Third Annual Conference of the Climate Security Association of Canada
May 5-6, 2025
Climate Change and the Futures of War and Peace, Montreal, Qc, Canada
Our annual conference was held in Montreal from May 5 to 7, 2025. ‘Climate Change and the Futures of War and Peace’ explored how climate change raised questions about how national and collective security problems could, and should be, imagined and managed. The conference discussed the production of climate security futures under the conditions of climate change by emphasizing the roles of technology, security practices and politics, and sociotechnical imaginaries in the conceptualization of management tools and practices that were meant to respond to the security consequences of climate change.
Climate Change and the Futures of War and Peace – Opening Remarks
By :
Bruno Charbonneau, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
Gabrielle Daoust, Univesrity of Northern Bristish Columbia
Panel 1: Framing the Problem of Climate Security
With:
Lina Aburas Awadalla, Université d’Ottawa
Lennard de Klerk, The Initiative on GHG accounting of war
Uche Okpara, University of Greenwich
Cagdas Dedeoglu, Yorkville University and Mehmet Palaz, NATO Allied Land Command
Aly Tkachenko, University of Victoria
Chair: Tom Deligiannis, Wilfrid Laurier University
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Panel 2 : Young Scholars Panel
With:
Eleonora Cammarano, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Ryan Vance, University of British Columbia
Dominik Juling, Yale University
Louis Narcisse Ngono, Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun
Romane Tasset, Université du Québec à Montréal
Chair: Burgess Langshaw Power, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Panel 3 : African Security and Climate Change
With:
Manuela Garcia Nyangono Noa, Université de Yaoundé 2
Gabriel Lagrange, Institut d’Études de Géopolitique Appliquée (IEGA)
Johnson Nkem, United Nations Mission in South Sudan
Chair: Gabrielle Daoust, University of Northern British Columbia
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Panel 4: The Futures of War and the Military
With:
Duncan Depledge, Loughborough University and Tom Hobson, Loughborough University
Anselm Vogler, Harvard University
Tanisha M. Fazal, University of Minnesota and Virginia Page Fortna, Columbia University
Emil Havstrup, the Clingendael Institute and Benjamin Saundry, Independent researcher
Donna Dupont, Purple Compass
Chair: Katie Woodward, CCASCOE
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Panel 5 : Multilateral Dynamics at NATO and at the European Union
With:
Louise Beaumais, CERI (Sciences Po / CNRS)
Charlotte Desmasures, CERI (Sciences Po / CNRS)
Christine Nam, Climate Service Center Germany
Heidi Hardt, UC Irvine and Jacqueline Gardner Burns, UC Irvine
Chair: Jessica Olcott Yllemo, Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Panel 6 : The Future of Operations
With:
Jessica Olcott Yllemo, Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change
Sara Rabie, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Engy Said, George Mason University and Diego Osorio, Government of Canada
Andrew Heffernan, University of Ottawa
Michael Hosken, University of Ottawa and Sharon L. O’Sullivan, University of Ottawa
Chair: Anselm Vogler, Harvard University
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
May 7th, 2025
The Arctic and Climate Change :
The Intersection of Geopolitics and Disinformation
Climate Change and Geopolitics in the Arctic
Opening remarks by:
Jennifer Irish, Director, Information Integrity Lab, uOttawa
Vincent Rigby, Former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the PM, and former Chair of Senior Arctic Officials at the Arctic CouncilT
With:
Bruno Charbonneau, Professor, Royal Military College Saint-Jean and President, Climate Security Association of Canada
Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Royal Military College Kingston, and co-editor of Polar Cousins: Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures
Chair: Jennifer Irish, Director, Information Integrity Lab, uOttawa
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Panel 1 : Case Studies on Trends and Developments
With:
Marisol Maddox, Senior Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College
Pauline Baudu, Director, Climate and Security Programme, Conference of Defence Associations Institute
Françoys Labonté, Chief Executive Officer, CRIM
Chair: Alexander Dalziel, Arctic Associate, Information Integrity Lab, uOttawa
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Panel 2 : Strengthening the Arctic Information Environment
With:
Madeleine Redfern, Chief Operating Officer at CanArctic Inuit Networks
Chris Russill, Associate Professor Academic Director, ReClimate, Carleton U
Samu Paukkunen, Head of Climate and Energy Security, NATO Brussels
Chair: Andrew Heffernan, Climate Change Associate, Information Integrity Lab, uOttawa
Balado Québec
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Video
Association Canadienne sur la sécurité climatique
Montréal, Canada