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SIPRI and partners to host interactive workshop during Geneva Peace Week

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16 October 2024 11:00–12:30

Geneva Center for Security Policy Conference Room, 5th floor (Petale 4)

SIPRI, the Kofi Annan Foundation (KAF) and the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens will host an interactive workshop during Geneva Peace Week. 

Held on 16 October, ‘Inspiring New Thinking: Environmental and Food Security Solutions’ will explore current peacebuilding practice at the nexus of food insecurity, conflict and the environment. Leveraging the findings and recommendations of the KAF Commission on Food Security and a KAF youth-led research project, the workshop will emphasize the crucial role of young people in promoting sustainable peace and make the intersection of environment, peace and food systems more accessible.

The workshop will include a panel discussion, live polls and breakout groups to facilitate an exchange of ideas. Katongo Seyuba, SIPRI Researcher, will share his expert insights based on the research on the interaction between climate change and food.

Click here to register.

Click here to read more about Geneva Peace Week. 

Click here to read more about the Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security.

See below for a list of speakers.

Speakers

  • Amir Abdulla, Former Deputy Executive Director, World Food Programme and Former United Nations Coordinator, Black Sea Grain Initiative;
  • Arizza Nocum, President, KRIS for Peace (Philippines) and Extremely Together leader, KAF;
  • Halima Sadiya Ahmad, Founder, Nurtured Agro-resources Limited and Youth AgriChampion, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens; and
  • Katongo Seyuba, Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Moderator

  • Ayooshee Dookhee, Project Manager, Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security, KAF.

 

About the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme

The SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme provides reliable insights on how climate-related security risks evolve and how they are interlinked and interact with different social, political and economic processes. SIPRI researchers also analyse how different policy organizations are responding to these risks and provide advice on conflict-sensitive adaptation, mitigation strategies and how international efforts for sustaining peace can be achieved. 

Click here to read more about the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.