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Events
Andrew Light Speaker Tour in Europe May 14, 2013 / Berlin, Germany; Brussels, BelgiumGMF Senior Fellow Andrew Light participated in a speaking tour in Europe to discuss opportunities for transatlantic cooperation on climate and energy policy in the second Obama administration.
In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Anchor Elaine Reyes speaks with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow of the Asia Program for the German Marshall Fund, about Beijing's potential role in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine
Events
Mapping Climate Change and Security in North Africa February 11, 2011 / Washington, DC
On February 7, GMF hosted a dinner discussion in Washington, DC highlighting the relationship between climate change, national security, and migration. The event brought together policymakers and experts to consider the links between climate change, national security, and migration and discuss appropriate policy responses.
Dr. Joshua Busby, from the University of Texas at Austin, presented original research on how climate change may intersect with demographic, social, and political influences in North Africa. Using geographic information systems, he explored how climate change interacts with problems of conflict, migration, terrorism, and humanitarian disasters and showed how regions in northern Africa, where governance is weak and there is little resilience to climate change at the household and community levels, are more vulnerable to climate change. These factors, rather than just geographical location, are what can make the difference between a climate-resilient and climate-vulnerable region.
Dr. Susan Martin, responding to Dr. Busby, presented her work as co-chair of GMF’s study team on climate induced migration. The event was moderated by GMF Senior Fellow Nigel Purvis.
To view the full text of Dr. Joshua Busby’s study Mapping Climate Change and Security in North Africa please CLICK HERE. Please be aware that the pdf is a very large file (14 MB), which may be slow to download on some computers.
To watch a slideshow narrated by Dr. Busby, summarizing his findings, please CLICK HERE.
A four page synopsis of Dr. Busby’s study is also available HERE.
CLICK HERE for the report on the Transatlantic Study Team on Climate Induced Migration’s findings.
