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This webinar gathered researchers from the Mistra Geopolitics research programme to discuss new evidence on what we know about the link between climate security risks and conflict.
The webinar explored how climate security risks are perceived and governed by states and multilateral institutions. Photo: Sebastiano Piazzi / Unsplash.
The new Biden administration has pledged to make climate change a priority. Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the federal government to make climate change an integral part of its foreign and national security policy. Other countries have pushed multilateral institutions such as the European Union, UN Environment, the UN Security Council or the World Bank to address climate risks for human and national security, and it goes in line with years of thinking within the defence sector. While 2020 and 2016 have been the hottest years on record, the world has also seen an increase in armed conflicts.
This webinar, organized by Mistra Geopolitics and Stockholm Environment Institute, examined the connection between climate change and conflict and how climate security risks are perceived and governed by states and multilateral institutions.
Watch the session “How Climate Security Risks Shape International Cooperation” that was recorded on April 29, 15.00–16.00, CEST.
Presentations by researchers from the Mistra Geopolitics research programme:
The discussion will be moderated by:
By Robert Egnell, Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University, Professor in Leadership.
Mistra Geopolitics is a research programme that examines the dynamics of geopolitics, human security, and environmental change. This is the first session in the 2021 webinar series hosted by Mistra Geopolitics.
Project / This project aims to critically examine how the dynamics of geopolitics, human security and global environmental change interrelate.
Project / This project aims to critically examine how the dynamics of geopolitics, human security and global environmental change interrelate.
Feature / In June 2020, Mistra agreed to fund a new four-year phase of Mistra Geopolitics.
Feature / This video showcases Mistra Geopolitics, a research programme led by SEI and funded by Mistra.
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