How Climate Change Impacts Security and Conflict Worldwide

Speakers: Dr. Tim Clack (University of Oxford), Lieutenant General (Ret) Richard Nugee (British Army), Ella Fleming (UK Defence Science Technology Laboratory)

Date: POSTPONED – We will announce rescheduled date as soon as we can.

Speaker Session Summary

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Speaker Session Recording

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Briefing Materials

Biographies:

Dr. Tim Clack is the Chingiz Gutseriev Associate Professor at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR). Tim is the Director of the Climate Change & (In)Security Project and General Editor of the Routledge Advances in Defence Studies (RAiDS) book series. His research is multidisciplinary and focuses on the drivers and aftermaths of conflict, including climate and environmental change. Prior to and alongside his academic career, he has delivered a number of senior and specialist roles for the UK Cabinet Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

After a full operational career in the British Army, as his final role Lieutenant General (Ret) Richard Nugee , wrote a Review of Defence’s approach to Climate Change and Sustainability. He has since earned international recognition for bringing the implications of Climate Change and Sustainability to the Defence and National Security sectors.  Previously the Non Executive Director for Climate Change and Net Zero for the Ministry of Defence, he has expanded this policy interest into delivery, as the Chair, Director and Advisor of a number of renewable energy and environmental sustainability start-ups.

Ella Fleming is a Principal Analyst at the Defence Science Technology laboratory (Dstl). She has worked in Defence and Security for over 8 years and has expertise in socio-cultural and regional analysis, intelligence analysis, and gender in the armed forces. Ella has held sponsored positions as a Visiting Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) working on the future of African security and the decline of UK influence. She is now entering the 5th year of her sponsored part-time DPhil at Oxford University assessing climate change, conflict and institutional responses to climate security policy and approach on behalf of Dstl. Ella recently returned from 8 months in the field collecting data with the UN in Nairobi, Kenya, followed by a brief 5 month career break as an Expert Climate Security Consultant for the UN Mission to Somalia (UNSOM) in Mogadishu, Somalia.