In October, SIPRI convened and co-hosted three events in Berlin on the relationship between development, climate change and security. The activities included a closed-door dialogue on development and security policy and two side events linked to the Berlin Climate Security Conference.
On 5 October, SIPRI convened ‘Converging or Talking Past Each Other? The Future of Development and Security’ at the Munich Security Conference offices. Against a backdrop of declining official development assistance and increasing defence spending across Europe, the dialogue was designed to examine how changing political and budgetary priorities are reshaping the relationship between development and security policy. The event was held under the Chatham House Rule.
SIPRI also co-hosted ‘From Field Evidence to Fiscal Choices: Financing Resilience and Security—an HDP Nexus Approach’ with the International Organization for Migration and the Berghof Foundation. The event addressed financing for resilience and security through an approach linking humanitarian, development and peace efforts.
A further side event, ‘A Fragile Balance: Climate Change, Non-State Armed Groups, and Security’, focused on the relationship between climate change, non-state armed groups and security. SIPRI co-hosted the event with the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management, the Center for International Peace Operations, Crisis Management Centre Finland and the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
About SIPRI’s work on climate change and security
SIPRI’s climate change and security project aims to deepen knowledge on how, when and why climate-related security risks arise, and how these risks can be mitigated, strengthening human security and long-term sustainable peace (Sustainable Develop Goals 13 and 16). The research focuses both on risks and risk management. It assesses climate-related security risks in fragile, violent and unstable contexts and investigates the responses from governments and international organizations.