@erinsikorsky.bsky.social
Director, Center for Climate and Security, DC Former US Nat'l Intelligence Council Wisconsinite at heart Posts my own
@michaelwara.bsky.socialReposted by @erinsikorsky.bsky.socialYou know climate adaptation is totally on track when the best source of info about SLR and El Niño flooding is the gym by 101 that’s trying to let customers know when they can access its parking. High is officially a 5.9 but Evexia called a 7.3. I trust Evexia.
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialReposted by @erinsikorsky.bsky.socialHome from Berlin after two climate security conferences in one week: the Berlin Climate Security Conference and a first-ever German MoD conference on defense & climate adaptation. A few jet-lagged takeaways on breaking the “hard vs. soft security” binary 🧵 1/x
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialWould much rather they game out *avoiding* a catastrophic AI event.
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialAlso in the post: why security folks need a neutral baseline on solar geoengineering rather than one-sided advocacy from either camp. Plus a PS on Berlin’s excellent bike lanes 🚲
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialConvene to bridge gaps, not reinforce them. There was plenty of talk about how to reach defense audiences, but not many defense voices sharing their own view. In my ideal world, Berlin’s two conferences would have been one, with shared plenaries and shared coffee breaks. 4/x
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialStart with goals, not budget fights. Don’t stop at “defense is crowding out climate finance.” Ask WHY governments are boosting defense spending. If the goal is readiness against Russia by 2029, climate resilience at home and abroad is part of the path there. 3/x
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialThat either/or framing is one human security will lose every time. With tight budgets and geopolitical upheaval, the risk is that everyone retreats to their silos. What we need instead is a reimagining of security for a world of compound, cascading risks. 2/x
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialHome from Berlin after two climate security conferences in one week: the Berlin Climate Security Conference and a first-ever German MoD conference on defense & climate adaptation. A few jet-lagged takeaways on breaking the “hard vs. soft security” binary 🧵 1/x
@andrewfacini.comReposted by @erinsikorsky.bsky.socialyou do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand Los Angeles and San Diego to them
@rikefranke.euReposted by @erinsikorsky.bsky.social“The demarche request appears to be an unusual administration effort to use allied government pressure to silence criticism from European citizens and Americans abroad”
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialA great book to read with your kiddos about the amazing Margaret Hamilton.
@fulelo.bsky.socialReposted by @erinsikorsky.bsky.social#BBCNews - Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@codeslack.bsky.socialReposted by @erinsikorsky.bsky.socialThese videos are great: computerhistory.org/blog/margare...
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialWhoa.
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialCarol Vaughan of UK Defra now giving a master class on the connections between nature and security, and how to engage diff actors w/in governments. #bcsc2026
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialBack in the main session at #bcsc2026 with a discussion of health and extreme heat-“our health system created for a climate that no longer exists.”
@kyivindependent.comReposted by @erinsikorsky.bsky.social⚡️ Russia testing Europe's defenses below threshold of open war, experts say. Russian drones entering NATO airspace have also become a recurring occurrence, while Western officials have raised the alarm over a rise in Moscow's hybrid operations across Europe.
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialGreat audience question that gets applause: what is a “good” project to finance in SSA? He’s heard this throughout his career and still doesn’t understand how investors define “good”? #bcsc2026
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialNext plenary panel focused of financing-Kate Levick from Grantham Research Institute notes need to understand local climate security stories, panelists discuss different levels of funding needed, highlighting middle-level gaps. #bcsc2026
@erinsikorsky.bsky.socialFM highlights SRM on the agenda for the first time, saying it’s critical to discuss its climate impacts but also the impacts on security and geopolitics as a technology with global implications.
