CSAC Newsletter
April2025

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The Canadian Association for Climate Security (CSAC), the Centre FrancoPaix of the Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, and the Information Integrity Lab of the University of Ottawa are organizing the conference “Climate Change and the Future of War and Peace,” which will take place from May 5 to 7 in Montreal.

This event aims to explore the possibilities and limitations of imaginaries and predictions of climate futures, particularly as they relate to the evolving dynamics of war and peace. It will examine how conceptual and predictive frameworks surrounding climate change shape the trajectories of conflict and peacebuilding, and will address questions raised by the power of imaginaries in shaping how we prepare for and manage war and peace. The conference will also consider the influence of various technologies, practices, policies, and socio-technical imaginaries.

May 5th, 2025

8h20 – Doors open

8h45 –  Opening Remarks

• Bruno Charbonneau, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
• Gabrielle Daoust, University of Northern British Columbia

9h00 – 10h45 | Panel 1 – Framing the Problem of Climate Security

Chair : Tom Deligiannis, Wilfrid Laurier University

• Knowledge, Power, and Policy : A Human-Centric Approach to Climate and Insecurity

        Lina Aburas Awadalla, Université d’Ottawa

• GHG Emissions Caused by Armed Conflicts

        Lennard de Klerk, The Initiative on GHG accounting of war

• Envisioning Peace Together Through Citizen Engagement Amidst Climate Change

        Uche Okpara, University of Greenwich

• Posthuman Reframing of Military Education for Climate Security

        Cagdas Dedeoglu, Yorkville University

        Mehmet Palaz, NATO Allied Land Command

• Deploy, Defend, Diversify ? A Feminist Analysis of Emerging Climate Security Policy and Programmes

        Aly Tkachenko, University of Victoria

11h00 – 12h30 | Panel 2 –  Young Scholars Panel

Chair : Burgess Langshaw Power, Balsillie School of International Affairs

• Environmental Peacebuilding : The Future of Diplomacy ?

        Eleonora Cammarano, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

• Water Security and Climate Change : A Nexus for Disaster or Prosperity

        Ryan Vance, University of British Columbia

• The Role of Power Inequalities and Human Agency in Preventing Future Climate Conflicts

        Dominik Juling, Yale University

• Climatization of Military Strategy in Japan’s Armed Forces

        Khang Pham, Waseda University

• Changements climatiques et dynamiques conflictogènes en Afrique : comment anticiper le

     chaos annoncé ?

         Louis Narcisse Ngono, Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun

• Sécurisation, climatisation et risquification des changements climatiques : une analyse sociologique

     des discours et pratiques du département de la défense des États-Unis

        Romane Tasset, Université du Québec à Montréal

13h45 – 15h30 | Panel 3 –  African Security and Climate Change

Chair : Jessica Olcott Yllemo, Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change

• Waging War with ‘Thick Clouds and Thunder’ : The Multinational Joint Task Force and the

     Future of Irregular Warfare in the Lake Chad Region

        Aina Folahanmi, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

• L’insécurité climatique, un défi humanitaire majeur pour le Cameroun : quelles stratégies

     pour l’avenir?

        Manuela Garcia Nyangono Noa, Université de Yaoundé 2

• The Green Transition and Future Conflict Dynamics in the Democratic Republic of Congo

        Lum Vivian Mangeh, University of Bamenda

• Making War, Making Peace in Niger Since the 2023 Coup : A Climate Security Lens on Causes

     and Solutions

        Gabriel Lagrange, Institut d’Études de Géopolitique Appliquée (IEGA)

• Climate Impacts and the Security Implications on Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Response

     in South Sudan

        Johnson Nkem, United Nations Mission in South Sudan

16h00 – 17h00 |  Roundtable – Climate Security After US Hegemony

• Bruno Charbonneau, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
• Erin Sikorsky, Director of the Center for Climate and Security
• Duncan Depledge, Loughborough

  ( activity not webcast, in person only)

May 6th, 2025

8h30 – Doors open

9h00 – 10h45 | Panel 4 -  The Futures of War and the Military

Chair : coming soon

• What Low-Carbon Warfare Means for the Western Way of War

        Duncan Depledge, Loughborough University

        Tom Hobson, Loughborough University

• The Production of Climate Mobility Futures

        Anselm Vogler, Harvard University

• Power Shifts in the Anthropocene ? The Implications of Climate Change for Influence in the

     International System

        Tanisha M. Fazal, University of Minnesota

        Virginia Page Fortna, Columbia University

• Modern Warfare in an Era of Global Warming : How Climate Change and Drone Usage Shape

     One Another

        Emil Havstrup, the Clingendael Institute

        Benjamin Saundry, Independent researcher

• Enhancing Climate Intelligence : Integrating Strategic Foresight into Security and Threat

     Assessments

        Donna Dupont, Purple Compass

11h00 – 12h45 | Panel 5 –Multilateral Dynamics at NATO and at the European Union

Chair : coming soon

• Sécurité climatique ou retour des menaces classiques ? Les paradoxes de la stratégie

     française en Arctique

        Louise Beaumais, CERI (Sciences Po / CNRS)

• Defining a Role for the Military vis-à-vis Climate Change : Scientific and Political Debates at

     NATO in the 1980s-1990s

        Charlotte Desmasures, CERI (Sciences Po / CNRS)

• Safeguarding European Space – A Need for Operational Climate Services

        Christine Nam, Climate Service Center Germany

• NATO’s Adaptation to Climate Threats : Core Tasks, Collective Defense Politics and

     Consequences for Prioritization

        Heidi Hardt, UC Irvine

        Jacqueline Gardner Burns, UC Irvine

14h00 – 15h45 | Panel 6 –  The Future of Operations

Chair :  coming soon

• How Climate Change Exacerbates Conflict Risk

         Jessica Olcott Yllemo, Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change

• Glimpsing Tomorrow : Positioning Climate Change in the Question of the Future of UN

     Peacekeeping Missions in Africa

        Sara Rabie, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

• Integrating Climate Action and Peacebuilding : A Framework for Operationalizing COP28

     Commitments

        Engy Said, George Mason University

        Diego Osorio, Government of Canada

• Climate Change Disinformation as a Security Threat : Building Resilience and Collaborative

     Solutions for Canada’s Information Ecosystem

        Andrew Heffernan, University of Ottawa

• Defining Performance and Competency Requirements for Army Responders to Domestic

     Flood Response Operations

        Michael Hosken, University of Ottawa

        Sharon L. O’Sullivan, University of Ottawa

15h45 | Concluding Session

May 7th, 2025

8h00 – Doors open

8h30 – 8h45 | Opening Remarks

8h45 – 9h35 |  Keynote – Knowledge in the Arctic : Climate Change and the Information Environment in the Arctic

9h55 – 11h10 | Panel 1 – Case Studies on Trends and Developments

11h30 – 12h45 | Panel 2 – Strengthening the Arctic Information Environment

12h45 – 12h50 |  Closing Remarks

REGISTRATION: As the event runs from May 5 to 7, you must register for each day you wish to attend.

To register for the May 5 event : click here

To register for the May 6 event : click here

To register for the May 7 event : click here

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

International Policy Ideas Challenge 2025 (Deadline Extended)

Global Affairs Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council have launched the 2025 International Policy Ideas Challenge, inviting Canadian graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career researchers from civil society to propose concrete and innovative solutions to emerging international policy challenges facing Canada. This year, Climate Change and Energy Security has been identified as one of the key themes.

Please note: The application deadline has been extended to Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

Further details are available on the program website.

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