Author: Olly Griesbach
Environment, Climate Change, and Security

Addressing NATO’s Arctic Intelligence Gap: Indigenous-Led Environmental Monitoring

The warming Arctic is one of the greatest sources of vulnerability for Canadian security and defence, and yet the communities best positioned to generate the knowledge required to protect it are functionally absent from NATO’s plan, reflecting a profound intelligence gap. For generations, Inuit hunters, harvesters, and land stewards across the Canadian North have accumulated Read More…
Environment, Climate Change, and Security

What Counts as Defence? The Case for Climate Adaptation in NATO’s 1.5% Commitment

What should count as defence investment in an era of climate-driven insecurity? In this article, Olly Griesbach argues that NATO’s new and largely undefined 1.5% resilience spending category offers a crucial policy opening to formally recognize climate adaptation, and that Canada is uniquely positioned to lead that push.