The CSR Team on the Biden Budget and Systemic Threats

The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) outlines priorities for the FY2022 U.S. budget, urging investments in early biological threat detection, climate resilience within the Defense and Homeland Security departments, and the elimination of low-yield nuclear weapons. The team emphasizes the intersection of climate change, ecological disruption, and national security, advocating for increased scientific capacity in intelligence agencies and expanded funding for international climate adaptation and conservation.

• The CSR recommends that the budget prioritize the restoration and expansion of biological threat programs, specifically focusing on early detection systems and the infrastructure for rapid vaccine manufacturing, while leveraging the Department of Energy's National Laboratories.
• To address climate security, the CSR suggests increasing funding for infrastructure and resilience programs within the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department, as well as providing additional bilateral and multilateral funds for climate adaptation assistance to U.S. allies, particularly in the Indo-Pacific.
• The document argues for bolstering scientific capacity within national security and intelligence agencies to better understand the impact of climate change on security interests, including research into biophysical ecological phenomena and climate-linked vulnerabilities.
• Regarding ecological security, the CSR advocates for investments in ecological forecasting, monitoring of environmental crime, and increased international conservation budgets for ocean, freshwater, and land systems to prevent pandemic sources and regime shifts.
• The CSR urges the administration to use the Nuclear Posture Review to move away from low-yield nuclear weapons and to address the intersection of climate change and nuclear risks, such as the impact of extreme weather on nuclear facilities.

APA

Parthemore, C., Lim, D. Y.-B., Femia, F., Conger, J., Sikorsky, E., Schoonover, D. R., & Rezzonico, A. (2021). The CSR Team on the Biden Budget and Systemic Threats. The Council on Strategic Risks. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/25/the-csr-team-on-the-biden-budget-and-systemic-threats/

Chicago

Parthemore, Christine, Dr. Yong-Bee Lim, Francesco Femia, John Conger, Erin Sikorsky, Dr. Rod Schoonover, and Andrea Rezzonico. The CSR Team on the Biden Budget and Systemic Threats. The Council on Strategic Risks, 2021. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/25/the-csr-team-on-the-biden-budget-and-systemic-threats/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{parthemore2021csr, author = {Parthemore, Christine and Lim, Dr. Yong-Bee and Femia, Francesco and Conger, John and Sikorsky, Erin and Schoonover, Dr. Rod and Rezzonico, Andrea}, title = {{The CSR Team on the Biden Budget and Systemic Threats}}, publisher = {The Council on Strategic Risks}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/25/the-csr-team-on-the-biden-budget-and-systemic-threats/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }