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There is a clear, growing awareness among Columbia University faculty and students regarding the linkages connecting climate change, resource degradation and scarcity, poverty, habitat loss, and conflict. This interest is mirrored in high-level scholarly and policy deliberations in the world at large concerning such linkages. This Earth Institute Cross-Cutting Initiative , led by The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), aims to make the current round of interest in environment-security issues more meaningful.
Objectives:
- To connect isolated Columbia University communities in the earth and social sciences
- To initiate and innovate the university's research on environment and security linkages
- To strengthen the university's curriculum in this area to meet students' growing demand
- To provide a mechanism for directing research and findings to the appropriate policymakers, publications, and potential funders
The CCI's short-term activities for Fall 2007/Spring 2008 include:
- Formation of a cross-disciplinary working group on environment and security linkages
- Holding a seminar series on environment-conflict linkages
- Creation of an interdisciplinary geospatial database integrating data on conflict, climate, natural resources, and biodiversity
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