Insights

5 September 2023 - In this volume, John Sherwood examines the response of the U.S. Navy and its partners to three of the most destructive disasters in recent history: the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Japan's triple disaster in 2011. Based on original sources and numerous interviews, Sherwood not only explores a topic rarely examined by historians but crafts a vivid and compelling narrative.

Brussels, 20 December 2021 - 30 years ago today 1,200 NGO representatives from 150 countries called for a 75% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030

Brussels, 25 February 2021: EDRC's Policy Director, Alexander Verbeek commented on the 23 February 2021 UN Security Council debate on climate security in an interview published by Geneva Solutions.

Brussels, 17 September 2020: Civil Society groups advise NATO on how they see its role in the mitigation of climate change and adaptation to climate security challenges.

Brussels, 10 Dec 2019: Alexander Verbeek explains the urgent need both for effective climate change action and for steps to be taken to prepare for life in a drastically different world, where global warming and related environmental degradation will impact on security.

20 Nov 2019: Lynn Fries of openDemocracy - an independent global media platform - speaks with Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system – and what can be done to stop it.

13 Apr 2019 Boulder, Colorado: Alexander Verbeek calls on American students to work with Europeans to fight climate change in the session on “Saving the Planet: All Countries on Deck”.