Climate Change and Security: Towards a Greener Peace

Nov 26, 2018 - Nov 30, 2018 | International Centre for Parliamentary Studies and UN Environment
London, UK
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A small number of places are available on the UN Environment and iCPS programme, Climate Change and Security: Towards a Greener Peace, which will take place from 26th - 30th November 2018 in London. If you wish to attend, please contact us immediately or register your interest to secure one of the limited delegate places.

There is a growing understanding in the international community that environmental change, while not necessarily as immediate as other threats, is no less essential to global security in the long-term, both as a challenge and as an emerging tool for peace. Climate change acts as a “threat multiplier” with the potential to exacerbate a wide range of existing and often interacting conflict drivers. At the same time, climate change cooperation can be treated and applied as a peace-making instrument. 

To support countries in achieving a policy transformation in the field of climate change and security, there is an urgent need to create new capacities, knowledge, and awareness of the climate dimension in the peace and security narrative. This challenge involves supplying policymakers and stakeholders in the field with knowledge and technical expertise to confront existing and emerging challenges. UN Environment and the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies aim to contribute to this objective with the five-day programme: "Climate Change and Security: Towards a Greener Peace." 

Throughout the five-day course, participants will:

• Analyse the effect of climate change, including the rising incidence and severity of extreme weather events, as a threat multiplier, and its current and potential impact on national and global security

• Discover the inner workings of the climate change regime under UNFCCC, the emissions trading system, and its role in mitigating global economic disruption

• Recognise the international security agenda and the regime of use of force, its institutional framework and legal regulation

• Examine the future trajectory of environmental degradation and its potential correlation with migration flows, environmental displacement and heightened security issues

• Evaluate the relationships between security and environmental institutions in the interest of creating stronger collaborative networks

• Learn how to use cooperation over climate change mitigation and adaptation, involving new approaches based on technology and innovation, in peacemaking and peacebuilding, and the basic principles of climate diplomacy

For more information and to register, please visit http://climatesecurity.parlicentre.org. 

Where: London, UK

When: 26 November - 30 November 2018

Organizers: International Centre for Parliamentary Studies and UN Environment