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Media Advisory: Climate Trends, Expected Impacts & What Can Be Done?

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Topics: Current climate warming trend, its expected impact, what can be done and upcoming associated conference.

About this Event

This media advisory event will be hosted on May 4th at 11 am and be about the current climate warming trend, its expected impact on human security and what should be done to mobilize for this climate emergency. 

We will also introduce the related online conference, Impacts of Climate Change on Human Security: What Can Be Done?, to be held May 18th and 19th, 2021. Information on this conference can be found at: csc.climatesan.org.

This pre-conference media advisory event, hosted by the Climate Solutions Advancement Network (ClimateSAN) in conjunction with the NATO Association of Canada (NAOC), will include: 

1) Moderator – Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, US Representative, We Don’t Have Time.

2) Short animated video about the current climate warming trend that the world is on and what the world will be like if this trend continues. 

3) Building broad-based support for climate action on a sufficiently large scale:

a) How security experts can help ‘bridge the gap between believers and doubters’ by Prof. Michael Klare, Secretary for the Board of Directors for the Arms Control Association and Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS).

b) Develop strategies with civil society (NGOs) to enable everyone to benefit from large-scale climate action  by Paul Stevers, Co-founder, Climate Solutions Advancement Network (ClimateSAN).

4) What to expect at our conference about climate, security, solutions and finance on May 18th and 19th by Dr. Leif Rosenberger, Adjunct Scholar, Modern War Institute at West Point and Director of Education, Economics and Security Strategy at ClimateSAN.

5) NATO and Climate Security by Robert Baines President of the NATO Association of Canada

For more information on this Media Advisory Event, visit: https://climatesan.org/mac

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  • The mission of NATO Association of Canada is to promote peace, prosperity, and security through knowledge and understanding of the importance of NATO.

    We strive to educate and engage Canadians about NATO and NATO’s goal of peace, prosperity and security. NATO Association of Canada ensures that we have an informed citizenry able to contribute to discussions about Canada’s role on the world stage.

    As a leading member of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), NATO Association of Canada has strong and enduring ties with sister organizations in many of the alliance countries, as well as members of NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” and “Mediterranean Dialogue” programmes. The NAOC has had a leading role in the recent transformation and modernization of the ATA, and helped to create and develop the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA).

    The NAOC has strong ties with the Government of Canada including Global Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence. We are constantly working to create and maintain relationships with international organizations such as the World Bank Group, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, NATO Headquarters, the International Criminal Court, and other prominent international NGOs and think tanks.

     

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NATO Association of Canada

The mission of NATO Association of Canada is to promote peace, prosperity, and security through knowledge and understanding of the importance of NATO.

We strive to educate and engage Canadians about NATO and NATO’s goal of peace, prosperity and security. NATO Association of Canada ensures that we have an informed citizenry able to contribute to discussions about Canada’s role on the world stage. As a leading member of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), NATO Association of Canada has strong and enduring ties with sister organizations in many of the alliance countries, as well as members of NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” and “Mediterranean Dialogue” programmes. The NAOC has had a leading role in the recent transformation and modernization of the ATA, and helped to create and develop the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA). The NAOC has strong ties with the Government of Canada including Global Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence. We are constantly working to create and maintain relationships with international organizations such as the World Bank Group, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, NATO Headquarters, the International Criminal Court, and other prominent international NGOs and think tanks.  

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