Programme

Working language: english

10:00 Welcome address: Bernardo Monzani, AP

10:10 – 11:00 Session 1 | Heating up: peacebuilding and climate change
Guiding questions: Can peacebuilding contribute to prepare and respond to a crisis foretold?
What is the expected impact of climate change on world conflicts in the next decade?

Roberta Dirosa, European External Action Service
Vanessa Nakate, Climate Change Activist and Founder of The Rise Up Movement
Nina Hall, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Chair: Angelo Mastrandrea, journalist, Internazionale and Il Manifesto

11:00 – 12:00 Session 2 | The peace-mobility nexus 
Guiding questions: How does human mobility affect peace and conflict dynamics?
How will the current restrictions on mobility affect conflicts and peacebuilding in the next years?

Marco Lombardo, Municipality of Bologna
Caterina Guidi, AP
Nello Scavo, journalist, Avvenire

Chair: Annalisa Camilli, journalist, Internazionale

12:00 – 13:00 Session 3 | The future of peacebuilding after the pandemic
Guiding questions: Will the current emergency eclipse the work for peace?
Are there lessons to learn from this crisis in managing conflicts?
Could the fight against a common enemy make the international community more peaceful?

Albert Gerard Koenders, World Bank Special Envoy on Fragility
Sonya Reines-Djivanides, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office
Francesco Strazzari, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Stefano Ruzza, University of Torino

Chair: Bernardo Venturi, AP