New Frontiers and Tools in Climate Change Adaptation and the Role of Civil - Military Cooperation
17th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy (BDCD)
Friday, 28 March 2025 – 14:15-17:00 CET
Mission of Canada to the EU, Brussels - In Person / On-line
Summary Report: [Forthcoming]
Video Recording: [Forthcoming]
Participants: [Forthcoming]
PROGRAMMME
| 13:45-14:15: | Arrival of Participants |
| 14:15-15:30: | Session 1 - Moderator: Blair Brimmell, Joint Delegation of Canada to NATO |
| Opening and Welcome by Ronald A. Kingham, Executive Director, Environment & Development Resource Centre (EDRC) / Coordinator, BDCD, GMACCC and Project CASA | |
| Strengthening Climate and Environmental Resilience by Luc Bas, Director, Belgian Centre for Risk Assessment of Climate Change (CeRAC) | |
| How prepared is Europe for Rapidly Growing Climate Risks? by Elina Bardram, Director, Communication and Civil Society Relations (CLIMA.E), Adaptation & Resilience, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission | |
| The impact of Climate Change on NATO’s Operations, Resilience and Civil Preparedness by Richard Brewin, Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Security and Science for Peace & Security, NATO / Member, GMACCC | |
| Advancing Understanding and Action on Climate-related Security Challenges (on-line) by Dr Colonel Reiner Zimmermann, Head Research, Analysis and Lessons Learned Branch, the NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (NATO CCASCOE) / Member, GMACCC | |
| Discussion | |
| 15:30-16:00: | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-16:50: | Session 2 – Moderator: Abigail Robinson, Director, Continua / Member, Global Military Council on Climate Change (GMACCC) |
| Supporting National Authorities in Civil Emergencies by Irina Novakova, Head of Disaster Response and Coordination, Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), NATO | |
| Presentation of the Report on “Climate and Security Action through Civil-Military Cooperation in Climate-Related Emergencies (Project CASA)” (on-line) by Ashley McIlvain Moran, Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin / Member, GMACCC | |
| Global Trends in Emerging Technologies, Climate Change and Geopolitics (on-line) by Cynthia Scharf, Senior Fellow for Climate Interventions, Centre for Future Generations / Former Senior Strategy Director, Carnegie Climate Governance (C2G) Initiative / Former Head of Strategic Communications, UN Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team | |
| Discussion | |
| 16:50-17:00: | Final Remarks and Closing |
Organised by the Environment & Development Resource Centre (EDRC) for the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy (BDCD), the project on Climate and Security Action through Civil-Military Cooperation in Climate-Related Emergencies (Project CASA) and the Global Military Council on Climate Change (GMACCC) at the Mission of Canada to the EU
Event banner modified Image credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
This image, acquired by one of the Sentinel-2 satellites on 5 November 2022, shows the town of Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer and the surrounding wetlands, which are threatened by the rising water level. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites deliver free and open data that can be used to monitor drought impact.
Attribution: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2022 via Wikimedia Commons. Original Source: Climate Change and drought threaten Camargue’s wetlands The use of Copernicus Sentinel Data is regulated under EU law (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 377/2014).
