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The nature of conflict and peace: The links between environment, security and peace | BCSC 2022

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WATCH: Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss are important drivers of conflict, and increasingly impact global peace and security. This nature-security nexus is visible in the links between biodiversity and livelihood insecurity, resource conflicts, environmental crimes, and the environmental impacts of war and conflict. With the need to address this nexus increasing in importance as environmental degradation and biodiversity loss intensify, and as geopolitical tensions with wide-ranging environmental impacts are on the rise, this panel of experts discussed the four nature-security pathways from the WWF-adelphi report: The Nature of Conflict and Peace.

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Speakers

  • Alice Ruhweza, Africa Region Director, WWF
  • Raquel Munayer, Consultant, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi
  • Florian Titze, Policy Advisor, International Biodiversity Policy, WWF
  • Lukas Rüttinger, Senior Advisor, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi

Moderator

  • Hannah Kurnoth, German Federal Foreign Office

 

Hosted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and adelphi.

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