Webinar 121: Climate change and conflict: Telling stories with impact

A training with Raquel Munayer and Michael Hornsby, Climate Diplomacy & Security Programme, adelphi

On our next webinar, we will be drawing attention to the link between climate change and conflict.

In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been much discussion about the green energy transition and fossil fuel reliance. Russia’s economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas exports, and other countries buying these fuels are regarded as supporting the war effort.

But this is just one example of how climate change and conflict intersect. In this session our guests will look at how the impacts of climate change can contribute to conflict, and the specific factors that drive conflict.

At the end of the session, you’ll hopefully be better equipped to bring a climate-change lens to your conflict reporting and a conflict lens to your climate-change reporting. Our trainers this week are Raquel Munayer and Michael Hornsby from the Climate Diplomacy & Security Programme at adelphi —an independent think-and-do tank in Europe for climate, environment and development.

Munayer is a consultant at adelphi, where she conducts research activities on climate-related impacts to security and fragility. Her focus lies on food security and food systems, and how these relate to climate, the environment and human fragility. Currently, Raquel also coordinates the Climate Diplomacy information platform, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, as well as its Twitter channel @ClimateDiplo.

Hornsby on the other hand is a senior manager at adelphi, where he leads communications initiatives on climate-linked risks to peace and stability.