SIPRI Director Dan Smith and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, reflect on growing environmental and ecological security risks.
They discuss how environmental crises are affecting security, the role of environmental action in building peace and what further research and policy steps are needed in this space.
The 2024 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development will unpack the complex context in which humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors are working and look at how actors are delivering on the ground in the face of these challenges. It will discuss ways to address growing mistrust and distrust between the Global North and South, and between citizens and their political representatives. It will explore how multilateral efforts—such as the Summit of the Future—could strengthen international arrangements for peace and security. And the Forum will look for possible pathways towards a more peaceful, unified future.
