Conference program
Program of the conference "Climate Change, Social Stress and Violent Conflict - State of the Art and Research Needs"
Thursday, November 19, 2009
10:00 - 12:00 Plenary session 1 (Geomatikum, room Hörsaal 2)
Moderator: Jürgen Scheffran (Hamburg University)
10:00 Welcome by Martin Claußen (KlimaCampus Hamburg) and Jürgen Scheffran (Conference Organizer)
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10:15 Ole Magnus Theisen (PRIO Oslo):
Quantitative analysis of the international security aspects of climate change
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10:45 Koko Warner (UN University Bonn):
Climate change, human security, and social vulnerability: Empirical evidence on environmentally induced migration
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11:15 Frank Biermann (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam):
Global adaptation governance
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12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Parallel session 1 (Grindelberg 5, room 008)
A. Environmentally induced migration and population dynamics
Moderator: Lars Kaleschke (Hamburg University)
1. Koko Warner, Lars Wirkus (UN University Bonn):
Evidence of the impacts of climate change on human security in Africa, with reference to migration and water-related conflict
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2. Úrsula Oswald Spring (National University of Mexico):
Climate-induced migration as a security risk and a threat for conflict in Mexico
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3. Frank Biermann, Ingrid Boas (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam):
Preparing for a warmer world: towards a global governance system to protect climate refugees
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13:30 – 15:00 Parallel session 2 (IFSH/ZNF Seminar Room, Beim Schlump 83)
A. Water scarcity and flood disasters as conflict constellations
Moderator: P. Michael Link (Hamburg University)
1. Clemens Messerschmid (Hydrogeology Jerusalem):
Climate change and its impact on the Palestinian-Israeli water conflict
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2. Francis N. Gachathi (Kenya Forestry Research Institute):
Climate change and resource use conflict: the case of Northern Kenya drylands
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3. Hans Günter Brauch (AFES Press e.V.):
Policy response to climate change in the Middle East and North Africa
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15:00 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Parallel session 3 (Grindelberg 5, room 008)
B. Environmentally induced migration and population dynamics
Moderator: Janpeter Schilling (Hamburg University)
1. Beth Njeri Njiru (Kenyatta University):
Climate change, resource competition and conflict amongst pastoral communities of Kenya
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2. Sujan Saha (Norwegian University of Science and Technology):
Assessing the security implications of climate change: Country case studies of Bangladesh
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3. Cord Jakobeit, Chris Methmann (Hamburg University):
“Climate refugees” as dawning catastrophe? A critique of the dominant quest for numbers
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15:30 – 17:00 Parallel session 4 (IFSH/ZNF Seminar Room, Beim Schlump 83)
B. Water scarcity and flood disasters as conflict constellations
Moderator: Hans Christian Gils (Hamburg University)
1. Paul I. Mukwaya, Shuaib Lwasa, Hannington Sengendo, Nur Osman Hirabe (Makerere University):
Enhancing resilience and security of low income communities to climate change in growing cities:
an assessment of flood management and planning regimes in Kampala City, Uganda
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2. Felix B. Olorunfemi (University of Cape Town):
Climate change, vulnerability and disasters: Implications for human security in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
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3. Linda Wallbott (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main):
International policies of climate change and disaster prevention as tools of sustainable peace-building –
suitable concept or Western paternalism?
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17:30 – 19:00 Reception / Dinner (ZMAW, room 022/23), Poster session (ZMAW, room 022/23), Book presentation (ZMAW, seminar room 101)
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19:30 Public panel discussion (ZMAW, room 022/23): How stable are human societies to climate change?
Moderator: Denise Völker (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy)
Panel members:
* Michael Brzoska (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy)
* Alexander Carius (Adelphi Research Berlin)
* Heinz Dieter Jopp (Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr)
* Bo Kjellén (Stockholm Environment Institute)
* Úrsula Oswald Spring (National University of Mexico)
Friday, November 20, 2009
9:00 - 10:30 Plenary session 2 (ZMAW, room 022/23)
Moderator: Michael Brzoska (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy)
9:00 Alexander Carius (Adelphi Research Berlin):
Governmental and institutional responses to the challenges of climate security and conflict
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9:30 Oli Brown (IISD Geneva):
Security risks, violent conflicts and regional hot spots of climate change
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10:00 Jürgen Scheffran, Michael Link, Janpeter Schilling (Hamburg University):
Theories and models of the climate-security link
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10:30 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel session 5 (ZMAW, room 022/23)
A. National, regional and individual perspectives on climate hot spots
Moderator: Anita Engels (Hamburg University)
1. Pedram Rowhani, Olivier Degomme, Debarati Guha-Sapir, Eric Lambin (McGill University):
Malnutrition and conflict in East Africa: the impacts of resource variability on human security
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2. Dennis Kumetat (London School of Economics and Political Science):
Climate change in the Persian Gulf – regional security, sustainability strategies and research needs
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3. Achim Maas, Kerstin Fritzsche (Adelphi Research Berlin):
Altering regional security dynamics – climate change impacts on Iraq
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11:00 – 12:30 Parallel session 6 (ZMAW, seminar room 133)
A. Theoretical perspectives and integrated approaches
Moderator: Matthias Basedau (German Institute of Global and Area Studies)
1. Josh Busby, Todd G. Smith, Kaiba White (University of Texas Austin):
Locating climate insecurity: Where are the vulnerable places in Africa?
