Upcoming Climate and Security Events Around the World

As a testament to the increasing demand for a broader and more nuanced understanding of how climate change interacts with foreign policy and national security priorities, there are A LOT of great upcoming climate and security events. Below is a list of public events with links to more information. We will be providing summaries of as many of these as possible via this blog, Twitter (@CntrClimSec) and Facebook (Center for Climate and Security). If you plan on attending, or following along online, keep the conversation flowing by using the hashtag #ClimateSecurity.

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October and November Climate and Security Events

• Oct. 12 – Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice on Climate Change and National Security, Stanford, California, USA

• Oct. 14 – Ecole militaire, Ministère de la Défense, Climate and Defense: What risks and challenges?, Paris, France

• Oct. 16-18 – 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland

• Oct. 20 – On the Road to Paris – Dangerous Intersection: Climate Change and National Security, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC

• Oct. 20 – Penn State, The Penn State Symposium on the Arctic: U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and Strategy for the Arctic Region, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

• Oct. 21 – Norwegian Embassy, 2015 Henry Bacon Breakfast Seminar, Security Implications of Climate Change, Washington, DC, USA

• Oct. 21 – Woodrow Wilson Center, Environmental Change and Security Program & CNA, Insights from a National Dialogue on Climate Change, Energy, and Security, Washington, DC, USA

• Oct. 26 – Security & Sustainability Forum/ASU, Climate Risk Reduction at the National and Sub-National Scale, Webinar

• Oct. 28 – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Security Days: Climate Change and Security – Unprecedented impacts, unpredictable risks, Vienna, Austria

• Oct. 28 – American Security Project, Climate Change, Diplomacy, and National Security – A Conversation with Foreign Minister Tony de Brum, Marshall Islands, Washington, DC, USA

• Oct. 28 – Climate Council, The Australian Climate Security Panel, Canberra, Australia

• Nov. 2-3 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Planetary Security: Peace and Cooperation in Times of Climate Change and Global Environmental Challenges, The Hague, Netherlands

• Nov. 17 – Center for Climate and Security, “Asia-Pacific Rebalance, Security & Climate Change Report Launch & Reception” (Save the Date), Washington, DC, USA

• Nov 20-22 – Halifax International Security Forum, Climate: Warming Up for Paris, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Nov. 24 – Conference of Defence Associations Institute, Climate Change, Security and Defence Conference, Ottawa, Canada