Environment, Peace, and Conflict: Opportunities and Risks for the New Administration [Video]
Publisher: Wilson's Center Environmental Change & Security Program and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Date: 2021
Topics: Basic Services, Governance, Peace and Security Operations
Countries: United States
The new Biden administration faces a variety of challenges and a rapidly changing environment will exacerbate many of the challenges. There will be opportunities to make progress in the Arctic, the South China Sea, and other geopolitically sensitive regions. The administration could also pursue opportunities to build peace through cooperation in areas such as shared resources, climate action, or disaster prevention. A failure to act decisively could leave military infrastructure at risk, accelerate the risk of environmentally induced migration, precipitate global health crises, or create other unanticipated environmental conflicts. On top of all of this, could a poorly planned process of transitioning to a carbon-free economy result in new conflicts over land, minerals, and other resources? The webinar discusses the potential opportunities and risks the new administration will need to navigate in the coming years.