Nomura researcher visits Nautilus Institute

On Friday, June 11 Manabu Fukuchi, Manager of Energy Research within the Environment & Energy Systems Research Department of Nomura Research Institute, Inc. visited Nautilus to discuss Nautilus' projects related to environmental security. (Note: Link may open a new browser window.) Ken Wilkening, Program Officer for the Energy, Security and Environment Program, briefed Mr. Fukuchi. The Environment Agency of Japan commissioned the Normura Research Institute to conduct a survey of environmental security literature worldwide, and to interview leading environmental security scholars and officials in the United States and Europe. The Environment Agency and the Japanese government will use the results of the research to formulate intra- and inter-agency strategies to address environmental security issues in Northeast Asia and the rest of the world.