Dr. Daniel Abrahams is the Senior Climate Security Advisor in the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization. Daniel provides technical guidance for programmatic interventions that address the joint challenges of climate and environmental shocks, conflict, and human security. He also serves as the primary liaison for USAID’s climate security policy efforts. He also supports the Administrator’s Office of Policy where he is leading strategic climate policy priorities including advancing climate finance in fragile and conflict-affected contexts and developing an Agency-wide climate security plan. Prior to joining USAID, he held academic appointments at Colby College and Lehigh University and has published in leading peer-reviewed journals as well as non-academic outlets. Daniel holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. in Geography from the University of South Carolina.
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