The Institute for National security Studies (INSS) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Israel (KAS Israel) conducted an online conference titled “Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions – Climate Change and the Future of the Middle East.” The conference featured experts from Israel and other countries in the region, including Qatar and Jordan, who discussed the implications of climate change for security and stability in the Middle East.
Participants:
Dr. Alexander Brakel, Head of the Foreign Office of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in Israel
Dr. Deborah Sandler, Oxford Martin School Fellow; Chair, Track II Environmental Forum at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog, International Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; former Chief of Staff, Israel's Minister of Defense
Tessa Terpstra, Counsellor, MENA Regional Envoy for Water and Energy Security, Embassy of the Netherlands based in Amman, Jordan
Ghaith al-Omari, Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; former Palestinian Authority official and advisor to Palestinian negotiation team on final status issues
Neeshad Shafi, Executive Director of Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar; MIT Climate Co-Lab Fellow
Dr. Shira Efron, Senior Researcher, INSS; Special Advisor on Israel with the RAND Corporation; Adjunct Scholar at the Modern War Institute, West Point