WORKSHOP | Climate Change and Regional Security in Latin America

March 8, 2023

Hosted by Columbia Global Centers | Santiago,
Columbia’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and AthenaLab

VIDEOS

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OPENING REMARKS AND SESSION ONE: Scientific and political dialogue on climate change in Latin America

Opening Remarks
9:05 – 9:30
Climate change and security
Jack Snyder, Professor of International Relations, Columbia University

Session One
9:30 – 10:40
Scientific and political dialogue on climate change on Latin America
Chair: Juan Pablo Toro / Athenalab

Speakers:

• Susana Beatriz Adamo (via Zoom) / Columbia University
  “Vulnerability and climate variability in Latin America; migration and demographic change”
• Walter Baethgen (via Zoom) / Columbia University
  Assessing the Risks of Climate Change for Latin America
• Francisco Javier Meza / Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  Tendencies and projections on climate change.
• Juan Carlos Jobet / Former Minister for Energy
  Green energy transition & its implications for Latin America

SESSION TWO: Climate change: risks and threats to regional security

Session Two
10:50 – 12:00
Climate change: risks and threats to regional security
Chair: Page Fortna / Columbia University

Speakers

• Michael Gort / Ambassador of Canada to Chile
  Canada: climate change security impacts
• Commander Andrea H. Cameron (via Zoom) / US Naval War College
  Climate change as security variable
• Josh D. Fisher (via Zoom) / Columbia University
  Climate Change as a Risk Multiplier for Intranational and Transboundary Destabilization
• María Emilia Undurraga / Former Minister for Agriculture
  Climate change, food security and state resilience

SESSION THREE: Climate change: risks and threats to regional security

Session Three

12:40 – 13:50

Green Defense, Climate Change and Sovereignty

Chair: John Griffiths / Athenalab

Speakers:

• Captain Nicolas Pitrat / Defense Attaché, Embassy of France in Chile
  French armed forces and climate change
• Colonel (RAF) Liz Hutchinson / Defense Attaché, Embassy of United Kingdom in Chile
  British armed forces and climate change
• General Sergio Etchegoyen / Soberania & Clima
  Brazilian armed forces and climate change
• Capitán de Navío (LT) Sigfrido Ramírez / Chilean Navy
  Chilean navy and climate change

Closing Comments
13:50 – 14:00
Juan Pablo Toro / Athenalab