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CNAS Vice President for Natural Security Sharon Burke Congressional Testimony
Author(s): Sharon E. BurkeType of Publication: Congressional TestimonyDate: 07/21/2009CNAS Vice President of Natural Security Sharon Burke testified on Tuesday, July 21, in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the national security implications of climate change. The hearing, chaired by Senator John Kerry, D-MA, focused on how global climate change could affect U.S. military operations, strain natural resources and heighten global tensions.
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Climate Change and Global Security: Challenges, Threats, and Diplomatic Opportunities
Date:
July 21, 2009
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Center for a New American Security's Vice President for Natural Security Sharon E. Burke testified on July 21, 2009 at a Senate hearing on climate change and global security. The hearing was called by Senator John Kerry, D-MA, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
At the hearing, Burke – along with other expert witnesses – evaluated how global climate change presents a serious national security threat and what U.S. strategy should be. Burke is the Vice President of Natural Security and the author of the CNAS working paper Natural Security, which investigates emerging natural resources challenges in six key areas of consumption and consequences.
The working paper is available online here.
The Natural Security program blog is available here.
WITNESS LIST
The Honorable John Warner
Former U.S. Senator
Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn, USN (Ret.)
President, American Security Project
Sharon Burke
Vice President, Center for a New American Security
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.)
Member, Center for Naval Analysis Advisory Board
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