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Climate security: rethinking African-European partnerships amid crises
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The impact of climate change on both regional and international peace, security and development is increasingly evident. Consequently climate-security informs both the United Nations and regional organisations including the EU, the African Union and the African regional economic communities.
However, while new organisational collaboration on the climate-security nexus is emerging, there are diverging perspectives as well as capability gaps that challenge effective collaboration on the agenda.
Broader political tensions between African and European actors as well as geopolitical strife emphasise the need for reconsidering partnerships in the field. This agenda is pertinent for Denmark, which currently runs for a seat in the United Nations Security Council and is working on a new partnership-based Africa plan.
Against this backdrop the seminar brings in leading international experts in the field climate, peace, and security. The seminar maps organisational climate-security strategies, highlights potentials for enhanced international collaboration and invites for an open discussion covering these key themes.
Programme
15.00-15.15 Introduction - Denmark and the politics of climate security partnerships, Jakob Dreyer
15.15-15.30 Climate, peace and security at the United Nations and African Union: Similarities and differences, Cedric de Coning
15.30-15.45 Climate security and youth: Understanding impact and shaping responses, Katongo Seyuba
15.45-16.00 Advancing the climate, peace, and security agenda in the Horn of Africa, Louise Wiuff Moe
16.00-16.15 Trailblazers in a warming world? The agency of African actors in climate, peace and security, Thor Olav Iversen
16.15-16.30 Discussant, Angela Muvumba Sellström
16.30-17.00 Q&A