Are You Going to Stockholm+50? Check out These Environmental Peacebuilding Events!

May 3, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Stockholm+50 International Meeting is a once-in-a-decade event bringing together thousands of people working on sustainable development.  Both at the meeting and in the preceding days, there are an exciting number of events related to environmental peacebuilding. 

These include:

May 23-25:  2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development (https://www.sipri.org/events/2022/2022-stockholm-forum-peace-and-development)

May 30: Symposium on the Law for Security and Sustainable Development (Environmental Peacebuilding Association, Stockholm University, Lund University, and the Environmental Law Institute) (Associated Event) (in-person at Stockholm University and online, with English-Spanish simultaneous interpretation) (1:00 - 6:00 pm CET) (https://www.su.se/stockholm-environmental-law-and-policy-centre/about-the-centre/symposium-on-the-law-for-security-and-sustainable-development-30-may-2022-1.596227)

May 31: Making Peace with Nature: Environmental Peacebuilding for Sustainable Development (Environmental Peacebuilding Association, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, and Normandy Chair for Peace) (in-person at Westman Plaza Stockholm) (8:30 am - 12:00 pm CET) (https://share.hsforms.com/1_UT384DqTW2bvcp5TMsQoQ4eopz) 

June 2-3:  Official Side Events (dates, times, and rooms are all provisional; please confirm final details at https://www.stockholm50.global/events/side-events) on:

  • 2 June, 11:30-12:45 (Room 1):  Improving Sustainable Development by Integrating Peace: Approaches, Tools, and Lessons from Environmental Peacebuilding (Environmental Law Institute, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, U.S. Agency for International Development, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, Externado University (Colombia), UN Environment Programme, UPEACE). This session highlights specific ways to improve sustainable development through environmental peacebuilding. It will showcase key guidance and tools to support integrating and advancing environmental conservation, economic development, and sustainable peace, while also encouraging practitioners to think proactively about what tools they may need in the future.
  • 3 June, 13:00-14:15 (Room 1): Environmental Crises as Humanitarian Crises (IFRC, ICRC, WWF, OCHA-UNEP Joint Environment Unit, Swedish Red Cross). The event will discuss how planetary crises are contributing to humanitarian crises, especially for vulnerable and marginalized communities and groups, and in fragile contexts. It will bring together key humanitarian and environmental actors to talk about actions they are taking to reduce risks through working with nature.
  • 3 June, 11:00-12:15 (Room 3): Global Call for Financial Action towards the Nexus between Climate and Security (Republic of Kenya). As part of a growing group of concerned UN member states, including the Small Island States, the event will seek to galvanize consensus on the Climate Change – Security nexus and in this regard, push for a more active role by the Security Council and like-minded Member States in mobilizing commitment towards climate financing to address the security issues.
  • 3 June, 13:00-14:15 (Room3): Safeguarding the Rights to a Healthy Environment:  Roles of Defenders and Business Actors (Swedwatch, Affrikagrupperna, Amnesty International, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Centro de Alternativas al Desarrollo (Colombia), ForumCiv, Green Advocates (Liberia), IBON international (The Philippines), Latinamerikagrupperna, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, and We Effect). Through moderated discussions with panelists, the event sheds light on the right to a healthy environment, and how duty bearers, especially business actors can accelerate and improve due diligence practices to safeguard the right.
  • 3 June, 17:15-18:30 (Room 1): Environment of Peace: Securing a Just and Peaceful Transition in a New Era of Risk (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Environment of Peace initiative).  The much-needed transition to a lower-carbon, greener economy offers many opportunities to contribute to peace. But only if the risks of transition are understood and managed properly. The high-level panel will reflect on the key security challenges – locally and geopolitically – of the green transition

PLEASE NOTE:  There are some other, smaller events on environmental peacebuilding that are not publicly advertised.  If you are interested, please contact us at share@environmentalpeacebuilding.org. 

We will continue to update this page as we receive more information. If you know of other events, please let us know (share@environmentalpeacebuilding.org), and we can update this list.