About Event
Paris 2021 conference on Climate Change and Energy Security for NATO Nations will gather the best experts from all NATO Nations and international organizations. They come from academia, companies and administrations to discuss the issue of climate change and energy security in the armed forces. Focusing on negotiations, doctrine and technology development, the discussions intend to open the debate on how the armed forces should tackle climate change issues as both a new framework of intervention and a challenge in terms of technology and organization.Check ScheduleWEBINAR video
Introduction video
Event Speakers
PANEL 1: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY RELATED SECURITY CRISIS
Dr. Jennifer ColeResearch Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London
Michael RühleHead of the Hybrid Challenges and Energy Security Section, NATO
James GrabertDirector, Mitigation Division, UNFCCC
PANEL 2: REGIONAL RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND LESSONS LEARNED
Dr. Thierry TardyHead of the Research Division, NATO Defense College
Luca FranzaHead of the Energy, Climate and Resources Programme at IAI
Luca BergamaschiExecutive director, ECCO
Dr. Cristina D'AlessandroAssociate Professor, University of Ottawa
Col. Philippe Le CarffMA division ESMG
PANEL 3: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES IN THE NATO ARMED FORCES SPHERE
Brig-Gen Gerhard SchonewilleDirector of Support within the Army Command
Dr. Sherri GoodmanSecretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security
Brigadier General Didier PoloméBelgian Air Force
Dr. Reiner ZimmermannHead of the Research and Lessons Learned Division at NATO Energy Centre of Excellence
Lieutenant General (Retd) Richard E. NugeeDefence Non-Executive Director for Climate Change
PANEL 4: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN THE SPHERE OF MILITARY ENERGY IN COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE
Dr. Panagiotis KIKIRASHead of Unit Technology and Innovation European Defence Agency
Dr. Bryan WellsNATO, Chief Scientist
Ana GogorelianiPermanent representative of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable development of Georgia
Lt-Col Pasquale PorcelliLtCol (OF-4) of Italian Air Force.
Pinar İpekAssociate Professor, TOBB Economics and Technology Univ.
Concluding remarks
Col. Romualdas PetkeviciusDirector NATO Energy security canter of excellence
Xavier PascoDirector, FRS
Général de division aérienne Étienne PATRYDirecteur du CICDE
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