminalize mass damage to the environment is ... likely to influence the behavior of government and corporate decision-makers in positive ways. In light of…
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