THE FORGOTTEN DIMENSION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Climate change accelerates instability in unexpected ways. Growing water scarcity, declining crop yields, and rising prices are catalysts for displacement and conflict, as witnessed in recent years in Syria and in the European migration crisis. The national security dimension of climate change receives little attention in Australia, but is the subject of intense focus overseas - particularly in the United States.

The Lowy Institute will screen a condensed version of the 2016 film, The Age of Consequences, which analyses the link between climate change and security, followed by a panel discussion. The panel will comprise Sherri Goodman, Founder and Executive Director of the CNA Military Advisory Board, Ian Dunlop, an international oil, gas and coal industry expert and former chair of the Australian Coal Association and Alan Dupont, Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute and CEO of the Cognoscenti Group.