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The Pentagon, climate change and war

Discover the intersection between climate change and US national security with Neta Crawford.

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Join us at the Ri, as the seemingly unlikely connection between climate change and US national security is illuminated by world leading expert, Neta Crawford. Neta argues that the Pentagon, as the largest single organisational energy consumer and greenhouse gas emitter, is at the centre of the issue.

She explores the deep cycle of economic growth, fossil fuel use, and dependency that has driven the mission to protect access to Persian Gulf oil. She discusses climate change as a 'threat multiplier' and suggests innovative solutions to breaking the link between national security and fossil fuels.

Take advantage of this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the intersection of these critical issues.

Copies of Neta's latest book 'The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions' are available to purchase after the talk.

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This is a smaller event in the Library.  This event will not be livestreamed.

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About Neta Crawford

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via Balliol College, University of Oxford

Neta Crawford is Montague Burton Chair in International Relations and also holds a Professorial Fellowship at Balliol College. Her research focuses on war, ethics, normative change, emotions in world politics, and climate change. Neta was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023. She received the Distinguished Scholar award from the International Ethics section of the International Studies Association in 2018. 

She was a co-winner of the 2003 American Political Science Association Jervis and Schroeder Award for best book in International History and Politics for her book Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization, Humanitarian Intervention (CUP, 2002).  Crawford is a co-founder and co-director of the Costs of War Project, based at Brown University.

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