Climate and Security in Colombia -- Taped Live

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 2 a.m.

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This episode was taped live in front of a virtual audience and featured four panelists discussing the intersection of climate and security in Colombia.\\xa0

The experts and policymakers featured in this conversation bring diverse backgrounds and perspectives on the links between climate variability and security in an historically conflict-prone country.\\xa0

This episode is part of a series of episodes examining the relationship between climate and security, produced in partnership with CGIAR, the world\'s largest global agricultural innovation network.\\xa0\\xa0

Panelists include:\\xa0

Governor Luis Fernando Suarez, is\\xa0 acting governor of the Antioquia department, Former Secretary of Government during several periods and a key player in the efforts city and regional governments deployed since the 90\\u2019s to counter different waves of political and criminal violence in the Department.\\xa0

Angelika Rettberg,\\xa0 professor of Political Science at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogot\\xe1, Colombia. She was part of the government delegation that tried to negotiate with the ELN, which is\\xa0 one of the older insurgent groups that has not signed a peace agreement with the government.\\xa0

Frank Pearl, former Minister of Environment of Colombia, the High Presidential Commissioner for Reintegration,\\xa0 and Senior Lead Peace negotiator during the peace talks between the Colombian Government and the FARC, which lead to the Peace agreement of 2016.\\xa0 He was also chief negotiator with the ELN\\xa0

\\xa0Juan Lucas Restrepo, \\xa0Director General of the Alliance between Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture with CGIAR

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