Geoffrey Dabelko
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Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP), a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
in Washington, D.C.
He facilitates dialogue among policymakers, practitioners, and scholars grappling with the complex connections that link environment, health, population, conflict, and security. His recent research focuses on climate change and security as well as environmental pathways to confidence building and peacemaking, with a special emphasis on management of fresh water resources.
Dabelko is principal investigator for ECSP's "Navigating Peace: Forging New Water Partnerships" Initiative. He worked previously at Foreign Policy
and the Council on Foreign Relations
. He is an adjunct professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
and has taught at the Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service.
Dabelko is co-editor, with Ken Conca of the University of Maryland
, of Green Planet Blues: Four Decades of Global Environmental Politics (4th ed., 2010) and Environmental Peacemaking (2002). He is also editor of the annual Environmental Change and Security Program Report. He blogs regularly at New Security Beat.
Dabelko is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme
’s Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding and an advisory board member of Screenscope's "Journey to Planet Earth" PBS documentary initiative. He is an editorial board member of Global Environmental Change, a contributing editor of Environment, and a board member of the Wilton Park
USA Foundation. He was a former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
and the Washington Term Member Advisory Council. He is a lead author for the 5th assessment of the IPCC Working Group II Chapter 12 on Human Security.
Dabelko has a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland
and an AB in political science from Duke University
. He lives in Greenbelt, MD with his wife and three children.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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He facilitates dialogue among policymakers, practitioners, and scholars grappling with the complex connections that link environment, health, population, conflict, and security. His recent research focuses on climate change and security as well as environmental pathways to confidence building and peacemaking, with a special emphasis on management of fresh water resources.
Dabelko is principal investigator for ECSP's "Navigating Peace: Forging New Water Partnerships" Initiative. He worked previously at Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
and the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
. He is an adjunct professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
International studies
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and has taught at the Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
School of Foreign Service.
Dabelko is co-editor, with Ken Conca of the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
, of Green Planet Blues: Four Decades of Global Environmental Politics (4th ed., 2010) and Environmental Peacemaking (2002). He is also editor of the annual Environmental Change and Security Program Report. He blogs regularly at New Security Beat.
Dabelko is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its...
’s Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding and an advisory board member of Screenscope's "Journey to Planet Earth" PBS documentary initiative. He is an editorial board member of Global Environmental Change, a contributing editor of Environment, and a board member of the Wilton Park
Wilton Park
Wilton Park is an executive agency of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It is a non-profit-making organisation holding discussions on global security and prosperity....
USA Foundation. He was a former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
and the Washington Term Member Advisory Council. He is a lead author for the 5th assessment of the IPCC Working Group II Chapter 12 on Human Security.
Dabelko has a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
and an AB in political science from Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. He lives in Greenbelt, MD with his wife and three children.
External links
- Environmental Change and Security Program
- ECSP blog New Security Beat
- Centerpoint: "Helping Hands: An Integrated Approach"
- ECSP Report, Issue 13
- Focus, Issue 23: "To Live With the Sea: Reproductive Health Care and Marine Conservation in Madagascar"
- Focus, Issue 22: "Coffee and Community: Combining Agribusiness and Health in Rwanda"
- Focus, Issue 21: "Population, Health, and Environment in Ethiopia"
- Focus, Issue 20: "Helping Hands: A Livelihood Approach to Population, Heath, and Environment Programs"
- ECSP Publications
- Navigating Peace: Water Conflict and Cooperation
- Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
- CFR: Population and Environment Connections