Mistra Geopolitics seminar on geopolitics and sustainability
May 13, 2024 by in
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  • The Swedish Representation to the UN, Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, New York
  • May 14, 2024
  • Tuesday, 15:00PM to 16:30PM
  • Mistra Geopolitics

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Researchers from Mistra Geopolitics will host a seminar on geopolitics and sustainability at the Swedish Representation to the UN in New York. The event will be chaired by Annika Markovic, Sweden’s Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia and permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna who is a board member in Mistra Geopolitics.

Mistra Geopolitics is one of the largest international research programs entirely focusing on the interactions between climate change, geopolitics, and human security. The consortium consists of six partners: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI; host institution), Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), the Universities of Linköping, Lund, Stockholm, and Uppsala and the think tanks E3G and Adelphi. 

Mistra Geopolitics aims to develop strategies to better navigate and tackle increasing geopolitical insecurity while taking advantage of opportunities created through innovation and technological development. We work across four broad themes: food security, sustainable oceans, decarbonization and foresight and emerging technologies and the seminar will cover topics across all our four research themes.

Programme and Speakers

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Annika Markovic, Sweden’s Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia. Permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna
  • Björn-Ola LinnĂ©r, Professor, Linköping University and Programme Director for Mistra Geopolitics

Climate Risks to Food Security – the adaptation challenge

  • Lisa Dellmuth, Professor, Stockholm University and Co-Director of the Stockholm Center on Global Governance

Geopolitics of decarbonization – Competitors and friends?

Prospects for international collaboration and development in the race to secure critical raw materials for the green transition

  • Henrik Carlsen, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute and Co-Director of Mistra Geopolitics

Q&A

Artificial intelligence as a power shifter in sustainable development

  • Henrik Carlsen, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute and Co-Director of Mistra Geopolitics

SDG interlinkages and how they can advance the 2030 Agenda

  • Therese Bennich, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute

Sustainable oceans – how geopolitical dynamics shape the prospects for legitimate and effective governance of the oceans

  • Björn-Ola LinnĂ©r, Professor, Linköping University and Programme Director for Mistra Geopolitics

Q&A and Closing Remarks

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