This episode of Global Dispatches was recorded as a live taping of the podcast, produced in partnership with CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. Global Dispatches and CGIAR are partnering on a series of episodes about the nexus between climate and security.

In our conversation today expert panelists discuss the path to resilient societies in a polycrisis era and soft launch CGIAR's new Climate Security Sensitivity Tool to assess the peace potential of climate adaptation

The episode kicks off with some opening remarks from, Peter Laderach, Co-lead CGIAR Climate Security, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

I then moderate a panel discussion featuring :

Carolina Sarzana – Climate Security Specialist with CGIAR, the Alliance of Bioveristy and CIAT

Linda Ogallo – Climate Change Adaptation Expert at the Climate Prediction and Applications Centre, Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Suzanna Huber -- Climate and Energy Advisor World Food Programme, Regional Bureau Eastern Africa

Erick Mariga -- Regional Fragility and Resilience Coordinator, at the Africa Development Bank Group

Mana Farooghi -- Climate and Environment Adviser at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office