Timestamps:

00:14 - Welcome to Sustainability Ambassador Podcast

00:32 - Francesco Femia Introduction

01:18 - Climate Change & Security:

02:15 - Core Issues of Strategic Concern

03:35 - Growing Importance

04:20 - Current Gaps in Conversations, and Action

06:05 - Translating the Issues into Action

07:00 - Bringing Stakeholders Together & Outputs

08:55 - Understanding & Gaining the Trust of Security Community

12:15 - Building a Community of High Level Officials

14:00 - The Language of Climate Change & Security

15:10 - Why Establish the Center (vs. Work Within Existing Thinktank)

15:45 - Advice for Development of Climate & Security Careers

About Francesco

Francesco “Frank” Femia is Co-Founder and Research Director of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) and the Center for Climate and Security, as well as Co-Founder and Senior Advisor at the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS).

He oversees all of CSR’s research and analysis efforts, including at the Center for Climate and Security, the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons and the Converging Risks Lab, and acts as Editor-in-Chief for all the organization’s publications.

He has also been a regular public commentator on how national security, defense and intelligence communities address climate change-related threats, appearing on a range of television programs and the feature film documentary, Age of Consequences.

He has been frequently-cited and interviewed in both mainstream and niche media outlets, including USA Today, Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Economist, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC News, the National Review, the New Republic, the BBC, the Atlantic, Defense News, Defense One, and Stars and Stripes, among others.

Francesco holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he focused on European foreign policy and security issues, and a degree from Emerson College. He served as a mentor and strategist for the Obama Foundation Scholars program, and on the Advisory Board of the Nuclear Security Working Group.

Follow Francesco

Website: https://councilonstrategicrisks.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescofemia/

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About Collective Responsibility

Based in Shanghai, Collective Responsibility is a strategic advisory firm founded by Richard Brubaker, one of Asia’s most recognized authorities on sustainability, innovation and responsible leadership.

Founded with the fundamental belief that a sustainable world can only be achieved through awareness of issues, finding tangibility in business cases, and development of cross-sector collaboration, Collective Responsibility acts as a knowledge base, catalyst, and facilitator between stakeholders.

Our mission is to:

– Create a knowledge base and catalyze discussion of issues related to the development of civil society, business sustainability and social development in Asia.

– Develop tangible interests, engagement, and action on issues of sustainability (economic, environmental and societal).

– Develop organizational capacity with the aim to help create stable and profitable enterprises.

Contact Us:

Social@coresponsibility.com

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