Climate Security Forum - King's College & E3G
Amidst geopolitically turbulent times, climate action risks being sidelined as governments prioritize defence spending and economic resilience in response to multiple global crises. This has brought new impetus to integrating climate and energy into the realm of security policy.
Nearly 20 years after the UK first raised the issue of "climate security" at the UNSC, join E3G and King's College for a day of programming diving deep into the field. Headlined by a panel featuring UK Minster for Climate Katie White, EU Special Envoy for Climate Anthony Agotha, and UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change, Elisa Morgera this workshop will look at what challenges a changing climate brings to defence, national security, and geopolitical stability.
We look forward to hosting you.
Agenda:
10:30: Welcome, Tea and Coffee
10:45 - 12:00: Public Panel Thinking Across Risks: Next steps for UK and EU Climate and Energy Security with UK Climate Minister Katie White, EU Special Envoy for Climate Tony Agotha, and UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change, Elisa Morgera. Moderated by E3G CEO Nick Mabey.
12:00 – 13:00: Post Panel Lunch and Networking
13:00 -14:00: Home Front Report Launch
14:00-14:15: Coffee and Tea Break
14:15-15:30: Public Panel Fossil Insecurity and the War in the Middle East with Ellie Kinney (Conflict and Environment Observatory, CEOBS); Lukas Slothuus (University of Sussex); Matthieu Blondeel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam); Nazanine Moshiri (Berghof Foundation)
15:45-17:15: Public Panel Weathering Extremes and the Limits of Risk Management with Tom Matthews (King's College London); Faith Taylor (King's College London); the British Red Cross (TBD); Pauline Heinrichs (King's College London)
18:30-20:30: Live Podcast Securing the Future? War and Peace in a Warming World
The Break Down Live Podcast, co-sponsored by the Transition Security Project
Chair: Adrienne Buller, founding editor of the Break Down
Adam Hanieh, Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute; Lorah Streichen, Transition Security Project; Guillaume Long, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador and diplomatic adviser to the Hague Group
Sign up link for the podcast here: https://luma.com/ohafnco9