Event series: National Dialogues at crossroads | National Dialogues x Climate Change

Climate change is regarded by many as the biggest challenge facing humanity today. A great deal of time and energy has rightly been spent trying to identify how to mitigate the physical impacts of climate change. Less time, however, has been dedicated to identifying how to address the social upheaval that will come with it.
At the launch event of the paper “National Dialogues x Climate Change”, we explored whether National Dialogues may be one mechanism to address climate-related social change, mitigate vulnerability and enhance resilience. During the event, experts and practitioners discussed how climate change can act as a catalyst for National Dialogues. Drawing on experiences from Sudan, France and Chile, speakers discussed opportunities and challenges of designing National Dialogues in the context of conflict, energy transition or systems change.
Opening remarks by Andrew Gilmour, Executive Director, Berghof Foundation
Panel discussion with:
McKenzie Johnson, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Pauliina Törmä, Political Affairs Officer and former lead on climate change and peace processes at the United Nations Mediation Support Unit
Nicolás Santa María, former Legal and Political Advisor to the Constitutional Convention in Chile
Moderated by Sonja Neuweiler, Senior Advisor in the Middle East and North Africa Department, Berghof Foundation.