How the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources will affect world security

How the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources will affect world security

An extraordinary global energy transformation will be required for the world to successfully slow and then halt climate change, and that transformation will change the power dynamics among nations. The security arrangements necessary to keep the peace among the powers that vie for an energy advantage in the coming renewables era demand attention now. Here's what you need to know: Introduction: John Mecklin Free-access Interview: Steven Chu, former secretary of the Energy Department, on fracking, renewables, nuclear weapons, and his work, post-Nobel Prize Dan Drollette Jr Free-access The complicated geopolitics of renewable energy Sergey Paltsev Free Access Saudi Arabia’s sell-off of Aramco: Risk or opportunity? Jean-Francois Seznec Will climate-change efforts affect EU-Russian relations? (Probably not.) Rachel S. Salzman Climate adaptation funding: Getting the money to those who need it Meraz Mostafa, M. Feisal Rahman, and Saleemul Huq NUCLEAR NOTEBOOK Pakistan's nuclear forces, 2016 Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris Free Access GLOBAL FORUM: Seeking a path toward missile nonproliferation: Missiles are the hidden force behind nuclear proliferation, so missile proliferation deserves as much concern, and the same efforts at prevention, as nuclear proliferation deserves. Editor's note Lucien Crowder An Indian Response Waheguru Pal Singh (WPS) Sidhu A Japanese Response Masako Ikegami A Turkish Response Sitki Egeli OTHER FEATURES Technology assessment and the social and human impact of innovation Fred Young Phillips and Deog-Seong Oh Can everyone help verify the bioweapons convention? Perhaps, via open source monitoring Gunnar Jeremias and Mirko Himmel Free Access BOOK REVIEW Crusades of the clueless: Who will win the war on science? Elisabeth Eaves Free Access The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists engages science leaders, policy makers, and the interested public on topics of nuclear weapons and disarmament, the changing energy landscape, climate change, and emerging technologies. We do this through our award-winning journal, iconic Doomsday Clock, public access website, and regular set of convenings. With smart, vigorous prose, multimedia presentations, and information graphics, the Bulletin puts issues and events into context and provides fact-based debates and assessments. For more than 70 years, the Bulletin has bridged the technology divide between scientific research, foreign policy, and public engagement.