From 7-9 October 2025, ICEED participated in the fifth and final session of the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Drafting Group on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence (CDDH-IA) at the Council’s headquarters in Strasbourg, France. The group was created in July 2024 by the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) with a mandate to develop a [...]
On July 7, 2025, His Majesty King Charles III, Royal Founding President of The King’s Foundation, attended the opening ceremony for the first ever Harmony Summit at Highgrove Gardens in Gloucestershire, England. The fire ceremony was carried out by the Earth Elders, an international council of Indigenous elders. The Harmony Summit, which was organized in [...]
On May 28-29, 2025, ICEED participated in an event hosted by the Japanese AI Expert Support Center of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI): the Tokyo Innovation Workshop. This was the first such event since GPAI entered its new phase, coined “GPAI 2.0,” following its integration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [...]
On April 7, 2025, ICEED attended a high-level conference convened by the NATO Defence College Foundation (NDCF) focused on the Eastern European region. The conference featured strategic discussions focused on Ukraine's reconstruction, European security, and the challenges facing Eastern Europe in the context of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war. The event brought together international experts, Ukrainian [...]
Jointly organized by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and IEA (International Energy Agency), the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) Global Forum serves as a platform for promoting dialogue and enhancing understanding of key issues related to international climate change negotiations and implementation of the Paris Agreement. It is held twice a year [...]
On March 3, 2025, the NATO Defence College Foundation (NDCF) hosted a high-level roundtable discussion, bringing together strategic minds to address emerging security and economic challenges across the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions. The event took place against the backdrop of intensifying global tensions. China's growing influence and its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine have [...]
The evolving landscape of global security, increasingly intertwined with the imperatives of climate adaptation and energy transition, is prompting even long-standing alliances to adapt their strategies. Photo Credit: NATO Defense College at Center for High Defense Studies (Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa) This dynamic was evident on December 12, 2024, when the North Atlantic [...]
The ICEED delegation was warmly received by Christophe Speckbacher, the head of the Secretariat for the CoE’s Conference of International Non-Governmental Associations (CINGO). This distinctive forum within the CoE offers NGOs an unparalleled opportunity to discuss critical issues under consideration in Strasbourg ranging from the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) to the safeguarding of press [...]
Hosted by Colonel Jan Østrup-Møller, Chief of Staff and MA to the Commandant of the NATO Defense College, Lieutenant General Max A.L.T. Nielsen, the recent exchange between ICEED and the NATO Defense College offered more than formalities—it marked a pivotal moment in aligning strategic foresight with global defense education. On December 10, 2024, ICEED’s high-level [...]
Recognizing the importance of dialogue at the intersection of environmental economics and defense, the International Council on Environmental Economics and Development (ICEED) convened a high-level delegation that met with Italian military officials on December 9, 2024. The venue for this crucial discussion was the Center for High Defense Studies (Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa), [...]
