Academic Module: Climate Change and National Security
Author: Joshua W. Busby
December 22, 2008
This module features teaching notes for Climate Change and National Security: An Agenda for Action by author Joshua Busby, along with other resources to supplement the text. This Council Special Report proposes a portfolio of feasible and affordable policy options to reduce the vulnerability of the United States and other countries to the predictable effects of climate change.
Publication and Teaching Notes
CFR.org Interactives
CFR.org Backgrounders
CFR Books & Reports
Foreign Affairs Articles
Additional Articles
Interviews & Podcasts
Online Debates
Testimony
Supplementary Readings
CFR Meetings (Video, Audio, Transcripts)
Guest Event ⁄ Washington
Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Policy
Chairs:
George E. Pataki, Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Thomas J. Vilsack, Of Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney LLPSpeaker:
Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Terry Moran, Anchor, Nightline, ABC News
8:30-9:00 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
9:00-10:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
Speaker:
Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
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Academic Conference Call
Climate Change and National Security
Speaker:
Joshua W. Busby, Assistant Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin; Author, Climate Change and National Security: An Agenda for ActionPresider:
Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
This meeting is not for attribution.
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Speakers:
General Gordon R. Sullivan USA (Ret.), Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, General Paul J. Kern USA (Ret.), Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Admiral T. Joseph Lopez USN (Ret.), Former Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and of Allied Forces, Southern EuropePresider:
Steve Inskeep, Host, "Morning Edition," National Public Radio
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.