Environment & Development Resource Centre

Climate disruption plays an undeniable role in various conflict situations. As such, Belgium wants the United Nations to systematically take into account the potential impact of a changing climate in its security actions.

EDRC assists in the organisation of a special GMACCC event on climate and security in the EU pavilion at COP25 in Madrid on 11 December

The 12th meeting of the BDCD was co- organised with EUROMIL as a conference on The Climate-Security Nexus: Implications for the Military – Installations, Operations and Personnel in Brussels on 24 October 2019

The 11th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy was organized as a seminar with the Belgian Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs – 23 October 2019

The second meeting of the steering committee in the project UNited for Climate Justice was held in Brussels on 24-25 June 2019. The meeting was convened to further the planning for the conference on climate justice to be held on 20 September 2019 in New York ahead of the extraordinary UN Climate Action Summit, 21-23 September under the motto “A race we can win!”

The theme of this year's OSCE Security Day conference on 4 June 2019 was “The OSCE and the Sustainable Development Goals” including the role of the OSCE working with others to contribute to sustainable peace, security and development.

Addressing the security implication of a changing climate requires an all-of-government and an all-of-society approach. This event examined how the military and defence community can play an important role in an integrated approach.

EDRC is working with partners to organise a high-level side event on climate justice ahead of UN Climate Summit in New York in September 2019 and a follow-up conference in Brussels later this year.

The 9th meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy was co-organised by EDRC and GLOBE-EU at the European Parliament on 9 April 2019 in association with the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change and the Institute for European Environmental Policy.

The events were aimed toward setting up a new Transatlantic Environment Forum

EDRC representatives attended a lecture by Joseph Stiglitz presenting "Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy" on 21 March 2019 in Brussels ahead of our workshop on Transatlantic Responses to 21st Century Environmental Challenges on 22 March 2019.

Climate change and its effects are already proving to be a threat to international security. Extreme consequences are already affecting many people’s livelihoods and biodiversity on the planet. This event looked at what the EU and the UN have been doing and what they are planning for 2019 and beyond.

Brussels, 10 march 2020 -11th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy

Brussels, 24 October 2019

Brussels, 23 October 2019

Brussels, 14 May 2019 - 10th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy

Brussels, 9 April 2019 - 9th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy

Washington, DC, 1 April 2019

Brussels, 22 March 2019

Brussels, 23 January 2019 - 8th Meeting of the BDCD

Brussels, 27 September 2018 - 7th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy

Brussels, 28 June 2018 - 6th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy

Brussels, 9 March 2018 - 5th Meeting of the Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy

Brussels, 20 November 2017