Climate Change: Preparing for the New Security Environment September 3, 2008

The RUSI climate change and security conference will provide a forum to discuss the current state of research on the linkages between climate change and security, with a special focus on responses and solutions for planners and policymakers.
Confirmed Speakers:
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sir Ian Andrews, 2nd Permanent Undersecretary, UK Ministry of Defence
Major General Richard Engel (Ret), Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology, U.S. National Intelligence Council
Nick Mabey, Director, E3G and author of RUSI’s ‘Delivering Climate Security’
Professor Paul Berkman, Head, Arctic Ocean Geopolitics Programme, University of Cambridge
Rob Varley, Government Services Director, UK Met Office
Professor Neil Adger, Head, Adaptation Programme, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
Major Shannon Beebe, Senior Africa analyst, US Department of Defence
Registration information and further programme details are available at:
http://rusi.org/events/ref:E48481B8ED91EC
T: +44 (0)20 7930 5854