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