Erin Sikorsky is Director of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), and the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). She is an expert in strategic foresight and the geopolitical, instability, and conflict risks posed by climate change. Previously, Erin served as Deputy Director of the Strategic Futures Group on the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in the US, where she co-authored the quadrennial Global Trends report and led the US intelligence community’s environmental and climate security analysis. Erin is an adjunct professor at George Mason University, a member of the Secretary of the Interior's Advisory Council on Climate Adaptation Science, a consultant to the Defense Science Board, and a member of the Smith College Center for Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability Advisory Board.

Session:

• Climate security risk-informed national security planning
• Feeding resilience: Managing the nexus of climate change, food systems and security

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