CSEN Experts
CSEN reports go through an international peer review process. The risk briefs have been discussed with stakeholders in and from the respective regions at dialogues in Dhaka, Nairobi, Niamey, Rabat, Kathmandu, Tokyo and virtually. CSEN experts may be available to contribute expertise, for example providing interviews or analysis on a variety of topics at the intersections of climate change, security, foreign policy, and development.
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CONTACT: secretariat@climate-security-expert-network.org.
Africa
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East
North America
Experts
Adam Day is the Director of Programmes at the UN University Centre for Policy Research. He focuses on North America.
POLICY PAPER What Can the UN Security Council Do on Climate and Security?
Adriana Erthal Abdenur is Executive Director of Plataforma CIPÓ, a member of the UN ECOSOC Committee on Development Policy (CPD), the Global Climate Commission, and the Weathering Risk Strategic Advisory Board. She focuses on South America, particularly Brazil.
Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: Latin America and the Caribbean (available in Spanish)
Ayan Mahamoud is a Senior Programme Coordinator at IGAD, and her focus is on the Horn of Africa.
PODCAST Regional cooperation for climate security: a look into the Horn of Africa
Boubacar T. Assoumana is currently working with AGRHYMET Regional Centre, a specialised institution of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS). His focus is on the Sahel region.
Carlos Fuller is the Regional and International Liaison Officer at the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre. He focuses on the Caribbean Island States, particularly Belize.
Chitra Nagarajan is an independent researcher working on civilian protection, climate change, conflict analysis and sensitivity, gender and social inclusion, peacebuilding, and human rights. She focuses on West Africa and the Sahel region.
Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: Mali
PODCAST Let´s talk about Mali: The impacts of climate change on insecurity and gender inequality
Christophe Hodder is the first UN Climate Security and Environmental Advisor. He focuses on Somalia.
Climate change and security in the UN Assistance Mission to Somalia
PODCAST When a country mandate includes climate language: lessons from UNSOM
Coral Pasisi is the Director of the Sustainable Pacific Consultancy and President of Tofia Niue, a Non Profit Organisation focused on Ocean Sustainable Management. She focuses on the Pacific Islands region.
Dhanasree Jayaram is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations and Co-Coordinator of the Centre for Climate Studies at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). She focuses on South Asia.
Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: South Asia
PODCAST South Asia on the brink: A look at climate change to help address the region's compound fragilities
Geoff Dabelko is Professor and Associate Dean in the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University and is senior advisor to the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center. He focuses on North America.
Herman Rosa Chávez is a researcher-consultant and former Minister of Environment of El Salvador. He focuses on Central America, particularly El Salvador.
Marisol Maddox is an Arctic analyst at the Polar Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. She focuses on the Arctic region.
Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: The Arctic
PODCASTS What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic and Climate Security around the world: examples of locally informed solutions
Matthew Brubacher is Program Manager for Climate Security in the Horn of Africa with the UN Climate Security Mechanism. He focuses on Libya and the Horn of Africa.
Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: Libya
PODCAST Climate security and the tyranny of the immediate in Libya
Mely Caballero-Anthony is Professor of International Relations and Head of the Centre for Non-traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She focuses on the Asia-Pacific region.
Milen Yishak is a consultant with the Climate Security Expert Network. She focuses on Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Oli Brown is Associate Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resources department at Chatham House. He focuses on Afghanistan, Kenya, Sierra Leone, North Africa and the Sahel region.
Climate-Fragility Risk Briefs: Afghanistan, North Africa and Sahel (available in French) and The Sahel
POLICY PAPER Europe and Climate Security - Is Europe Delivering on its Rhetoric?
PODCASTS Hot days ahead: How climate impacts are pushing Afghanistan’s multiple burdens to the brink and The UNSC's role in addressing climate related security risks
Ottilia Anna Maunganidze ead of Special Projects at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). She focuses on Southern Africa.
Climate-Fragility Risk Brief: Southern Africa
PODCAST Climate Security around the world: examples of locally informed solutions
Sagal Abshir is a lawyer, writer and researcher currently working on political, climate and governance issues in the Horn of Africa.
POLICY BRIEF Climate Change and Security in the Horn Of Africa - Can Europe Help to Reduce the Risks?
PODCAST Climate Security around the world: examples of locally informed solutions
Saleemul Huq is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD). He focuses on South Asia.
Salma Kadry is a Researcher at the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA). She focuses on North Africa.
Sharon E. Burke directs the Resource Security Group at New America. She has served in a number of senior positions in the U.S. government, most recently as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy. She focuses on the United States.
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) is a large-scale research-focused and capacity building Climate Service Centre designed to help tackle the climate change challenge by enhancing the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change and increased variability. WASCAL is a partner organization of the CSEN, though it is individual WASCAL experts who contribute to reports.