Seminar: Klimaforandringer, konflikt og udvikling

TIME: Thursday, 12 April, 9.30 – 12.00

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

Climate change is rarely the sole cause of conflict, but it can intensify and multiply existing conflicts over natural resources.

TIME: Thursday, 12 April, 9.30 – 12.00

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

Climate change is rarely the sole cause of conflict, but it can intensify and multiply existing conflicts over natural resources.

How should development cooperation address this challenge, and what are the experiences from past efforts at addressing conflict over natural resources at the local, national and transboundary levels?

These issues will be explored through presentations of experiences from East Africa, the Sahel and the Nile Basin by three prominent international speakers, Kennedy Mkutu, Marie Monimart and Ana Cascao, who will discuss root causes of conflicts and efforts to address them in relation to pastoral conflicts in Kenya, ‘Peace Wells’ in Niger, and transboundary water management in the Nile basin.

The seminar will furthermore present the main findings from a DIIS study commissioned by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the experiences from natural resource management in conflict prevention and resolution, and how development cooperation can help address the conflict multiplier effect of climate change.

The aim of the seminar is to inspire practitioners and researchers working on climate-related conflicts in the developing countries on how to address climate-related conflicts in development cooperation.

Speakers:
Kennedy Mkutu, Professor, United States International University, Nairobi
Marie Monimart, International Fellow, IIED
Ana Cascao, Programme manager, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, PhD Candidate, DIIS
Mikkel Funder, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Kurt Mørck Jensen, Senior Analyst, DIIS

Programme:

09.30-09.35: Introduction; Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, PhD Candidate, DIIS

09.35-10.00: Addressing Climate Change and Conflict in Development Cooperation: Experiences from Natural Resources Management; Mikkel Funder, Senior Researcher, DIIS

10.00-10.25: Conflict in the Horn of Africa: Causes, Solutions and the Role of Climate Change. The Case of Pastoral Conflicts in Northern Kenya; Kennedy Mkutu, Professor, United States International University, Nairobi

10.25-10.40: Coffee Break

10.40-11.05: Building ‘Peace Wells’ in the Sahel: Livelihood Security, Gender and Pastoralism in Niger; Marie Monimart, International Fellow, IIED

11.05-11.30: Climate Change and Hydro-Politics: Trans Boundary Water Governance in the Nile Basin; Ana Cascao, Programme manager, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

11.30-12.00: Open Discussion

Chair: Kurt Mørck Jensen, Senior Analyst, DIIS

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Read more about the seminar and use the online registration form on the website no later than Wednesday, 11 April at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.