Climate Change, National Security, and International Cooperation

Climate change poses unprecedented threats to global security. What natural resources are most in danger from international security tensions? How can the United States minimize resource conflicts? Can international cooperation be leveraged to mitigate security risks and increase equitable access to scarce necessities?

National security expert and interdisciplinary research scientist Swathi Veeravalli will address how complex crises are prompting more multidisciplinary cooperation across disparate government agencies and between national governments.

Speaker

Swathi Veeravalli, director of climate change and adaptation, National Security Council, The White House

Moderator

Edo Berger, codirector of the science program, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and professor of astronomy, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Harvard Radcliffe Institute gratefully acknowledges the Mary E. and Clara Z. Costanza Fund for Science, which is supporting this event.

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