Climate Change and Regional Security in Latin America
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March 8, 2023
Hosted by Columbia Global Centers | Santiago,
Columbia’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and AthenaLab
REPORT
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VIDEOS
Below, relive the complete seminar in English and Spanish:
OPENING REMARKS AND SESSION ONE: Scientific and political dialogue on climate change in Latin America
Opening Remarks
9:05 – 9:30
Climate change and security
Jack Snyder, Professor of International Relations, Columbia University
Session One
9:30 – 10:40
Scientific and political dialogue on climate change in Latin America
Chair: Juan Pablo Toro / AthenaLab
Speakers:
- Susana Beatriz Adamo (via Zoom) / Columbia University
“Vulnerability and climate variability in Latin America; migration and demographic change” - Walter Baethgen (via Zoom) / Columbia University
Assessing the Risks of Climate Change for Latin America - Francisco Javier Meza / Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Trends and projections on climate change. - Juan Carlos Jobet / Former Minister for Energy
Green energy transition & its implications for Latin AmericaSESSION TWO
:Climate change: risks and threats to regional security https://youtu.be/yNnYdgbb8fA
10:50 – 12:00
Climate change: risks and threats to regional security
Chair
:Page Fortna / Columbia University Speakers
Michael Gort
- / Ambassador of Canada to Chile Canada: climate change security impacts
Commander Andrea H. Cameron - (via Zoom) / US Naval War College Climate change as a security variable
Josh D. Fisher - (via Zoom) / Columbia University Climate Change as a Risk Multiplier for Intranational and Transboundary Destabilization
María Emilia Undurraga - / Former Minister for Agriculture Climate change, food security and state resilience
SESSION THREE
:Climate change: risks and threats to regional security https://youtu.be/UBXkmB8Dra8
12:40 – 13:50
Green Defense, Climate Change and Sovereignty
Chair
:John Griffiths / AthenaLab Speakers
:Captain Nicolas Pitrat / Defense Attaché, Embassy of France in Chile
- French armed forces and climate change
Colonel (RAF) Liz Hutchinson / Defense Attaché, Embassy of the United Kingdom in Chile - British armed forces and climate change
General Sergio Etchegoyen / Soberania & Clima - Brazilian armed forces and climate change
Captain (LT) Sigfrido Ramírez / Chilean Navy - Chilean navy and climate change
Closing Comments
13:50 – 14:00
Juan Pablo Toro
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