Covid-19 Webinar Series Session 7: The New Business as Usual? Environment and COVID-19

Covid-19 Webinar Series Session 7:
The New Business as Usual? Environment and COVID-19

2020, the year of the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day was hoped to be a year of courageous decisions taken during several international conferences and negotiations. Instead, resources and focus have been transferred to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. What does this mean for the future of the environmental action? How does the current emergency impact environment? What can we learn from this experience? What will be the new “business as usual” when the pandemics subsides? Are we ready for the future emergencies linked to the environment? In this webinar we are going to provide you with the analysis of the links between the environment and COVID-19.

Speakers:

■ Ms Anna Brach, Head of Human Security, GCSP;

■ Mr Oli Brown, Associate Fellow, Chatham House; Senior Advisor, TrustWorks Global; Trustee, Conflict and Environment Observatory, Associate Fellow, GCSP;

■ Mr Vincente Paolo Yu, Senior Legal Adviser, Third World Network; Visiting Research Fellow, UNRISD; Associate Fellow, GCSP;

■ Dr Dhansaree Jayaram, Assistant Professor, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Research Fellow, Earth Systems Governance;

■ Mr Alexander Verbeek, Founder, Institute for Planetary Security, Associate Fellow, GCSP.

Moderator:
■ Dr Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global Risk, GCSP.

[lizziepi]

Excellent discussion! Thanks for the opportunity to watch!

[smithasunilkumar]

Great discussion. A huge learning curve for each and every countrry