MSC @ COP27
Global Action That Sticks: The Way Forward on Climate Security
The Munich Security Conference hosted multiple event formats on November 8-9, 2022, alongside the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Two high-level panel discussion could be followed live on this website.
At COP27, the MSC aimed to provide relevant stakeholders with a platform to discuss the steps ahead at the nexus of climate and foreign and security policy. The different event formats included two high-level panel discussions that could be followed live on this site. The events brought together representatives from politics, business, media and civil society, allowing for a diversity of debates on- and off-the-record as well as on- and offline, and were hosted in cooperation with selected partners of the MSC.
Climate Change and International Security
If international climate action is not to become a casualty of geopolitical tensions and great-power competition, it is critical to forge more robust climate cooperation that can withstand political and economic upheavals. The transatlantic partners must lead in shaping such durable cooperation. The current revitalization of transatlantic unity has opened a window of opportunity to move forward on a long list of to-dos, and joint climate measures area priority. A key transatlantic goal must also be concerted efforts by the broader Global North to deepen climate partnerships with the Global South. Expectations are high for the Global North to live up to its special responsibility in supporting the energy transition and climate adaptation and mitigation in the Global South. COP27 presented a crucial opportunity for bringing together the international community in pursuit of deep and durable cooperation that can “stick” in a turbulent global environment.
Live Events
Tuesday, November 8, 2022:
Zooming In on the Middle East and Africa: Action for Climate and Security
High-Level Climate Security Discussion (in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office and NATO)
04.00 p.m. – 05.30 p.m. (EET)
German Pavilion @ COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh
You can watch the recording of the event here.
Speakers
Speakers
Jens Stoltenberg
Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels
virtual participation
Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Federal Republic of Somalia, Mogadishu
Jennifer Morgan
State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Federal Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
David van Weel
Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels
Christoph Heusgen
Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
Moderator
Wednesday, November 9, 2022:
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Advancing Joint Action on Climate and Food Security
High-Level Panel Discussion (in cooperation with Rockefeller Foundation)
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. (EET)
Food and Agriculture Pavilion @ COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh
Speakers
Speakers
Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
Minister of International Development, Kingdom of Norway, Oslo
Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko
Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, African Union, Addis Ababa
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven
Member of the Management Board, German Corporation for International Cooperation, Bonn
Matthias Berninger
Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, Science, Sustainability and HSE, Bayer AG, Washington, DC
Nisreen Elsaim
Chair, United Nations Secretary General Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, President, Sudan Youth for Climate Change, Khartoum
1st Comment
Rajiv Shah
President, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
Closing Remarks
Boris Ruge
Ambassador; Vice-Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Munich
Moderator
Additional Events
Tuesday, November 8, 2022:
Zooming Out to Global Geopolitics: Climate Action in a Heated Environment
Climate Security Reflection Dinner at COP27 (in cooperation with the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development)
Wednesday, November 9, 2022:
Discussion on Climate Security
(in cooperation with the Office of the United Arab Emirates Climate Change Special Envoy)
Scaling Up Climate Cooperation: Identifying Transatlantic Action Items
Transatlantic Climate Lunch (in cooperation with EY)
About the Sustainability Program
The events at COP27 form part of the MSC’s Sustainability Program, with which the MSC aims to advance the debate around the intersections of governance, environment, security, and prosperity.
