Scott Moore Named Department of Defense Senior Advisor for Climate Security

Scott Moore

Scott Moore has been named a senior advisor for climate security at the U.S. Department of Defense. In this role, which he will hold in conjunction with his current responsibilities with Penn Global, Moore will help shape U.S. government policy at the intersection of climate change and national security. In addition to being Practice Professor of Political Science, Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Moore is also Senior Advisor to Penn’s Water Center. His primary research interests center on China, climate change, and security. Other research and teaching interests include water security and China’s role in the biotechnology sector.

Moore’s first book, Subnational Hydropolitics: Conflict, Cooperation, and Institution-Building in Shared River Basins (Oxford University Press 2018), examines how climate change and other pressures affect the likelihood of conflict over water within countries. His latest, China’s Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China’s Rise and the World’s Future (Oxford University Press 2022), explores China’s role in global public goods provision against the backdrop of geopolitical rivalry and competition. His current research and book project focuses on how the return of great power rivalry between major economies and emitters shapes prospects for climate action at the international level.

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