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environmentally sound, socially just and respectful of cultural diversity.
Boulder Colorado, 9-12 April 2024 - EDRC’s Alexander Verbeek speaks in 6 panels at this year’s “Conference on World Affairs: Big Ideas: Endless Discoveries”. These included a discussion on How Climate Change Affects Planetary Security.
Read More15 June 2023 - Project CASA (Climate and Security Action) will assess the extent to which national militaries especially in the EU and NATO have the necessary financial resources, experts, training, equipment, and facilities to effectively prepare for and respond to the increased occurrence of climate-related emergencies.
Read MoreGeneva, 6 October 2021 - Geneva based organisations have the opportunity to strengthen their role, outreach and ultimately impact on peace, human security and sustainable development, on a national and global scale
Read MoreBrussels, 30 April 2021 - The final report by the North-Atlantic Civil-Society Working-Group on Environment and Security (NCWES) contains 116 policy options and practical recommendations concerning climate change and security and other related environment and security issues.
Read MoreOttawa, 6 February 2021 - As one of the first to be interviewed, in the podcast episode "In the Shadows – What is climate security," by Rebecca Henrys, EDRC's policy director and co-coordinator of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy (BDCD), Alexander Verbeek examined the security implication of climate change. "In the Shadows" facilitates discussions with experts on national security and intelligence topics related to current affairs.
Read MoreWashington D.C., 28 January 2021 - The US Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently published a podcast episode on "Climate Security: Bringing Climate into all Sectors” as part of the Theories of Change program, featuring EDRC's policy director and co-coordinator of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy (BDCD), Alexander Verbeek
Read MoreBrussels, 17 September 2020 - In the context of NATO 2030 launched by the NATO Secretary General on 8 June 2020, NATO has begun to organise a series of thematic events to engage more in-depth with civil society, advocacy and expert groups to further improve NATO’s responsiveness and openness to outside views and expertise.
Read MoreBrussels, 23 June 2020 - Climate disruption plays an undeniable role in various conflict situations. As such, Belgium wants the United Nations to systematically take into account the potential impact of a changing climate in its security actions.
Read MoreBrussels, 21 March 2020 - The Climate and Biodiversity Nexus was the focus of the 14th meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy (BDCD) held on 28 March 2022. The aim of the meeting co-organises by EDRC and GLOBE-EU was to provide participants with insight into the inter-linkages between climate change and biodiversity loss – both in terms of the interconnected challenges and the need to address the two threats to environmental and human security together in a more coordinated way. [Photo by micropixel, PhotoDune Regular License via envatomarket]
Read MoreMadrid, 11 December 2019 - EDRC assists in the organisation of a special GMACCC event on climate and security in the EU pavilion at COP25.
Read MoreBrussels, 24 November 2019 - EDRC and EUROMIL co-organize a conference on The Climate-Security Nexus: Implications for the Military – Installations, Operations and Personnel.
Read MoreBrussels, 23 October 2019 - EDRC organizes an international seminar with the Belgian Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs on the scientific and governance aspects of geoengineering.
Read More5 September 2023 - In this volume, John Sherwood examines the response of the U.S. Navy and its partners to three of the most destructive disasters in recent history: the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Japan's triple disaster in 2011. Based on original sources and numerous interviews, Sherwood not only explores a topic rarely examined by historians but crafts a vivid and compelling narrative.
Read MoreBrussels, 20 December 2021 - 30 years ago today 1,200 NGO representatives from 150 countries called for a 75% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030
Read MoreBrussels, 25 February 2021: EDRC's Policy Director, Alexander Verbeek commented on the 23 February 2021 UN Security Council debate on climate security in an interview published by Geneva Solutions.
Read MoreBrussels, 17 September 2020: Civil Society groups advise NATO on how they see its role in the mitigation of climate change and adaptation to climate security challenges.
Read MoreBrussels, 10 Dec 2019: Alexander Verbeek explains the urgent need both for effective climate change action and for steps to be taken to prepare for life in a drastically different world, where global warming and related environmental degradation will impact on security.
Read More20 Nov 2019: Lynn Fries of openDemocracy - an independent global media platform - speaks with Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system – and what can be done to stop it.
Read More13 Apr 2019 Boulder, Colorado: Alexander Verbeek calls on American students to work with Europeans to fight climate change in the session on “Saving the Planet: All Countries on Deck”.
Read MoreThe Environment & Development Resource Centre (EDRC) was established in 1991 as a non-profit foundation to contribute to the achievement of global sustainable development that is environmentally sound, socially just and respectful of cultural diversity.
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