Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Thursday, June 4, 2020

WEBINAR: The role of climate and food systems science in conflict prevention and peace-building

4 June 2020. Webinar The role of climate and food systems science in conflict prevention and peace-building. Organised by the CGIAR.

Climate in itself is not a direct cause of violent conflict. Yet, variations and changes in climate can increase the risk of conflict by exacerbating existing political, economic, social and environmental vulnerabilities.

With this in mind, an important question emerges: Do current peace and conflict analyses integrate climate and food security lenses into the thinking? With an increasingly varying climate system, the complex linkages between climate, food security and peace calls for a dynamic integration of diverse sources of knowledge to develop new strategies that addresses the root causes.

In this Webinar, the guest speakers unwrapped this question.
  • Sonja Vermeulen (Speaker) Director of Programs, CGIAR System Organization
  • Dan Smith (Speaker) Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
  • Mark Goldberg (Moderator) Host, Global Dispatches Podcast
  • Diego Osorio (Moderator) Senior Advisor, CGIAR Climate Security

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