BCSC 2020 has concluded. You can read the summary of Part I here and rewatch all sessions, including Part II, here.
June 24 - High-Level Political Segment
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Moderated by Daniela Schwarzer, Director, DGAP
14:45-15:00 |
Tuning In and Conference Overview |
15:00-15:15 |
Why is the climate crisis a threat to international peace and security and how should the UNSC act? Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany |
15:15-15:25 |
Climate-related security risks: a synthesis of the scientific evidence Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer, Director, PIK |
15:25-16:25 |
How can the UNSC strengthen its response to climate-related threats to international peace and security? Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany |
16:25-16:30 |
Building Back Better for Peace in a Changing Climate Alexander Carius, Managing Director, adelphi |
June 23 - State of the Art of Climate and Security
Moderated by Janani Vivekananda, adelphi
15:45-16:00 | Tuning In and Conference Overview |
16:00-16:15 |
Safeguarding Human Security in the Anthropocene Prof. Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) |
16:15-16:55 |
10 Insights on Climate Impacts and Peace - Launch Presentation Barbora Sedova, PIK |
16:55-17:25 |
Panel Discussion: Dealing with Complexity - Innovating Institutions Patrick Youssef, Regional Director, ICRC Africa |
17:25-17:35 |
Wrap-up of Day One |
June 24 - Dispatches from the Field
Moderated by Lukas Rüttinger, adelphi
09:45-10:00 |
Tuning In and Conference Overview |
10:00-11:30 |
Panel Discussion: Dispatches from the Field Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head of Special Projects, Institute for Security Studies: Climate Change, Conflict and Migration in Southern Africa and the Horn of Africa |
June 24 - High-Level Political Segment
Moderated by Daniela Schwarzer, Director, DGAP
14:45-15:00 |
Tuning In and Conference Overview |
15:00-15:15 |
Why is the climate crisis a threat to international peace and security and how should the UNSC act? Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany |
15:15-15:25 |
Climate-related security risks: a synthesis of the scientific evidence Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer, Director, PIK |
15:25-16:25 |
How can the UNSC strengthen its response to climate-related threats to international peace and security? Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany |
16:25-16:30 |
Building Back Better for Peace in a Changing Climate Alexander Carius, Managing Director, adelphi |
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Statements by High-Level Representatives of Governments and International Organisations |
Lionel Rouwen Aingimea, President, Nauru A. K. Abdul Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Miguel Vargas, Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dominican Republic Urmas Reinsalu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia Simon Coveney TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland Abdulla Shahid, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maldives Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ann Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden Phạm Bình Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Viet Nam Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross António Vitorino, Director General, International Organization for Migration Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme |