"Planetary Security" Alexander Verbeek | Hague Talks

HOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING GLOBAL SECURITY?
Increasingly, climate change is seen as a global security problem. It would lead to conflicts about territory, water and other resources, and also to large scale migration. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs therefore wants to have climate as a topic on the agenda of the Security Council. They will plead for this when they get a temporary seat in the Security Council in 2018.
During this HagueTalks, Alexander Verbeek, founder of the Planetary Security Initiative, talks about the interrelation between security and climate. Two climate and security experts from Darfur and Bangladesh will talk about the influence of the climate on their home countries, and how they attempt to diminish the security risks. After, we will discuss the importance of considering climate change a security problem with the three of them and the audience. What is the impact of this framing upon the international approach to climate change? Should the Security Council indeed place the topic of climate on their agenda? And what else is needed to reduce the security risks of climate change?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alexander Verbeek founded the Institute for Planetary Security, where he works on projects related to the impact of the changing climate, water, food, energy, economic and demographic conditions. He is also an Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) as well as at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). He has been a diplomat for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992 until 2016. His last position was Strategic Policy Advisor on Global Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. He is on the board of advisors of several international environmental initiatives. Alexander is often asked for public speaking, lecturing at universities or chairing international meetings.
He will talk about why he got active on security-issues as well as on environment, why these are increasingly interrelated and therefore need an integrated response.
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ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
This HagueTalks is organized in cooperation with the Planetary Security Conference, which will be held on December 12-13, 2017 in The Hague. The theme of this year’s conference is “From Analysis to Action”. The conference and associated Planetary Security Initiative was set up in 2015 by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is being organized by a consortium led by Clingendael.
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[@ILive2Rescue]

Informative talk! The only thing I don't agree with is saying that a dying polar bear isn't the best symbol for climate change, but you should instead think of Natania (sp?). Some people are motivated to change because they saw a video of a dying polar bear. Other people aren't affected by the video of a polar bear, but are moved (and thus motivated to change) when they see 14 year old girls being married off for the dowry. Then there are people who are equally motivated by the polar bear and child brides. Therefore, I believe both images are equally important in order to reach as many people as possible.

[@soonafridi814]

Beautiful vedio from a Nice and handsome man

[@duainesimpson274]

We need to look out for polar bear