The Debate: Dangerous Intersection: Climate Change and National Security
Author
Francesco Femia - The Center for Climate and Security
Leo Goff - Center for Naval Analyses
Alice Hill - National Security Council
Thilmeeza Hussain - Voice of Women -- Maldives
Marcus King - George Washington University
Maureen Sullivan - Department of Defense
The Center for Climate and Security
Center for Naval Analyses
National Security Council
Voice of Women -- Maldives
George Washington University
Department of Defense
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The dangers of climate change are not usually couched in terms of national security, but awareness of the issue is growing rapidly. What could be more basic to security than a climate conducive for agriculture, abundant water supplies, ecosystem health, industrial production, biodiversity, and human comfort? What could be more threatening than extreme weather events or mass migrations because of rising seas and crop failures? The annual ELI-Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum brought together top experts on the topic.

Flowback
Author
Bernard Goldstein, M.D. - University of Cologne
University of Cologne
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It’s not the material injected underground to release shale gas — it’s the dangerous fluid and gases that come back to the surface. The lost opportunity to perform a thorough evaluation of the potential adverse health consequences of fracking has hurt the industry.

The Debate: How Can the U.S. Lead in Paris to Achieve a Climate Agreement We Can Live With?
Subtitle
Need Transparency and Review Mechanism
Avoid Falling Into Another Kyoto Trap
A Balanced, International Approach
A New Language for Diplomacy in Paris (and U.S.)
Senate Should Favor Accord This Time
A New Tag Line: "It's Global an It Will Work"
Author
Joseph E. Aldy - Harvard Kenny School
John D. Graham - Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Gary S. Guzy - Covington & Burling LLP
Bob Inglis - republicEn.org
Jennifer Morgan - World Resources Institute
Jake Schmidt - Natural Resources Defense Council
Harvard Kenny School
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Covington & Burling LLP
republicEn.org
World Resources Institute
Natural Resources Defense Council
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32

In a few weeks, the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will convene in Paris to hammer out for the first time an accord that will have binding targets for almost all nations, industrialized and developing alike. We polled some of the leading thinkers and activists involved in the climate change negotiations, asking them what the United States needs to do to realize an agreement that we can live with — one that protects the environment and also wins favor in the Senate and among the American public.