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Marginally relevant to AI safety; CCS addresses climate-security and existential risks broadly, but this InfluenceWatch profile is primarily useful as an organizational reference rather than a substantive policy or technical resource for AI safety researchers.
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InfluenceWatch profile of the Center for Climate and Security, a project of the Council on Strategic Risks that focuses on the national security implications of climate change. The page provides organizational background, funding sources, and affiliated personnel, offering a critical/watchdog perspective on the think tank's operations and political leanings.
Key Points
- •The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) is a policy institute examining climate change as a national security and geopolitical risk factor.
- •CCS operates under the Council on Strategic Risks, a nonprofit focused on catastrophic and existential risks including climate and security intersections.
- •InfluenceWatch profiles organizations from a transparency/watchdog angle, often highlighting funding sources and ideological affiliations.
- •CCS engages policymakers, military, and intelligence communities on climate-security nexus issues, relevant to systemic and existential risk discussions.
- •The organization's work on catastrophic risks and global security intersects with broader existential risk and governance concerns relevant to AI safety communities.
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Center for Climate and Security (The Council on Strategic Risks)
Website:
climateandsecurity.org
Location:
WASHINGTON, DC
Tax ID:
82-3106472
Tax-Exempt Status:
501(c)(3)
Budget (2021):
Revenue: $4,326,697
Expenses: $2,176,627
Assets: $4,122,816
Formation:
2018
Type:
Climate Change/National Security Advocacy Group
Co-CEOs:
Francesco Femia
Caitlin E. Werrell
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The Center for Climate and Security is a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that promotes national security policy that incorporates a left-leaning position on global warming. A number of its senior officials have held posts with Democratic Presidential administrations.
The group has received substantial funding from the left-of-center institutional grantmakers Mertz Gilmore Foundation , Compton Foundation , and David Rockefeller Fund .
Background
The Center for Climate and Security is an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. The center contends that climate change poses a national security risk, and includes 32-member advisory board made up of national security professionals including including retired military officers. 1
The organization professes to be nonpartisan, but has gotten significant funding from left-of-center organizations such as the Mertz Gilmore Foundation , the Compton Foundation , and the David Rockefeller Fund . 2
In September 2019, the center teamed with George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs to release the Climate Security Plan for America. The report called for, among other things, creating a White House Office on Climate Security and enacting environmentalist public policies. 3
Programs
The center sponsors the International Military Council on Climate and Security to promote international support about climate issues impacting potential global conflicts. The center also crafted the “Responsibility to Prepare Framework” as a road map for governments to use technology to prepare for the effects of climate change. 4
The center also has a climate and security fellowship program, which is a year-long mentorship program for young people seeking a career in climate security. The center focuses heavily on the Middle East and North Africa, where it says
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