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Preparatory Workshop (German House Conference): The Security Implications of Climate Change

20 May 2011
New York, US

Two months before the Security Council Open Debate on climate change, a preparatory workshop was hosted in collaboration with the German and Portuguese Permanent Missions to the UN to initiate the discussion.

More than a hundred diplomats, scientists, policy advisors and civil society representatives from around the world convened to discuss the potential implications of sea-level rise, food security and migration for global peace and security. adelphi developed and chaired this preparatory event in May 2013 at the German House in New York (the Centre of the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations). The debate focused on the need for the Security Council and other UN bodies to consider the security impacts of climate change on a regular basis, as well as possible political strategies to address them.