Nomination for the Environment of Peace 2022 High-level panel

At the suggestion of the Swiss Federal Department of Federal Affairs, our colleague Jörg Balsiger has joined the high-level panel of international experts to guide the Environment of Peace initiative (EP2022).

Leading up to the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Conference), the flagship initiative is carried out by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. EP2022 seeks to promote global understanding of the impacts that simultaneous environmental crises are having on peace and insecurity. It will examine the drivers of and linkages between environmental change and its social dimensions, analyzing climate change as well as the consequences of issues such as the loss of biodiversity, water insecurity and land degradation. It will explore the challenges and opportunities ahead, presenting clear and practical recommendations that can be adopted at different levels of decision making.

The high-level panel is chaired by Margot Wallström, former Swedish Foreign Minister and former European Commissioner for Environment, and includes among others Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former Administrator of the UN Development Programme, and Johan Rockström, co-Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.