Climate Change

[On the security risks of climate change] The classic definition [of state security] has been around conflict—threats to human life from armed aggression—which includes intrastate components such as dissident groups and civil war, and then, of course, when states go to war with each other.... [But climate change may induce conflict] to happen in places that are already living on the edge.

[On President Trump's July 8, 2019 comments pitting environmental protection against economic growth] I just find this completely untrue. Environmental improvement and economic growth has gone hand in hand for decades.

[On President Trump's White House speech on "America's environmental leadership" on July 8, 2019] This speech is a true ‘1984’ moment.