Assistant Professor Doug “Lucky” Luccio focused in his presentation on the proposed #WaterActionIdea, #MilitaryAccountabilityOnWater in NYC on March 21, 2023.

Prof. Luccio presented it both from a global perspective, along with focusing on the United States, and introduced its existing Water-related programs to the audience and speakers of the program.

Introduction to the proposed #WaterActionIdea for #MilitaryAccountabilityOnWater
How did it evolve?

As the author of the side event#W175’s concept at the #UN2023WaterConference, it was a unique opportunity for us/the LMGlobal.Org, to be able to present a #Military perspective into the water-related discussions during one of the historic #UN Conferences, which took near to 50 years since 1977. As a senior active NGO representative at the United Nations since 2005, this doesn’t happen or rarely happens at the United Nations Head Quarters in New York based on my observation.
In this context, I would like to refer to the 25th and 26th October 2022 “Stakeholder Consultations” and “Preparatory Meeting” at the UNHQ. I attended the two-day session virtually, and the LMGlobal.Org’s two representatives attended in person.
By that time, I thought the following: “The elephant in the room has been ignored”. 

This impression did stay with me since then. 
When a call was issued for side event proposals by United Nations Department of Social Affairs #UNDESA to all accredited stakeholders, instantly, as one of the core proposed seven WaterActionIdeas toward #WaterAwareness, #WaterConscience, and #GameChangers, in this context, #MilitaryAccountabilityOnWater idea has turned out one of the seven proposed water action ideas for a side-event proposal.
In this line, we are privileged and honored to present a #Military perspective in a diverse spectrum in connection with the #UN2023WAterConference, #SDG6, #SDG15, and #SDGS at large. 
We are grateful to Prof. Luccio and Global Policy Insight for this unique collaboration.
– Bircan Ünver, LMGlobal.Org

Below is a summary of Professor Luccio’s presentation. His full slide-presentation is available here.

Assistant Professor Doug “Lucky” Luccio presented a brief to the United Nations Water Conference in New York City, 21 March 2023.  Similar to the connection of national strategic documents and policies explored during the National Security & Strategic Planning course at National Defense University, he ensured the international audience understood process and authority of stake holders in US policy development. As the Middle East Regional Director for Behavioral International Economic Director (BIED) Society think tank he directs scholarly inquiry into security issues & water is critical to the countries in.his portfolio.

Building on his understanding of coastline demographics, he explained how the Department of Defense accounts for risk as well as programming for critical issues.  Explaining Earth’s sources of water as a system, he articulated a cause and affect discussions on what variables lead to tension, security conflicts, and facilitate a power shift between armed groups, and governments.  Science, activism, climate change, art and information were also part of the conference, but Assistant Professor Luccios systems approach lesson connected the importance of National guidance and objectives when directing a countries efforts (and in this case on water security.

Presentation

About Prof. DOUGLAS G. LUCCIO
#WaterAction Idea #MilitaryAccountabilityOnWater
Professor Luccio is currently an Assistant Professor at the Eisenhower School National Security for Resource Strategy at the National Defense University, where he has been teaching national security and military strategy since 2019. He has also served as a Course Director for the National Security Exercise in 2021-2022. Prior to his academic appointment, Prof. Luccio was a Military Instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College from 2016-2019 and an Officer in the United States Marine Corps for twenty nine years. He served as the military director for William & Mary College Program for International Peace and Security (PIPS), and undergraduate international affairs think tank.  He additional serves as the Middle East Policy – Regional Director for The Behavioral International Economic Development (BIED) Society, a premier international think-tank. Prof. Luccio has published several articles related to military leadership and strategy in various publications such as the Marine Corps Gazette and the Wharton Leadership Digest. His expertise and research interests lie in the field of national security and resource strategy.  He recently presented a university wide lecture on the importance of global littoral demographics and how humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and other amphibious operations should be part of military planning.

The Side Event-W175 is in a nutshell: 
UN 2023 Water Conference – Side Event (Outside-UN) W-175, titled, “What is your commitment to the #WaterActionDecade? Seven core #WaterAction ideas toward #WaterAwareness, #WaterConscience and #GameChangers”  successfully delivered as in a three-folded event by LMGlobal.Org in NYC on March 21, 2023.
The core purpose of the #W175 side event is to contribute toward #WaterAwareness, #WaterConscience and #GameChangers concepts on the local, national, and global levels through promoting and engaging with diverse communities and multi-stakeholders with the following listed seven (7) core #WaterAction Ideas, which are:
1. #WaterForestryClimateChange #StopConstantForestFires #ForestryForGroundwater #StopClimateEngineering #StopDeforestation
2. #MilitaryAccountabilityOnWater #GameChanger
3. #GrayWaterIsAMust #GreenWater
4. #WasteProcessorForOurPlanet #StopPlasticPollution
5. #WaterForALL #WaterForLife #DevelopmentNotAgainstPeopleWill
6. #WaterForInspiration #WaterInArts #WaterInPoetry #WaterForPeace
7. #WaterAwareness #WaterConscience.

#MilitaryAccountabilityOnWater #UN2023WaterConference #WaterAction #SustDev #LMGlobalOrg | #OutsideUN #SideEvent #W175 #NYC