In our globalized society, local and regional issues can quickly escalate into global challenges. The health and wealth of nations globally interconnected, as are our supporting natural systems. Human changes to local environments are having global impacts, with climate change a diver of new extremes in our hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and cryosphere. Future droughts, hurricanes, heat waves, and other extremes may drive future health risks, including from famines, pandemics of water- and vector-borne diseases, and declines in respiratory health.

This joint session will take the mantle from the Town Hall on Environmental Security, at the AMS Centennial. We will continue the discussion begun there with a special focus on global environmental & health security. We invite abstracts that address research and practice in this area, particularly those focused on the Arctic and Middle East/Horn of Africa.