Understanding the multifaceted links between climate change and security across the global, national, and human levels of analysis is an urgent priority for policymakers, scholars, civil society, and security and defence practitioners. Complex relationships exist between the unfolding crisis of human-caused environmental change and phenomena such as armed conflict, violent extremism, migration, poverty, resource scarcity, political instability, economic prosperity, energy security, and community resilience, requiring interdisciplinary and multi-method analysis and policy development. Climate-related security challenges encompass changes in the international and domestic threat environments, the need to decarbonize defence and national security activities, and tensions among competing security priorities, electoral politics, and a range of social movements. Climate-related hazards will increase in coming years, making it vital to identify and support emerging leaders in the field of climate change and security, and to foster connections between scholars, analysts, and practitioners committed to addressing these inter-related social, political, economic, and ecological challenges.
Download the Program (PDF 3.5mb)The agenda for Day 1 is the following:
8:30-8:45 – Welcome and Territorial Acknowledgement
8:45-9:00 – Opening Remarks – Dr. Will Greaves
9:00-10:30 – Panel 1: Climate and Security in a Changing World Order
Panel 1 explores the connections between climate change and other political, geostrategic, and geo-economic changes occurring concurrently. Panelists provide expert perspectives on the inter-related stressors driving structural changes to the contemporary international order.
10:30-10:45 – Break
10:45-12:15 – Panel 2: Regional Climate Security Impacts
Panel 2 examines specific impacts of climate change and their associated security concerns in different global regions. Panelists provide expert perspectives on climate security impacts in Northern Africa, Northern Canada, the North Atlantic region, and South Asia.
12:15-130 – Lunch
1:30-3:00 – Panel 3: Climate and Security in Western North America
Panel 3 examines specific impacts of climate change and their associated security concerns in Western North America.
3:00-3:15 – Break
3:15-4:45 – Panel 4: Intersections of Climate, Security, and Justice in Canada
Panel 4 examines intersections of climate change impacts, security concerns, and considerations of justice and equity in Canada. Panelists provide diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives on issues such as decarbonization and the clean energy transition, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, migration, displacement, and community resilience.
The agenda for Day 2 is the following:
8:30-9:00 – Coffee and Refreshments
9:00-10:15 – Panel 1: Canada Climate Security Fellows
This panel will feature presentations from two Canada Climate Security Fellows. Fellows will present their research projects, receive feedback from an assigned discussant/ mentor, and participate in questions and answers with the other fellows and participating scholars and practitioners in the field.
10:15-10:45 – Break
10:45-12:00 – Panel 2: Canada Climate Security Fellows
This panel will feature presentations from two Canada Climate Security Fellows. Fellows will present their research projects, receive feedback from an assigned discussant/ mentor, and participate in questions and answers with the other fellows and participating scholars and practitioners in the field.
12:00-1:00 – Lunch
1:00-2:30 – Expert Practitioner Panel, Part 1 – Q&A
2:30-3:00 – Break
3:00-4:15 – Expert Practitioner Panel, Part 2 – Q&A
4:15-5:00 – Closing Discussion and Next Steps
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