Political Rhetoric or Policy Reality?- Geoffrey Dabelko

Over the past 25 plus years, the understanding of environment and security links has evolved to reflect changing threat and opportunity scenarios. Today, "environmental security" has become a popular phrase used to encompass everything from oil exploration to pollution controls to corn subsidies. While environmental advocates and security actors remain wary of each other's focus, means, and ends, both scholars and policymakers are working to better understand these linkages and respond to them. Today, the wide range of potential climate change impacts is reenergizing broader debates over human security that suggest redefining security beyond purely militaristic terms. At the same time, the traditional security community's increased concern with climate change (and the social reactions it may produce) has helped garner wider attention. The number of U.S. and overseas policy responses is dizzying. In his address, Geoff Dabelko will highlight key environmental security policy developments and situate today's initiatives within a context of nearly three decades of efforts.

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Education

Tags:

• climate change
• Dabelko
• CUSA
• UCI
• UC Irvine
• Richard Matthew
• environment
• security
• policy

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Geoffrey Dabelko's talk was given in April 2010 as part of CUSA's 2010 Sustainability Speaker Series at UC Irvine.

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