Policy Working Group
What Does the working group do?
By helping shape and support development of regional and national environmental security policy, the Policy Working Group (PWG) supports partners to collaborate in developing relevant policies and procedures and incorporating environmental security policy into wider government policy processes. The PWG connects practitioners, policies, and other resources to share experiences, exchange best practices, and discuss recent regional developments and changes to national environmental security policy.
Policy Working Group Lead Contact
Tahlia Vogel
Policy Working Group Lead Contact
Ministry of Defence, International Branch – Pacific
Three-Year Plan Objectives (2022-2025)
- Improving collaboration between IPESP members on the development of environmental security policy.
- Increasing understanding of regional environmental security concerns and resources available to address these concerns.
- Improving IPESP members’ ability to generate appropriate policy responses.
What Does The Partnership Do?
The Partnership broadly conceptualizes environmental security as safeguarding against vulnerabilities induced by the abundance or scarcity of environmental assets and/or degradation. The Working Groups implement training and capacity building activities to improve the ability of partner nations to plan for and manage environmental security challenges.
