CSAC NewsletterWinter 2026

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Fourth Annual Conference

Security in a Changing Climate: Defence Spending and Strategy for a Warming World

June 17-18, 2026 | Montreal, Qc, Canada

The 2026 Climate Security Association of Canada annual conference will analyse and debate the links between climate change and the radical transformation of international relations, the implications of increased defence spending on the climate security agenda, and the consequences for Canadian and allied security and defence policy. See our website for more details.

NEWS

The report of the NATO Research Task Group SAS-182, "The Effects of Climate Change on Security," is now available. Led by Professor Bruno Charbonneau, the multinational team of more than 20 researchers spent nearly three years producing seven chapters that explore the cases of West Africa, the Arctic, the NATO's eastern flank and military efforts to mitigate emissions, as well as the challenges for NATO policy and its climate security agenda. The report is available here: The Effects of Climate Change on Security | NATO Science and Technology Organization.

On February 26, Dr Gabrielle Daoust, CSAC board member, organized a CSAC workshop titled ‘Climate Change and (In)security in African Contexts: Dialogue in a Shifting Political Landscape,’ hosted by the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. The workshop brought together academic researchers, policymakers, and practitioners for collective discussion on how climate change and (in)security are understood, prioritized, and addressed in a context of national and international transformations.

On January 21, Dr Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brulé, co-director of the Network for Strategic Analysis and CSAC board member, co-hosted the ‘Convergences transpacifiques et nouveaux équilibres stratégiques: Capacités de défense, industries stratégiques et technologies critiques dans l’Indo-Pacifique’ conference in Paris, with Aubin Gonzalez Lapos, Executive Secretary General of France-Amériques. The conference provided a forum for high-level reflection and discussion on new transpacific convergences, combining strategic, industrial, and diplomatic perspectives in the areas of security, innovation, and international cooperation, including on the question of climate change.

PUBLICATIONS

Chalecki, E. L., T. Felgenhauer, and Burgess Langshaw Power (2026) Solar geoengineering doesn’t solve the human problem. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, February 26.

Charbonneau, Bruno (ed) (2026) The Effects of Climate Change on Security. NATO Scientific and Technology Organization Technical Report STO-TR-SAS-182.

Daoust, Gabrielle, I. Boubacar, I. S. Aboubacar, P. Stys, M. Widmer, M. Bozari, and G. Marchais (2025) Social Assistance, Livelihoods, and Adaptation: Responding to Climate Change and Conflict in Niger. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies.

Deligiannis, Tom and R. Floyd (2026) Environmental scarcity and conflict. In R. Floyd and R. Matthew (eds), Environmental Security: Approaches, Issues and Actors. Routledge.

Levitan, D. with Burgess  Langshaw Power, J. Horton, O. Corry, and D. Keith (2026) Different takes: Should SRM be seen as a serious security issue? SRM360, February 18.

Martin-Brulé, Sarah-Myriam (2026) Une militarisation à la canadienne. La Presse, February 22.

Swain, A., C. Bruch, T. Ide, P. Lujala, R. A. Matthew, E. Weinthal, and Tom Deligiannis (2025) The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Implications for global climate governance and security. Environment and Security, 3(1): 3-7.

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