TOP TOPICS IDENTIFIED IN 8/31 MEETING
1. What are climate resilience objectives for humanitarian projects? What is the military's role in developing preparedness to enhance resilience?
2. How do different governments/militaries engage in long-term development and preparedness?
3. How do other countries' national security strategy consider climate change?
4. How many disaster events has USAID been involved with, budget, scope, military involvement? Subtopic examples:
How many small island nations have policies governing migration with other nations?
Create database of migration policies
Anticipate movements
Look for signals
4. Develop a broad agenda setting statement (including terminology and vocabulary) for Civ-Mil Climate Change issues.
5. What military force structure and capabilities are going to be in 2035 to address CC threats to humanitarian disaster response vis a vis national security. When does that force structure/capability/capacity planning get entered into the DOD budget cycle planning/authorization bill considerations?
6. What changes will be needed? How will climate change affect the environmental impact of a natural or man-made disaster and the environmental impact of the humanitarian response?
How does the UN Environmental Programme and UN OCHA's Joint Environment Unit (JEU) consider environmental impacts;
How does/should this connect with UN OCHA Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord);
How can militaries incorporate this environmental impact understanding into humanitarian response?
What divisions or positions at relevant agencies have mandate or responsibility for long range thinking about resilience and/or climate change
Contact/Interest: Parker Frawley, Andrea
Develop case studies of development projects that included preparedness and resulted in more resilient communities
Contact/Interest: John Freeman
What are the Geographical Combatant Commanders' policy on climate change?
What are resilience objectives for humanitarian projects? What is the military's role in preparedness?
Grant Dawson - interested in working on it
What is the value of preparedness (see USAID reports) and what are the things that lead to long term resilience?
Personal stories about where they could have used more preparedness? These stories can be used in congressional testimony, etc.
Role of science is to codify lessons learned from recovery, role of military in recovery, what works, what doesn't, synthesize,
How do different governments/militaries engage in long-term development and preparedness? How do other countries' national security strategy consider climate change?
Contact/Interest: Andrea, Jim, 2020: Andrea, Miranda, Mo
Initiative: Intern
Develop a framework that relates climate and conflict - how will climate contribute to conflict? Literature review (see Anthony Michael research on climate change and health mechanisms as a model, he wrote a book) See also causal factors for Syria conflict.
How many disaster events has USAID been involved with, budget, scope, military involvement?
How many small island nations have policies governing migration with other nations?
Create database of migration policies
Anticipate movements
Look for signals
Lead/interest: Brad Donnelly; Mo; Dave Hill
Develop a common terminology and vocabulary for Civ-Mil Climate Change issues.
Lead/interest: Andrea, Austin
What military force structure and capabilities are going to be needed say in 2035 to address CC threats to national security. When does that force structure/capability/capacity planning get entered into the DOD budget cycle planning/authorization bill considerations?
Lead/interest: Dave Hill; Brad
What changes will be needed? What is the environmental impact of a natural or man-made disaster and the humanitarian response. How does the UN Environmental Programme and UN OCHA's Joint Environment Unit (JEU) consider environmental impacts; how does/should this connect with UN OCHA Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord); how can militaries incorporate this environmental impact understanding into humanitarian response?
Lead: Andrea
Policy brief / business case for 'anticipatory action' of likely specific climate related emergencies once criteria met (i.e. drought levels, locust swarms, oil-spill, etc)
Interest:
Review of Title 10 and Title 14 in terms of emerging CC threats to national security and increased Mil H/R D/R mission sets be worthwhile?
Interest/Lead: Dave Hill
Recognizing financial concerns often drive policy, determination of non-intervention costs to military(ies) hard, soft & joint power in responding to the compounding climate crises - perhaps with a timeframe set against the duration of the the next US administration
Interest: