A new form of geopolitics embracing cooperative solutions for ecosystem and freshwater distribution management is essential. Environmental consequences, high-value ecosystems, and sustainability security are often hidden from view of global politics. This session draws attention to the political economy benefits of resolving ecosystem challenges through progressing the SDG 6 debate - freshwater ecosystems are essential to human health, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity – and the security implications of escalating resource use.
Uniquely designed to foster productive conversations, this seminar, organized by SIPRI, will bring high-value ecosystems and sustainability security to the forefront of global geopolitics. Political-economy benefits of cooperative solutions for ecosystem management are demonstrated through advancing the SDG 6 debate, while these gains steer us away from dangerous ‘planetary boundaries’ induced by escalating resource-use and migration.
The seminar will be composed of three sessions:
- Thursday 30 August | 09.00-10.30 | Room: FH 307 - The first session of this seminar will investigate the political economy benefits of resolving ecosystem challenges and the role of multi-national diplomacy in advancing cooperative solutions.
- Thursday 30 August | 11.00-12.30 | Room: FH 307 - The second session of this seminar will consider environmental drivers and consequences of conflict and cooperation, zooming in on institutional and infrastructural best-practices in the Middle East and Africa.
- Thursday 30 August | 14.00-15.30 | Room: FH 307 - The third session of this seminar will explore the conditions and mechanisms for sustainable ecosystems, climate security, and social stability, considering socio-political contexts and relations across communities, sectors, or countries.