Climate Change

Led by the Energy Security and Climate Change Program and the Sustainable Development and Resilience Initiative, CSIS research focuses on strategies to address global climate change trends and manage its increasingly disruptive impacts.

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Shannon Yeung & Sarah B. Grace for CSIS

The Nature of Strength

As agriculture faces growing biological and environmental threats, crop biodiversity is vital to maintaining and building resilience. CSIS experts examine how agrobiodiversity, and the genebanks that safeguard it, are strategic assets ensuring a more secure future.

Digital Report by Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh — June 11, 2025

Past Events


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Photo: CSIS

Photo: CSIS

2025 Global Development Forum

April 23, 2025 • 9:00 am – 5:30 pm EDT
Video On Demand
Hosted by Project on Prosperity and Development

Experts


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Joseph Majkut
Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Leslie Abrahams
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Noam Unger
Director, Sustainable Development and Resilience Initiative and Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development
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5Mazzocco
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
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Will Todman
Chief of Staff, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
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Jane Nakano
Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Thibault Denamiel
Fellow, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business