• Main organizer: Committee of 100 in Finland

• Facilitator: Kalim Ul-Masih (Phoenix Coaching Oy)

• Discussants: Emma Hakala (FIIA), Jyri Wuorisalo (Savonia University of Applied Sciences), Juha Mäkinen (Just and Unjust Environmental Wars -research group), Lassi Heininen (University of Lapland)

The workshop explores the understanding of war, climate change, and environmental impacts, and the connections between them. This workshop looks into how national defense and military actors seek to mitigate the effects of climate change. Questions are raised about how environmental protection should be integrated into the training, conduct, and reconstruction efforts of armed forces and what contradictions can we identify with other societal and political actions?

On the other hand, environmental destruction is also used as a means of warfare. What is actually being safeguarded, and is the environment a part of it? The impacts of climate change also exacerbate existing problems and root causes of conflicts, such as disputes over land, water, and natural resources, food shortages, and refugee crises. What kind of views do we hold on the intrinsic value of nature?