On Thursday 10 December 2009 David Robson, Head of Energy and Environmental Foresight, Directorate for Business, Enterprise and Energy, The Scottish Government, and Carol Dumaine, Deputy Director for Energy and Environmental Security, Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, U.S. Department of Energy will speak on “Security, Climate Change and Uncertainty: Rethinking Strategic Risk” from 5-6pm.
The discussion will be moderated by Andrew Holland, Programme Manager and Research Associate,Transatlantic Dialogue on Climate Change and Security.
The threat of climate change will require a reassessment of how the security community looks at risk. Carol Dumaine and David Robson are the founders of the Global Energy & Environment Strategic Ecosystem, a collaborative international network. Carol Dumaine will focus on the need to create new capacities in the security community for dealing with the unexpected, such as threats related to climate change, and David Robson will discuss lessons learned about how to respond to non‐traditional threats like climate change. There will be time for discussion.
Registration and Reception 16:45‐17:00hrs
Presentation and Discussion 17:00‐18:00hrs
1850 K Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
As space is limited, RSVPs (acceptances only) will be accepted in the order in which they are received. Kindly RSVP no later than Tuesday, 8 December 2009.
E‐mail: events‐washington@iiss.org Tel: 202.659.1490
