International UNITAR Research Conference: Call for papers
The first United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) International Research Conference and research network event will take place between 23-24 November, 2023. Over the two days, the conference and network event will address the theme - Climate Security: Peace and Security Consequences of Climate Change.
The conference which is hosted by UNITAR (Division for Peace), together with Technological University Dublin, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC, Spain), and the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) will take place at the UN Campus, Bonn, Germany.
Conference registration is now open
The conference is intended to bring together researchers engaged in the Security Management, Peace & Development Studies, Economics, Resources, Political Science, Public, Disaster and Emergency Health, and Environmental Sciences doing climate change research. Doctoral students are strongly encouraged to submit papers for consideration. Applied research pieces and case studies coming from professionals and practitioners are also encouraged to apply.
Call for papers:
Research contributions addressing any aspects of climate security are welcome. Besides the theme, other papers in the fields of climate change and environmental sciences with a particular reference to security aspects may also be submitted. The call aims to explore the threats and risks that derivate from climate change and affect the peace and security prospects. Abstract submission should be made by 21 July, 2023.
Proposed themes & interrelated topics
- The UN Climate Change, Security, and Peace Nexus
- Security: The geo-political and security issues related to climate change
- Disaster Risk Reduction, Emergency Operations, Public Health and Climate Change
- Climate Change and Emergency and Disaster Medicine
- Renewable & Solar Energy in Fragile Settings
- Data analysis and data management to assess climate change risks and climate change mitigation
- The Climate-Conflict Nexus is related to resource wars, insurgency, and terrorism
- Organized Crime and Climate Change (including corruption, resource extraction and conflict-generating potentials)
- Climate Security and Higher Education
- Geo-economics of climate change and interrelated security situations
- Globalization and climate security inequalities
- Governments and international organizations respond to climate-related security risks
- Climate change and resources management risks
- Waste management security
- Climate Change, Inequality, Minimum Access, and Just Earth Systems Boundaries
- Climate Finance, Accounting, Disclosure, Reporting and Assurance
- Pedagogical Approaches for Climate Change Education
- Global Citizenship Education and the SDGs for Climate Change
- Transdisciplinary Pedagogy for Climate Change Education
- Interplay between Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business Models: Opportunities and Challenges
- The Triple Bottom Line: Climate Change, Fragility, and Peacebuilding through Business Models