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Benjamin Dills
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Benjamin Dills


Benjamin is a Program Assistant with the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program. He focuses his work on international climate, energy, and sustainable development policy, and he has been a member of YPFP’s Energy and Environment Discussion Group for three years. Benjamin holds an MA in Security Policy Studies from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. You can connect with him on Twitter @Ben_Dills.

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Cities and Climate: Local Governments with Global Impact


On Thursday, June 1st, 2017, President Trump announced to the world that he would be pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Responses from mayors across the world have been strong and swift, with cities...

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  • 19th Jun '17
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Transcript and Audio: Charged Affairs’ Conversation with Andrew Selee, Executive VP of the Wilson Center


Charge Affairs’ Senior Staff Writer Benjamin Dills sat down with Andrew Selee, Executive Vice President of the Wilson Center, to talk about the evolving role of nonpartisan institutions in foreign policy dialogue in the United...

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Building a Climate-Ready Military


In the past decade, there has been increasing recognition within the national security establishment that climate change is a national security issue. The 2010 and 2014 Quadrennial Defense Reviews, flagship documents by the...

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  • 30th Jan '17
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Climate Engineering and the Need for Global Governance


While the past few years have seen tremendous accomplishments in the fight against climate change, projections for changes in global temperature continue to be dire. Even if every country fulfills its commitments under the Paris...

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  • 9th Jan '17
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All is Not Lost: Maintaining Global Momentum on Climate Without the U.S.


The global outlook on climate change shifted radically in less than a week this November. The Paris Climate Agreement came into force on Friday, November 4, 2016. This allowed negotiators from the signatory countries to begin...

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Indigenous Rights: A Cornerstone to Sustainability


In 2015, more than three people a week were killed for protesting land theft and the development of ecologically destructive industries, such as mining, agribusiness, damming, and logging. In 2014, 116 environmental activists...

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  • 31st Oct '16
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Will President Obama’s September Call to Action Secure His Climate Legacy?


On September 21, 2016, the White House released a memorandum requiring 20 federal agencies to work together to address the national security implications of climate change. Within 90 days of the release of the memorandum, those...

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  • 10th Oct '16
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Considering the Nuclear Option: Alternative Power Sources for a Post-Paris World


On September 3, China and the United States signed the Paris Climate Agreement, bringing the reality of its implementation that much closer. When 55 countries that together generate at least 55% of the world’s emissions...

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  • 26th Sep '16
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Paris Climate Agreement: Lost at Sea?


The maritime shipping industry hauls roughly 90% of global trade every year. If the shipping industry was a country, it would be the world’s sixth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, coming in below Japan and just above...

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  • 29th Aug '16
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Climate and Conflict: Finding Opportunities for Peace


In past years, researchers, politicians, and journalists alike have paid increasing attention to the possible links between climate change and conflict. On the surface, the connection appears simple. Climate change brings on...

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