30 November 2020
  • climate security
  • climate change
  • environmental security

Webinar: Climate change & environmental security in the Mediterranean Sea

Register here for the Zoom panel on Wednesday 2 December 2020 at 17:30 -19:30 CEST.

Climate change is increasingly becoming a national security problem for the international community and for the countries of the Mediterranean Sea in particular. Warming temperatures, longer droughts, wildfires and potential for rising sea levels are linked to increased conflicts in the Middle East, more immigration and refugees in North Africa trying to reach haven in Europe through the sea, and a threat to coastal cities all around the Mediterranean. In this panel we gathered experts from the region to discuss the role of intergovernmental bodies, NGOs and multilateral organizations in mitigating and adapting to the growing environmental danger to human security in the Mediterranean. 

Panellists

Vassiliki Koubi - Senior Scientist, at the Center for Comparative and International Studies

Semion Polinov- Research Fellow, HMS

Louise van Schaik- Head of Unit EU & Global Affairs/Senior Research Fellow, the Clingendael Institute

Will Todman- Fellow, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Oli Brown (Moderator), Associate Fellow Chatham House

Organised by The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel and the Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center, University of Haifa. 

Photocredit: Przemek Pietrak/Flickr