In October and November 2024, SIPRI organized a series of climate, peace and security roundtables. Anchored in SIPRI’s Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheets, a series produced jointly with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, the roundtables focused on the ongoing research of the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.
The roundtables convened researchers, experts, practitioners and policymakers to discuss the effects of climate change on peace and security and reflect on opportunities to confront climate-related security risks. Each roundtable was dedicated to one of the countries examined in the most recently published fact sheets: Libya, Colombia and the Central African Republic (CAR). The insights provided in these fact sheets served as the basis for discussions.
The fact sheets and the roundtables provide actionable information and analysis on climate-related peace and development risks in countries on the United Nations Security Council agenda. Each roundtable offered an opportunity for participants affiliated with the United Nations Security Council and other global organizations to better understand the challenges and opportunities in addressing climate-related security risks. In addition to examining drivers of vulnerability in each country, the fact sheets offer a range of recommended actions for the international community to address these issues effectively.
The roundtables were held as closed-door events.
About the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme
SIPRI’s work on climate change and risk 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.
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