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2. Ole Magnus Theisen, Helge Holtermann, Halvard Buhaug (PRIO Oslo):
Drought, political exclusion, and civil war
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3. M. Julia Trombetta (Delft University of Technology):
Climate change in the environmental conflict debate
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4. Angela Oels (Hamburg University):
The "vulnerable" as "becoming dangerous": The relevance of a Foucaultian framework for studying the “securitization” of climate change
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12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Parallel session 7 (ZMAW, room 022/23)
B. National, regional and individual perspectives on climate hot spots
Moderator: Jürgen Oßenbrügge (Hamburg University)
1. Mustafa Saroar, Jayant K. Routray (Asian Institute of Technology):
Exploring the relationship between climate awareness and adaptation efficacy for anticipatory adaptation
against the impacts of sea level rise on livelihood security in coastal Bangladesh
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2. Ruchi Mudaliar, Parul Rishi (Indian Institute of Forest Management):
A psychological perspective to climate stress in coastal India
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3. Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin, Anis Chowdhury (University of Western Sydney):
Routine violence in the Javanese districts: neo-Malthusian and social justice perspectives
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4. Guillermo Andrés Ospina (Universidad del Cauca):
“Protected” areas as potential violent conflicts theatre
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14:00 – 15:30 Parallel session 8 (ZMAW, seminar room 133)
B. Theoretical perspectives and integrated approaches
Moderator: Angela Oels (Hamburg University)
1. Peter F. Nardulli (University of Illinois):
The SPEED project, climate change and societal stability
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2. Ravi Bhavnani (Michigan State University):
Scarcity, abundance and conflict: a complex new world?
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3. Jasmin Kominek (Hamburg University):
A path dependency approach – on climate change, social stress and violent conflict
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15:30 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Parallel session 9 (ZMAW, room 022/23)
A. Institutional and Policy Perspectives
Moderator: Cord Jakobeit (Hamburg University)
1. Steve Wright (School of Applied Global Ethics):
Policing borders in a time of rapid climate change
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2. Dan Smith, Janani Vivekananda (International Alert):
Climate change, conflict and fragility: policies for development, adaptation and peacebuilding
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3. Bo Kjellén, Peter Wallensteen (Stockholm Environment Institute):
Climate change, peacekeeping and perspectives for UN reform
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16:00 – 17:30 Parallel session 10 (ZMAW, seminar room 133)
C. Theoretical perspectives and integrated approaches
Moderator: Benjamin Stephan (Hamburg University)
1. Avinash Godbole (Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses):
Climate change and national security: need for divergence
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2. Delf Rothe (Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg):
Security as a weapon: how cataclysm-discourses frame international climate negotiations
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3. Beniam Awash (Binghamton University):
Political ecology and climate conflict research
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4. Anastasios Karafoulidis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens):
Audience; the weak link in the securitization process of the environment?
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17:45 – 18:30 Concluding plenary session / networking (ZMAW, room 022/23)
A complete set of all abstracts is available here.
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Conference venues
KlimaCampus Building
Grindelberg 5
20144 Hamburg
IFSH/ZNF Building
Beim Schlump 83
20144 Hamburg
ZMAW Building
Bundesstraße 53
20146 Hamburg
The conference venues are all located within a few minutes walking distance from each other. The ZMAW Building is situated right next to the 18-floor university building, the Geomatikum, which is just across the street of the underground station Schlump. This station can be reached with lines U2 and U3 of Hamburg rapid transit. The IFSH/ZNF Building is just one block away from the ZMAW Building and is located directly opposite the bus stop Bundesstraße of metrobus lines 4 and 15. The KlimaCampus Building is located two blocks further North. The bus stop Bezirksamt Eimsbüttel of metrobus lines 5 and 15 can be found directly outside the building.
A map of the vicinity of the conference venue can be downloaded here.
Contact
Research Group Climate Change and Security
KlimaCampus Hamburg
Center for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Hamburg University
Bundesstrasse 53
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Scheffran (juergen.scheffran[at]zmaw.de)
Dr. P. Michael Link (michael.link[at]zmaw.de)
Janpeter Schilling (janpeter.schilling[at]zmaw.de)
Last update: January 25, 2010