National Security Week
SEPTEMBER 8TH
Climate Change, Energy and National Security
We Must Work Together on an American Strategy
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Reserve Officers Association
One Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
You are invited to join Partnership for a Secure America, the Reserve Officers Association and CNA for a discussion on the national security implications of climate change and America’s energy use. This event will coincide with the release of PSA’s bipartisan statement, signed by 32 prominent Republicans and Democrats, urging the development of a “unified American strategy” that will allow the U.S. to respond to and mitigate the impact of climate change.
Speakers:
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Invited)
R. James Woolsey, Director of Central Intelligence 1993-95
Frank Wisner, Undersecretary of State 1992-93, Amb. to India 1994-97
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), CNA Military Advisory Board
To RSVP
E-mail prandato@psaonline.org
Call 202-293-8580
SEPTEMBER 10 TH – MORNING
The Day Before: A Conference on the National Security Implications of Climate Change, featuring Senator John Kerry
The conference will discuss how climate change will impact food shortages, scarcity of resources and mass migration and the stability of countries and national and international security. Participants will also discuss the implications of climate change as it relates to U.S. military operations and economic competitiveness and announce details about a new American Security Project initiative aimed at analyzing the national security implications of climate change.
8:15a.m.-8:45a.m.: Registration
8:45a.m.-9:00a.m.: Welcome Remarks
9:00a.m.-9:30a.m.: Opening Remarks
9:30a.m.-10:30a.m.: Panel Discussion
Charles Glaser, Founding Director, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, GW
Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future; Professor of International Relations and Geography, Boston University
Ladeene Freimuth, Founder, Freimuth Group, LLC
Bernard Finel, Senior Fellow, American Security Project
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
10:30a.m.-11:20a.m.: Remarks by Michael Oppenheimer
Michael Oppenheimer, Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Princeton University
11:30a.m.-12:30p.m.: Remarks by Senator John Kerry
Senator John Kerry, U.S. Senator (D-Mass.)
Please send RSVP to: rsvpesia@gwu.edu. Registration is required to attend this event. Media are welcome and should RSVP to Nick Massella at 202-994-3087 or massella@gwu.edu.
Sponsored by the Elliott School of International Affairs and the American Security Project
SEPTEMBER 10TH – AFTERNOON
Operation Free – Taking the Hill
On September 10, Operation Free will bring 150 veterans from 38 states and the District of Columbia to participate in an event at the White House on the links between climate change, energy, and national security.
The veterans will then meet with Senators to discuss the importance of passing legislation this year that will reduce America’s use of carbon and develop renewable energy.
They will stress that climate change acts as a “threat multiplier” that decreases stability and increases conflict, strains the resources of the armed services by degrading equipment, and forces the military to move or repair bases affected by changing weather or extreme storms.
Moves to mitigate climate change – reducing our consumption of oil, making polluters pay, etc. – make us safer and more self-reliant. It will put America back in the driver’s seat, and help eliminate a dangerous dependence on other nations.
