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19. The second two sets of criteria are most applicable to DoD
in the security-to-development connection and the third criteria
which addresses “small island developing states” is most applicable to SOUTHCOM and the Caribbean. From USAID: Criteria
2, “Sustainable Landscapes Criteria: USAID prioritizes partner
countries with globally important forest landscapes (e.g. the
Amazon basin and the Congo basin which have high current and
future carbon storage potential); high demonstration potential
(e.g. early movers able to demonstrate credible resultsbased payments for carbon storage under Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) programs); commitments to
developing monitoring, reporting, and verification systems, and
enabling policy structures such as land and resource tenure;” Criteria 3, “Adaptation Criteria: USAID prioritizes work with countries, both in terms of exposure to physical impacts of climate
change and socioeconomic sensitivity to those impacts. These include the likelihood of significant physical changes, dependence
of population on climatesensitive sectors, percentage of population in highrisk areas (e.g. lowlying coastal areas), and the ability of a country’s economy to respond to climate changes. Thus,
USAID is prioritizing working with least developed countries
(especially in subSaharan Africa), small island developing states
(SIDS), and glacier dependent countries. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Climate Change and Development
Strategy 2012-2016, (Washington, DC: USAID, January 2012), 1.
20. Sarah Wines, U.S. Agency for International Development
LNO to U.S. Southern Command, telephone interview by author,
March 6, 2015.
21. Ole Magnus Theisen, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Halvard
Buhaug. “Is Climate Change a Driver of Armed Conflict?” Climatic Change117, no. 3 (04, 2013): 613-25, http://search.proquest.
com/docview/1315961094?accountid=4444 (accessed November 30,
2014), 615.
22. Hagel, DoD 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, i.
23. Jerry M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and Gary W.
Yohe, eds., 2014: Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The
Third National Climate Assessment (Washington, DC: U.S. Global
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