Global Scans · Security · Weekly Summary

• [New] The Trump administration is proposing to tighten Social Security Disability Insurance eligibility by limiting how age is considered and by using a new list of jobs that reflects a modern economy, a change that could disqualify many older blue-collar workers. RuralOrganizing
• [New] Climate impacts will affect agriculture the most, a key sector in the poorest countries and a major source of income, food security, nutrition, jobs, livelihoods, and export earnings. Yahoo News
• [New] In terms of jobs, health, biodiversity and increased food security, the return on investment is estimated at 16 to one by 2030. Le Monde.fr
• [New] By 2025, nearly half of cyber security leaders will change jobs, 25% for different roles entirely due to multiple work-related stressors. c2
• Going by Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy, the USA will focus on western hemisphere dominance, tying access to cheap and abundant energy resources to US' economic power, jobs and technological dominance. Carbon Copy
• 235 million Nigerians are hoping - for jobs, security, opportunity, and a better future for their children. NCIRCULAR
• Nearly 300 million workers continue to live in extreme poverty, earning less than US$3 a day, while informality is rising, with 2.1 billion workers expected to hold informal jobs by 2026, with limited access to social protection, rights at work, and job security. International Labour Organization
• Rio Grande LNG, and some Rio Grande Valley officials, say it will not impact the local shrimping industry or air quality and will instead provide jobs and energy security. Pulitzer Center
• With demand for qualified cybersecurity professionals and the number of information security jobs projected to grow upward of 31% by 2029, academic institutions are increasingly offering students interdisciplinary curriculum that includes cybersecurity. Forbes
• The 2024 ban on west coast open-net pen salmon farming by the Trudeau government threatens Canada's food security and jobs, and undermines the Buy Canadian push amid tariff uncertainty in the US. SeafoodNews
• Labour's Green Prosperity Plan will create good jobs across Britain, cut bills and deliver energy security. The Telegraph
• A robust domestic industry will create jobs and lessen America's reliance on foreign manufacturers, reducing national security risks. DroneQuote
• With one in three already planning to change jobs within 2026, Gen Z treats mobility as a way to gain skills, increase earning potential, and build long-term career security. Elevatus

Last updated: 09 February 2026