The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) is one of several programs and projects that make up the Global Resilience and Sustainability Program at the

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) or Wilson Center is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topi ...

. ECSP was founded in 1994 to study the connections among environmental, health,

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and

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Activities

ECSP holds events and publishes research and multimedia content aiming to connect scholars, policymakers, the media, and practitioners. The program currently has three primary topical focus areas: # Integrated Development: The intersection of population-health-environment issues in developing countries as well as global population dynamics such as

urbanisation Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It can also ...

, youth bulges, and

migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

. # Environment, Conflict, and Security: The role of natural resources in conflict and peace building, and climate change in the security context. # Water: Water's potential to spur conflict and cooperation, its social and economic value, and its relationship to health and

disease A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function (biology), function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical condi ...

Publications

ECSP produces
series of program reports
as well as th
''FOCUS'' series
of short briefs on integrated population, health, and environment programs. Previous occasional publications include
Navigating Peace: Forging New Water Partnerships
' and
Water Stories: Expanding Opportunities in Small-Scale Water and Sanitation Projects
'. The program also maintains a daily blog
''New Security Beat''
and
YouTube channel
with speaker interviews.

Support

ECSP is supported by grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development, under th
Health, Environment, Livelihoods, Population, and Security (HELPS) Project
and th

Staff

* Roger-Mark De Souza, Global Fellow and former Director * Geoff Dabelko, Senior Adviser and former Director * Lauren Herzer, Program Associate * John Thon Majok, Program Associate * Meaghan Parker, Writer/Editor * Benjamin Dills, Program Assistant

References

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External links

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Environmental Change and Security Program

''New Security Beat''
Environmental education