Building on the high-level political Part I of BCSC 2020 and the launch of the Global Climate Security Risk and Foresight Assessment, Part II of the conference runs from September 7 to October 2. It brings together the climate-security community of practice and aims to inform policies and programming on the ground, including the Global Climate Security Risk and Foresight Assessment led by adelphi and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

The conference features a diverse and engaging programme of 22 partner-led online sessions, on themes selected to further the understanding of, and ability to address specific aspects of climate change and security which urgently need deeper exploration. Topics include how to better use data in climate security risk assessments, urban climate-security risks, integration of gender into responses to climate-security risks, and migration and displacement in the context of climate change and conflict. Events are hosted by adelphi, the Berghof Foundation, CCCPA, Chatham House, Clingendael, the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, the German Red Cross, the International Development Law Organization, the IRC, the Munich Security Conference, PIK, the Red Cross Crescent Climate Centre, UNEP, and the UNSSC.

This event launches the project “21st Century Diplomacy: Foreign Policy is Climate Policy”. Through a series of op-eds, interviews, and in-depth articles, “21st Century Diplomacy” will provide fresh perspectives on the intersection of climate change and foreign policy, challenging foreign policy actors to prepare for the new global context amid a changing climate and steer transformative change. The “21st Century Diplomacy” project is jointly led by adelphi and the Wilson Center. The speakers focus on one of seven topics in the project, “Climate Superpowers”. The actions of the US, EU, China, and India will largely determine whether we can effectively mitigate climate change, but the superpowers compete as often as they cooperate. How can they work together to meet the challenge?

Moderator
Alexander Carius, Managing Director, adelphi

Speakers
• Dr. Hinrich Thoelken, Ambassador, Director Climate and Energy Policy and Digital Transformation, Federal Foreign Office Germany
• Hon. Sharon Burke, Director, Resource Security, New America
• Dr. Wang Huiyao, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization