Launch Event: WWF-adelphi report "The Nature of Conflict and Peace"
18 May 2022, 15:00 CET / 9:00 EST
Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss are important drivers of insecurity and conflict around the world, and increasingly impact global peace and security. This nature-security nexus is visible in the links between biodiversity and livelihood insecurity, natural resource conflicts, conflict financing and environmental crimes, and the impacts of war and conflict on the environment.
Programme
- Welcome by the event’s moderator Meaghan Parker, Executive Director of the Society of Environmental Journalists
- Presentation of the report by Florian Titze, Policy Advisor International Biodiversity Policy, WWF, and Lukas Rüttinger, Senior Advisor, adelphi
The presentation of the report was accompanied by a discussion with
- Alice Ruhweza, Africa Region Director, WWF.