24 May 2010 - IISS-US Adelphi Book Launch - 'Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it' with Jeffrey Mazo

IISS Adelphi Book Launch

Climate Conflict
How global warming threatens security and what to do about it

Jeffrey Mazo
Managing Editor, Survival and
IISS Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy

Moderated by Andrew Parasiliti
Executive Director, IISS-US
Corresponding Director, IISS-Middle East

Monday, 24 May 2010
Reception 4:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Discussion 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

IISS-US
1850 K Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
 

On 24 May 2010, Jeffrey Mazo, Managing Editor, Survival and IISS Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy spoke on his Adelphi Book, Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it. Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director, IISS-US, and Corresponding Director, IISS-Middle East, moderated the discussion.

Jeffrey Mazo is the Managing Editor of Survival and IISS Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy. His research interests include the effects of environment and climate on long-term social, cultural and political development, ethnic and identity politics, and science and technology policy. He received his BA from Harvard University and his MA and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Climate Conflict - How Global Warming Threatens Security

By Jeffrey Mazo

Climate change has been a key factor in the rise and fall of societies and states from prehistory to the recent fighting in the Sudanese state of Darfur. It drives instability, conflict and collapse, but also expansion and reorganisation. The ways cultures have met the climate challenge provide object lessons for how the modern world can handle the new security threats posed by unprecedented global warming.  Read More

'Dr Mazo authoritatively tackles a much overlooked, yet pivotal dimension of the broader climate change debate – the security implications of evolving climate trends. He makes a strong case, anchored in both contemporary developments and historical analysis, that climate change can serve as a "threat multiplier", contributing to instability, exacerbating conflicts and complicating foreign-policy decision-making. This book is a must read for foreign-policy professionals.'

Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, former US Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

On Wednesday 21 April, 2010 Jeffrey Mazo, Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy, launched his new Adelphi Book in London. Watch the Launch and the Q&A Session

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