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Kindly note this agenda is preliminary and subject to changes. 

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23 October 2025

Morning

Time
Session
Venue
from 07:30
Security check-in, registration and marketplace
Foyer
08:00 - 08:55
Working Coffee
Foyer
08:55 - 09:00

Welcome

Janani Vivekananda, Head of Programme, adelphi 

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Impulse

H.E. Dr. Géza Andreas von Geyr, State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

09:10 - 09:55

Plenary Session 1

Climate in the crosshairs: Security, scarcity, and power in a warming world

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

09:55 - 10:40

Plenary Session 2

Bridging the gap: Innovative climate finance for fragile states

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

10:40 - 11:10
Coffee and transfer break
Foyer
11:10 - 12:20

Breakout Session 

The policy dimensions of cross-boundary climate-related human mobility

 
11:10 - 12:20

Breakout Session 

The geopolitics of the energy transition

 
11:10 - 12:20

Breakout Session 

Water, peace and conflict: Can water be an entry point for peace?

 
11:10 - 12:20

Breakout Session 

Bridging climate security and environmental crime: Latin America's interconnected challenge

 
11:10 - 12:20

Breakout Session 

No defence readiness without climate readiness 

 
12:20 - 13:50
Lunch
Foyer
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23 October 2025

Afternoon

Time
Session
Venue
13:50 - 14:10

Spotlight session

25 years of Women, Peace and Security - what has been achieved? 

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

14:10 - 14:30

Conversation

Weathering Risk Peace Pillar 

 
14:30 - 14:50

Conversation

Climate security and disinformation

 
14:50 - 15:10
Coffee and transfer break
Foyer
15:10 - 16:20

Breakout Session 

Rethinking vulnerability and resilience in island nations

 
15:10 - 16:20

Breakout Session 

Climate resilience to strengthen our security: Impacts of global climate change on national security 

 
15:10 - 16:20

Breakout Session 

Rebuilding for resilience: Climate-smart post-conflict recovery

 
15:10 - 16:20

Breakout Session 

Private investments for climate action in fragile and conflict-affected settings

 
15:10 - 16:20

Breakout Session 

Strategic minerals, strategic futures: Africa at the heart of shifting global security

 
16:20 - 16:40
Coffee and transfer break
Foyer
16:40 - 17:25

Plenary Session 3

Beyond Borders: Regional and plurilateral climate security in action

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

17:25 - 17:30

Closing remarks

 
17:30 - 19:30
Networking reception with warm food and drinks
Foyer