Cleo Paskal
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Cleo Paskal is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House
, (aka Royal Institute of International Affairs), Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics
, Manipal University, India
and Adjunct Professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies
, Kochi, India. Also she was a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy's Global Energy and Environment Strategic Ecosystem and is a Huffington Post blogger.
She is a geopolitical expert who specializes in the geopolitical, security, and economic implications of evironmental change (including climate change
), as well as Arctic and Pacific security. Her book, Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map. Global Warring won a US$5000 Awards of Merit in the 2010 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment
awards as well as the 2010 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction.
Quote of Mohamed Nasheed
, President of the Maldives
, from Global Warring: "We can do nothing to stop climate change on our own and so we have to buy land elsewhere. It's an insurance policy for the worst possible outcome. After all, the Israelis
(began by buying) land in Palestine
."
Other published research includes a Chatham House Briefing Paper on how climate change might affect borders http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/eedp/papers/view/-/id/499/ (Paskal was the first to publish on the critical issue of how sea level rise can effect exclusive economic zone
claims), a new method for assessing a state or region's vulnerability to environmental change http://www.chinadialogue.net/homepage/show/single/en/1634-Three-R-s-for-surviving-environmental-change, the concept of Nationalistic Capitalism http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2058-Nationalistic-capitalism-and-the-food-crisis, a policy paper for the Commission on National Security in the 21st Century on the effects of environmental change on UK national security http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=657, a Chatham House
Briefing Paper on vulnerability of energy infrastructure to environmental change http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/737/, and a Journal of International Security Affairs paper on how environmental change can undermine major components of global and national legal systems.
She has also looked at a range of other strategic topics, including balance of power issues in the Pacific, and corruption in India. She has briefed officials from over two dozen governments.
Cleo Paskal is also an award-winning journalist who has contributed to, among others, The Economist
, The Independent
, and the Sunday Times
. She has hosted BBC
radio shows and wrote an Emmy-winning TV series. She has had columns with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
, National Post
and the Toronto Star
. Having attended McGill University
, she co-founded that school's satire magazine, The Red Herring. She also wrote the Primetime Emmy Award
winning TV series Cirque du Soleil
: Fire Within.
Chatham House
Chatham House, formally known as The Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in London whose mission is to analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs. It is regarded as one of the world's leading...
, (aka Royal Institute of International Affairs), Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Geopolitics, from Greek Γη and Πολιτική in broad terms, is a theory that describes the relation between politics and territory whether on local or international scale....
, Manipal University, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Adjunct Professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies
School of Communication and Management Studies
School of Communication and Management Studies is a management institute located at Kochi, India. The institute is at a distance of 12 km from Ernakulam railway station...
, Kochi, India. Also she was a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy's Global Energy and Environment Strategic Ecosystem and is a Huffington Post blogger.
She is a geopolitical expert who specializes in the geopolitical, security, and economic implications of evironmental change (including climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
), as well as Arctic and Pacific security. Her book, Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map. Global Warring won a US$5000 Awards of Merit in the 2010 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment
Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment
The Grantham Prize is an annual literary award established in September 2005 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting to annually recognize and honor the work of one journalist or team of journalists for exemplary reporting on the...
awards as well as the 2010 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction.
Quote of Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed is a Maldivian politician. He is the current President of the Maldives. He is the founder of the Maldivian Democratic Party and was its presidential candidate in the October 2008 presidential election, defeating long-time President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in a second round of voting...
, President of the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
, from Global Warring: "We can do nothing to stop climate change on our own and so we have to buy land elsewhere. It's an insurance policy for the worst possible outcome. After all, the Israelis
Demographics of Israel
The State of Israel has a population of approximately 7,798,600 inhabitants as of September 2011. 75.3% of them are Jewish , 20.5% are Arabs , while the remaining 4.3% are defined as "others" The State of Israel has a population of approximately 7,798,600 inhabitants as of September 2011. 75.3% of...
(began by buying) land in Palestine
Ottoman Syria
Ottoman Syria is a European reference to the area that during European Renaissance from the late 15th to early 18th century was called the Levant within the early period of the Ottoman Empire, the Orient until the early 19th century, and Greater Syria until 1918...
."
Other published research includes a Chatham House Briefing Paper on how climate change might affect borders http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/eedp/papers/view/-/id/499/ (Paskal was the first to publish on the critical issue of how sea level rise can effect exclusive economic zone
Exclusive Economic Zone
Under the law of the sea, an exclusive economic zone is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including production of energy from water and wind. It stretches from the seaward edge of the state's territorial sea out to 200 nautical...
claims), a new method for assessing a state or region's vulnerability to environmental change http://www.chinadialogue.net/homepage/show/single/en/1634-Three-R-s-for-surviving-environmental-change, the concept of Nationalistic Capitalism http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2058-Nationalistic-capitalism-and-the-food-crisis, a policy paper for the Commission on National Security in the 21st Century on the effects of environmental change on UK national security http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=657, a Chatham House
Chatham House
Chatham House, formally known as The Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in London whose mission is to analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs. It is regarded as one of the world's leading...
Briefing Paper on vulnerability of energy infrastructure to environmental change http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/737/, and a Journal of International Security Affairs paper on how environmental change can undermine major components of global and national legal systems.
She has also looked at a range of other strategic topics, including balance of power issues in the Pacific, and corruption in India. She has briefed officials from over two dozen governments.
Cleo Paskal is also an award-winning journalist who has contributed to, among others, The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
, The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, and the Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)
The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
. She has hosted BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
radio shows and wrote an Emmy-winning TV series. She has had columns with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, National Post
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
and the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
. Having attended McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, she co-founded that school's satire magazine, The Red Herring. She also wrote the Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...
winning TV series Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
: Fire Within.