CPT(P) Courtland R. Adams Instructor Geography and Environmental Engineering courtland.adams [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications CPT(P) Court Adams is an Infantry Officer with experience in airborne and light units. CPT(P) Adams served in operational assignments in Italy and Hawaii and has conducted several overseas training exercises and multinational partnership deployments in Europe and the Pacific. His graduate research focused on the environmental geopolitics of climate change and violent conflict. He is married to his wonderful wife, Jessie. M.Env. in Climate Change - University of Melbourne AustraliaB.S. in Environmental Science - United States Military Academy Research Interests Climate Change Resilience, Equitable Adaptation, Vulnerability Analysis, Geospatial Risk Mapping, Climate Governance, Risk Perception and Communication Selected Publications Read, M., Adams, C., & Madison, E. (2023). West Point Rain Event. American Geography Association 2050. Conference presentation, Columbia University, NY. 17 November 2023.Adams, C., Ide, T., Barnett, J., & Detges, A. (2018). Sampling Bias in Climate-Conflict Research. Nature Climate Change, 8(3), 200–203. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0068-2Adams, C., Ide, T., Barnett, J., & Detges, A. (2018). Reply to 'Sampling Bias Does Not Exaggerate Climate-Conflict Claims.' Nature Climate Change, 8(6), 442–443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0171-4Adams, C. (2017). The Environmental Geopolitics of Climate Change and Violent Conflict [Thesis presentation]. University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. May 9, 2017.