Want to learn more about the interrelationship between climate change and societal stability? Attend a webinar on Climate Security organised by the Finnish Ministry of the Interior and Savonia University of Applied Sciences on 29 November 2023. The event is part of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).  Results from the Climate Security Festival 2023 will be presented in the webinar but Safer Climate is not part of organizing the event. Welcome!

Date: 29.11.2023, at 13-15 CEST, 14-16 EEST

Venue: Online, ZOOM (the link will be sent to registered users)

Registration: by 24th of November at https://ilmastoturvallisuus.savonia.fi/ajankohtaista/climate-security-webinar/

In Central European Time

Programme

13.00-13.05 Opening words, Mr. Jari Honkanen, FI Ministry of the Interior

13.05-13.15 Climate security as a part of Finland´s Presidency year in the Council of Baltic Sea States, Mr. Jyri Wuorisalo, Savonia University of Applied Sciences

13.15-13.30 How to cope with the world we are on our way to? Mr. Pekka Reinikainen, Finnish Red Cross

13.30-13.45 Climate security as concept and policy, Ms. Emma Hakala, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs

13.45-14.00 The EU in climate security, Mr. Juha-Pekka Jäpölä, European Commission/Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)

14.00-14.15 Climate security in wartime, Mr. Anton Tkachenko, Head of Economics Department, National Scientific Centre "Institute of Agriculture of NAAS" (Kyiv, Ukraine)

14.15-14.30 Climate crisis - no one is left behind, Mr. Petri Virtanen, Management Institute of Finland MIF

14.30-14.45 Combining research, civil society and arts: results from Finland’s first Climate Security Festival, Ms. Rosa Rantanen, University of Helsinki

14.45-15.00 Discussions and Closing remarks and ending of the webinar