The panel compares three scales. Local communities experience climate change through concrete events such as forest fires, floods and drought. Türkiye's energy and climate policies show how a state balances energy security, development and climate commitments. The European Union links climate, energy and competitiveness in one framework, and its choices shape the options of its neighbours.

Hosted by SETA in the COP31 Blue Zone, the panel brings together a former minister and scholars from Türkiye working on security and the environment.

The panel will discuss whether the agreement can grow from a declaration of political solidarity into a credible collective defence mechanism

In this first session of the "Visions from Regional Capitals" web panel series, launched under SETA's Middle East: Order from Within research agenda, the panel will discuss whether the region is entering another cycle of conflict or a search for an order built from within.