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 (or Wilson Center) is a quasi-government entity and think tank which conducts research to inform public policy. Located in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washi ...

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

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and

foreign policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...

.About ECSP
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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) refers to 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 is predominantly the ...

youth bulge A population pyramid (age structure diagram) or "age-sex pyramid" is a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid ...

s, 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 Conflict may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Conflict'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton * ''Conflict'' (1936 film), an American boxing film starring John Wayne * ''Conflict'' (1937 film) ...

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 negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that a ...

Publications

ECSP produces
series of program reports
as well as th
''FOCUS'' series
of short briefs on integrated population, health, and environment programs.ECSP Publications
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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 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 ...

, 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