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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 08:00
Security check-in, registration and marketplace
Foyer
08:30 - 09:00
Working Coffee
Foyer
09:00 - 09:10

Welcome

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 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 peacebuilding? 

 
11:10 - 12:20

Breakout Session 

Environmental crime and climate change

 
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

Women, Peace and Security

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

13:50 - 14:10

Spotlight session

Weathering Risk Peace Pillar 

 
13:50 - 14:10

Spotlight session

Climate security and disinformation

 
14:10 - 14:40
Coffee and transfer break
Foyer
14:40 - 15:50

Breakout Session 

Beyond the paradox: Rethinking vulnerability and resilience in policy in island nations

 
14:40 - 15:50

Breakout Session 

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

 
14:40 - 15:50

Breakout Session 

Rebuilding for resilience: Climate-smart post-conflict recovery

 
14:40 - 15:50

Breakout Session 

Channeling private investments into green energy, agriculture and nature-based solutions: What has worked?

 
14:40 - 15:50

Breakout Session 

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

 
15:50 - 16:20
Coffee and transfer break
Foyer
16:20 - 17:05

Plenary Session 3

Beyond Borders: Regional and minilateral climate security in action

Plenary
(Weltsaal)

🎬 Live streamed

17:05 - 17:15

Closing remarks

 
17:15 - 19:15
Networking reception with warm food and drinks
Foyer