2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development

May 23, 2022 - May 25, 2022 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm, Sweden and online
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SIPRI is proud to host the 2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development on the theme ‘From a Human Security Crisis Towards an Environment of Peace’.

Recent floods, forest fires and droughts—and their association with human induced global warming recorded by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—suggest that human security can no longer be guaranteed by tweaking the margins of existing solutions. Environmental degradation and climate change are affecting human security in diverse ways. The challenge is twofold. First, sudden extreme weather events may generate or amplify local grievances. Second, the massive changes needed to protect the biosphere require a global transition to a sustainable and just world economy with green policies, institutions and processes by public and private actors.

The 2022 Stockholm Forum will explore solutions and ways to address this dual challenge. From grassroot and corporate action to global policy decisions, diverse stakeholders and participants will explore policy approaches to address the intersection between environmental stress, human security and socio-intercultural interactions. Particular attention will be given to the gendered nature of human security risks and indigenous communities in contexts affected by climate change and how to tailor responses accordingly.

Against the backdrop of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and at the halfway point of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Stockholm Forum will address how to enable an environment of peace: what needs to change within the economy, institutions, governments, organizations, companies and societies to sustain the natural environment, biodiversity, human progress and peace according to the goals set out in Agenda 2030?

The Forum sessions will pave the way for discussions at the Stockholm +50 Conference, hosted by Sweden on 1–3 June.

For each of the days of the 2022 Stockholm Forum, the format will combine open high-level policy debates with invitation-only sessions, roundtables, workshops, debates, fireside chats and spotlight presentations. The Forum will work with partners to foster open exchange with the wider peacebuilding community through in person and online sessions.

The Stockholm Forum is co-hosted by SIPRI and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

SIPRI produced a short film on the virtual 2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development on ‘Promoting Peace in the Age of Compound Risk’. Browse the content of the 2021 Stockholm Forum and watch the discussions here.

Download the ‘2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development’ report (PDF).

Registration information

Registration will open in April 2022. Information about the registration process will be made available on this page. The 2022 Forum will be held in a hybrid format.

Forum enquiries

For questions related to the content, please contact Dr Simone Bunse, Content Manger for the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development (simone.bunse@sipri.org).

For additional enquiries on the Forum, please contact (SthlmForum@SIPRI.org).