Climate change is a global threat requiring an unprecedented, coordinated global response. Countries around the world must work to mitigate climate change while simultaneously adapting to the effects of a warming planet. At the same time, countries face external security threats and internal instability exacerbated by global warming. How do the nations of the world respond when one nation, acting in its own interests, builds dams and blocks water flows to its neighbors? How will the world respond to millions of climate refugees? To global food shortages? Global economic disruption? Does the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic give us any insights? We will take a close look at these and other security threats heading our way.
Suggested reading: Climate Change and the Nation State by Anatol Lieven, Penguin Books