The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Backdraft Revisited

Sep 26, 2016 | Wilson Center Environmental Change & Security Program
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004
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2015 was a banner year for international commitments to address climate change. However, as countries take steps to implement National Adaptation Plans and cut emissions, policymakers and practitioners may find themselves grappling with the unintended consequences of climate action. How climate responses are developed and implemented could increase the vulnerability of populations and contribute to political instability. As part of an ongoing effort by ECSP to investigate the conflict and peacebuilding potential of climate change, including “Backdraft: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Migration” and A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action on Climate and Fragility Risks, join us in a roundtable discussion on current efforts to understand the potential “backdraft” effect of responses to climate change.

 Speakers

Joshua Busby
Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin

Ed Carr
Professor, International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University; Former AAAS Fellow, U.S. Agency for International Development

Ken Conca
Professor of International Relations, School of International Service, American University; Fellow, Wilson Center

Jesse Ribot
Professor, Geography; Director, Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy Program, University of Illinois; and Fellow, Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences

Kimberly Marion Suiseeya
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University

Stacy VanDeveer
Professor of Global Governance and Human Security, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

Janani Vivekananda
Head of Environment, Climate Change and Security Programme, International Alert

Moderator

Geoffrey Dabelko
Director of Environmental Studies, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Senior Advisor, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center