Project CASA featured at Workshop on “Climate and Security Action: The Role of Civil-Military Cooperation”

Sofia, Bulgaria, 16-18 July 2024

Several experts from GMACCC and Project CASA were among the ca. 25 speakers and more than 60 particpants at the NATO Science for Peace Programme Advanced Research Workshop on “Climate and Security Action: The Role of Civil-Military Cooperation” in Sofia, Bulgaria, 16-18 July.

The 3-day event was organised by the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).in association with Project CASA.

Other members of the Organising Committee were Tom Deligiannis (CSAC), Ron Kingham (EDRC) and  Jessica Olcott Yllemo (ASP).

The purpose of the workshop was to meet the need for relevant and timely advice from defence and security experts, foster the next generation of experts and contribute to officials’ and public understanding of defence and security issues including the climate and security nexus.

UPDATE: 27 November 2025 - The report of the NATO Science for Peace Programme Advanced Research Workshop on “Climate and Security Action: The Role of Civil-Military Cooperation” has just been published by IOS Press in the NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. 

The 95-page report was edited by Orlin Nikolov, CMDR, Anna Brach, GCSP and Richard Brewin, Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Security and Science for Peace and Security Programme, NATO.

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