GMACCC Members speak at Workshop on “Climate and Security Action: The Role of Civil-Military Cooperation”

18 July 2024; Sofia, Bulgaria

Eight members of GMACCC were among the ca. 25 speakers at the NATO Science for Peace Programme Advanced Research Workshop on “Climate and Security Action: The Role of Civil-Military Cooperation” in Sofia, Bulgaria, 16-18 July.

The 3-day event was organised by by the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) in association with Project CASA on Climate and Security Action through Civil-Military Cooperation in Climate-Related Emergencies in which GMACCC is one of the five lead partners. 

Other members of the Organising Committee were Tom Deligiannis (CSAC), Ron Kingham (EDRC) and  Jessica Olcott Yllemo (ASP).

The purpose of the workshop was to meet the need for relevant and timely advice from defence and security experts, foster the next generation of experts and contribute to officials’ and public understanding of defence and security issues including the climate and security nexus.

GMACCC participants included, Richard Brewin, Tom Deligiannis, Ronald A. Kingham, Ashley McIlvain Moran, Neil Morisetti, Alexander Verbeek, Jessica Olcott Yllemo and Reiner Zimmermann.

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UPDATE: 27 November 2025 - The report of the NATO Science for Peace Programme Advanced Research Workshop on “Climate and Security Action: The Role of Civil-Military Cooperation” has just been published by IOS Press in the NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. 

The 95-page report was edited by Orlin Nikolov, CMDR, Anna Brach, GCSP and Richard Brewin, Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Security and Science for Peace and Security Programme, NATO.

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