The Stimson Center and the Green Climate Fund will host a multi-speaker panel on how early climate investment in adaptation, food systems, and water security can reduce the risk of conflict and displacement, and the unique position of international financial institutions and creative partnerships to make that case.
This event is being hosted in conjunction with DC Climate Week.
Featured Speakers
Kavita Sinha, Special Advisor to the Executive Director, Green Climate Fund
Ainte Abdihakim, Director, Food Security and Climate Change, Office of the Prime Minister, Federal Government of Somalia
Tara Clerkin, Climate Resilience Global Practice Lead, International Rescue Committee
David Akana, Program Manager, Mongabay’s Africa Bureau
Lauren Herzer Risi, Senior Fellow and Director, Environmental Security Program (Moderator)