It is well established that climate change impacts can pose risks to peace by undermining human security and increasing the impacts of other drivers of conflict and fragility. Thanks to a growing availability of high-quality data and computational capacities, our ability to enhance the understanding of the complex, context-specific impacts of climate change on current and future security risks is also growing. Providing practitioners with data-driven insights about the full range of those impacts is crucial in order to improve anticipatory action to avoid and reduce those risks.

Guiding questions of this session include:

• What are the underlying quantitative approaches of the platform (AGRICA) and how are the climate information products intended to be used?
• How suitable is this platform to improve anticipatory action?

Moderator

• Barbora Sedova, FutureLab (Co-)Leader, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Speakers

• Christoph Gornott, Working Group Leader, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• Mouhamadou Issa Lele, Hydromet and Climate Services/ Early warning specialist, UNDP & Mali Meteo
• Markus Mayer, Head of Competence Center Peace and Emergency Aid, GIZ