On November 10th, Tufts ALLIES, a program of the Institute for Global Leadership, kicked off its fifth annual Civil Military Relations Conference (CMRC) on “Security, Society, and the New Climate Regime.” This conference centered the importance of climate change for national security policy professionals, in both military and civilian fields. Tufts ALLIES was joined by partner chapters from the US Military Academy at West Point, the US Naval Academy, and the US Coast Guard Academy, as well as students interested in the science and policy of climate change from across the Boston area.