Kastelholm Talks 2020: War, Peace and the Environment
On Åland’s demilitarisation day, Monday 30 March 2020, the Åland Islands Peace Institute organized – for the sixth time – the Kastelholm Talks on Peace, with the theme War, Peace and the Environment. Due to the coronavirus and the measures to stop its spread, this year’s Kastelholm Talks could not be held as usual in Kastelholm’s castle and at the restaurant Smakbyn. Instead, a digital version of the Kastelholm Talks was held in collaboration with Nordic Institute on Åland (Nipå), where the speakers participated through an internet connection and the audience could send their questions by e-mail. On the same day, almost 300 people watched the conversations either live or in retrospect. The crisis gives us the opportunity to understand the gravity of the situation and adjust to change. If we do nothing about climate change, then in the future we will live in a state of emergency that is permanent, rather than temporary like what we have experienced now due to the corona crisis. This was one of the messages of the 2020 digital Kastelholm Talks where the patron of the talks, President Tarja Halonen, conversed with Margot Wallström, Marja Lehto, Pella Thiel, Mikael Sjövall and Emma Hakala. This […]