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Climate and Social Stress - Implications for Security Analysis (Paperback)
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses; Edited by Jo L. Husbands, …
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Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency
and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental
events-slowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to
expect to be surprised by the way in which these events may
cascade, or have far-reaching effects. During the coming decade,
certain climate-related events will produce consequences that
exceed the capacity of the affected societies or global systems to
manage; these may have global security implications. Although
focused on events outside the United States, Climate and Social
Stress: Implications for Security Analysis recommends a range of
research and policy actions to create a whole-of-government
approach to increasing understanding of complex and contingent
connections between climate and security, and to inform choices
about adapting to and reducing vulnerability to climate change.
Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Climate Change as a
National Security Concern 2 Climate Change, Vulnerability, and
National Security: A Conceptual Framework 3 Potentially Disruptive
Climate Events 4 How Climate Events Can Lead to Social and
Political Stresses 5 Climate Events and National Security Outcomes
6 Methods for Assessing National Security Threats References
Appendix A: Committee Member and Staff Biographies Appendix B:
Briefings Received by the Committee Appendix C: Method for
Developing Figure 3-1 Appendix D: Statistical Methods for Assessing
Probabilities of Extreme Events Appendix E: Foundations for
Monitoring ClimateSecurity Connections
This report offers a summary of the substantive presentations
during an international workshop, Trends in Science and Technology
Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, held
October 31 - November 3, 2010 at the Institute of Biophysics of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is meant to provide scientists and
other technical experts with factual information about the range
and variety of topics discussed at the workshop, which may be of
interest to national governments and non-governmental organizations
as they begin to prepare for the 7th Review Conference of the
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2011. The Beijing
workshop reflected the continuing engagement by national academies
international scientific organizations, and individual scientists
and engineers in considering the biosecurity implications of
developments in the life sciences and assessing trends in science
and technology (S&T) relevant to nonproliferation. The workshop
provided an opportunity for the scientific community to discuss the
implications of relevant developments in S&T for multiple
aspects of the BWC. Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to
the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention follows the structure
of the plenary sessions at the workshop. It begins with
introductory material about the BWC and current examples of the
types and modes of science advice available to the BWC and other
international nonproliferation and disarmament agreements, in
particular the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This report
includes only a very brief description of the some of the
post-presentation discussions held during the plenary sessions -
and does not include an account of the small breakout groups -
since these were intended to inform the committee's finding and
conclusions and will be reflected in the final report. Table of
Contents Front Matter Summary Appendix
The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity, held in Budapest,
Hungary on March 30 - April 2, 2008, represents the efforts of a
number of individuals and organizations, over the last five years,
to engage the international community of life scientists in
addressing how to reduce the risk that the results of their work
could be used for hostile purposes by terrorists and states. The
participants who gathered in Budapest were already engaged in this
challenging task, and, therefore, the focus of the meeting was on
what had been accomplished and what challenges remained. There was
no attempt to achieve consensus, since there exist real and
important differences among those involved concerning the
appropriate policies and actions to be undertaken. But there was a
serious effort to identify a range of potential next steps, and
also an effort to identify opportunities where international
scientific organizations could make substantive contributions and
offer their advice and expertise to policy discussions. The Forum's
presentations, discussions, and results are summarized in this
book. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Background 2 Plenary and
Working Group Presentations and Discussions 3 Major Themes and Next
Steps References Appendixes Appendix A: Committee Member
Biographies Appendix B: Agenda Appendix C: Examples of Projects and
Initiatives
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