In a world in which multiple crises overlap, climate change presents new challenges to the work of the humanitarian sector in terms of the scale and speed of responses needed from a sector already under massive pressure. What can humanitarians do when confronted with this reality, and what moral dilemmas will they have to face?
Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at Blackfriars Hall and the Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, will discuss the importance of establishing a new framework for humanitarian aid in response to the prolonged emergency of climate change. His keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion with:
- Aida Mengistu, Deputy Head and Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Peer-2-Peer support
- Sandeep Sengupta, Global Policy Lead for Climate Change, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and Visiting Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Masters, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Jenifer Vaughan, Spokesperson, UN Special Envoy for Syria and former Journalist, CNN and Al Jazeera (Moderator)
The event will be introduced by Achim Wennmann, Professor of Practice in the Interdisciplinary Programme, Nagulendran Chair in Peace Mediation, and Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and is organised in partnership with the Geneva Policy Outlook.
