EDRC News

Brussels, 24 November 2019 - EDRC and EUROMIL co-organize a conference on The Climate-Security Nexus: Implications for the Military – Installations, Operations and Personnel.

Brussels, 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.

Brussels, 25 June 2019 - The second meeting of the steering committee in the project UNited for Climate Justice was held in Brussels on 24-25 June 2019. The meeting was convened to further the planning for the conference on climate justice to be held on 20 September 2019 in New York ahead of the extraordinary UN Climate Action Summit, 21-23 September under the motto “A race we can win!”

Vienna, 4 June 2019 - The theme of this year's OSCE Security Day conference was “The OSCE and the Sustainable Development Goals” including the role of the OSCE working with others to contribute to sustainable peace, security and development.

Brussels, 14 May 2019 - Addressing the security implication of a changing climate requires an all-of-government and an all-of-society approach. This event examined how the military and defence community can play an important role in an integrated approach.

Madrid, 11 April 2019 - EDRC is working with partners to organise a high-level side event on climate justice ahead of UN Climate Summit in New York in September 2019 and a follow-up conference in Brussels later this year.

Brussels, 9 April 2019 - The 9th meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy was co-organised by EDRC and GLOBE-EU at the European Parliament in association with the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change and the Institute for European Environmental Policy.

Brussels, 22 March 2019 - The events were aimed toward setting up a new Transatlantic Environment Forum

Brussels, 21 March 2019 - EDRC representatives attended a lecture by Joseph Stiglitz presenting "Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy" ahead of our workshop on Transatlantic Responses to 21st Century Environmental Challenges on 22 March 2019.

Brussels, 23 January 2019 - Climate change and its effects are already proving to be a threat to international security. Extreme consequences are already affecting many people’s livelihoods and biodiversity on the planet. This event looked at what the EU and the UN have been doing and what they are planning for 2019 and beyond.

Oslo, 12 December 2018 - "How to Solve the Climate Crisis?" was the title of the keynote speech by Al Gore, former U.S. Vice-President and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Brussels, 4 December 2018 - Experts discuss how the Trump administration's policy have impacted transatlantic relations and multi-lateralism in various areas and what consequences the EU should draw. The meeting was hosted by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union office.