Below you will find the programme, speakers and workshops of the Planetary Security Conference of 19 & 20 February 2019. (pdf-version)
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Below you will find the programme, speakers and workshops of the Planetary Security Conference of 19 & 20 February 2019. (pdf-version)
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| Registration and coffee |
| Opening Plenary: Planetary Security #Doable |
Achievements, challenges, next steps and the way forward.
3 minutes introduction each, followed by Davos style panel debate.
Livestream of the opening plenary will be available at this link.
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Special words of welcome: Monika Sie Dhian Ho
General Director, the Clingendael Institute
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Moderator: Peter Schwartzstein
Journalist in Residence, the Center for Climate and Security
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H.E. Sigrid Kaag
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, The Netherlands
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Mbaranga Gasarabwe
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG), UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mali
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Zhang Xinsheng
President, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Dr. Jamal Al Adilee
Minister of Water Resources (Iraq)
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| Lunch |
| Special Sessions - Round I (5 parallel thematic sessions) |
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S1 – Smart Solutions for Resource Security Hot Spots
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S2 - Advancing Climate Security: Global Views on U.S. Strategies
Convener: Michael Werz (CAP)
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S3 – The EU’s Approach and Actions on the Climate-Security Nexus
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S4 – Conflict and Nature!
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S5 - Reporting on Climate and Security: Challenges and Innovations in Local Storytelling
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| Workshops - Round A (5 parallel workshops) |
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A1 – Climate induced Instability in MENA
Convener: Prof. Dr. Nadim Farajalla (AUB)
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A2 – Urbanisation and Climate Security
Convener: Dr. Arabella Fraser
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A3 – Building food systems for security and conflict reduction in Africa
Conveners: Willem Ligtvoet (PBL) ,Kim Ogonda (Cordaid/Partners for Resilience)
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A4 – From local conflicts to regional solutions: enhancing the prospects for development and stability in Mopti
Conveners: Anca-Elena Ursu (Clingendael),Sibout Nooteboom
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A5 – Strengthening UN capacity to address climate-related security risks
Conveners: Martin Ras (UNDP),Malin Mobjörk (SIPRI)
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| Coffee break |
| Workshops - Round B (5 parallel workshops) |
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B1– Managing Climate Security Risks in Caribbean SIDS
Conveners: Kate Guy,Dr. Marcus D. King
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B2 – Water in Iraq: Local Hotspots - National Challenges
Convener: Tobias von Lossow (Clingendael)
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B3 – Addressing Gender Dimensions of Climate Change and Security
Conveners: Amiera Sawas,Amanda Kron (UNEP)
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B4 – Sécurité, climat et développement au Sahel
Conveners: Bastien Alex (IRIS),Alice Baillat (IRIS)
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B5 – Disaster Risk Reduction: an under-utilised ‘solution’ to the climate security challenge?
Conveners: Katie Peters (ODI),Kim Ogonda (Cordaid/Partners for Resilience)
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| Time for network meetings & walk to dinner venue (5 minutes walk) |
| Plenary: #Doable: What does resilience imply for hard security and diplomacy? |
Livestream of the plenary will be available at this link.
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Moderator: Marcel Beukeboom
Climate Envoy - Kingdom of Netherlands
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Tom Middendorp
Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Ret)
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Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips (Ret)
Member, Center for Climate & Security - Advisory Board
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Michaela Spaeth
Director for Energy and Climate Policy, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
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Richard Clarke
Director General for Policy, Research and Humanitarian at the UK's Department for International Development
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Ronald Jackson
Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
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| Workshops - Round C (4 parallel workshops & 1 capabilities game) |
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C1 - Fragile Cities, Resilient Futures
Conveners: Jessica Scott ,Andrew Simmons
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C2 – Just Energy Transitions in Caribbean SIDS
Convener: Michelle Scobie (University of West Indies)
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C3 – The Global Commission on Adaptation and its Relevance to Security
Conveners: Global Commission on Adaptation ,Richard Klein
The Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA), founded in 2018, will elevate the political visibility of adaptation and will focus on solutions, catalysing a global adaptation movement and accelerating ac
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C4 – Joint Solutions for Water & Security Risks in Mali
Conveners: Joyce Kortlandt (Wetlands Int.),Dr. Karen Meijer
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C5 – Climate-Security Capabilities Game (10:45-13:00)
Conveners: Clingendael ,HCSS
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| Lunch |
| Special Sessions - Round II (4 parallel thematic sessions) |
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S6 - Taking action to reduce security risks by enabling better management over natural resources: project experiences in Mali
Convener: Hartmut Behrend
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S7 - Earth from Space: Satellite technology for Systems at Risk
Convener: Dr. Miguel O. Román (USRA)
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S8 – The Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The new Report by the Global Commission
Convener: Daniel Scholten
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S9 – Lake Chad Climate-Fragility Risk Assessment Briefing
Convener: Janani Vivekananda (Adelphi)
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| Workshops - Round D (4 parallel workshops & 1 capabilities game) |
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D1 –How the Military is defining its role in Climate Security: examples from various countries
Conveners: Dominique Noome (1 CMI-Co),Maartje van Reedt Dortland (1CMI-Co)
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D2 – Private Sector & Conflict-sensitive Climate Adaptation in the Middle East
Convener: Ruben Vermeer (NWP)
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D3 – Responsibility to Prepare – A practical risk management framework
Conveners: Caitlin Werrell,Francesco Femia
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D4 – Transition énergétique et minerais: vers une nouvelle malédiction des ressources?
Convener: Samuel Carcanague (IRIS)
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D5 – Climate-Security Capabilities Game (13:15-15:30)
Conveners: Clingendael ,HCSS
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| Closing Plenary |
Towards the Climate Summit in New York: Operationalising our responsibility to prepare on climate-security
3 minutes introduction each, followed by Davos style panel debate
Livestream of the closing plenary will be available at this link.
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Moderator: Louise van Schaik
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Laurence Tubiana
CEO, European Climate Foundation
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Adnan Z. Amin
Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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Dr. Patrick Verkooijen
CEO - Global Center on Adaptation
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H.E. Stef Blok
Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
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