While climate change is a global driver of instability, the Middle East and North Africa region stands out as a climate security hotspot, where environmental pressures and conflict dynamics reinforce one another. As the conflict between Iran, the U.S., and Israel intensifies and continues to spill over across the region, its consequences extend far beyond the battlefield, increasing pressure on food systems, water resources, energy infrastructure, and forcefully displacing communities in Iran, Lebanon, and elsewhere across the region.
This webinar, hosted by the Stimson Center’s Environmental Security Program and the AMENA Foundation, will bring together leading voices to examine how the intersection of war and climate change is driving new forms of insecurity, particularly in already fragile environments. Focusing on human security, the conversation will address food and water scarcity, energy disruptions, displacement and migration flows, and broader societal impacts.
Featured Speakers
Gidon Bromberg, Israel Director, EcoPeace Middle East
Reva Dhingra, Associate Director of Policy & Planning for Crisis Response, Recovery, and Development, International Rescue Committee
Merissa Khurma, Founder and CEO, AMENA Foundation
Nazanine Moshiri, Senior Advisor for Climate & Peace, Berghof Foundation
Lauren Herzer Risi, Senior Fellow and Director, Environmental Security Program (Moderator)
Nilo Tabrizy, Investigative Journalist
