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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 |
09:00 - 09:05 | WelcomeJanani Vivekananda, Head of Programme, adelphi global | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
09:05 - 09:15 | Opening ImpulseH.E. Dr. Géza Andreas von Geyr, State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
09:15 - 10:00 | Plenary Session 1 Climate in the crosshairs: Security, scarcity, and power in a warming worldHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
10:00 - 10:45 | Plenary Session 2 Bridging the gap: Innovative climate finance for fragile statesHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee and transfer break | Foyer |
11:15 - 12:25 | Breakout Session The policy dimensions of cross-boundary climate-related human mobilityHosted by adelphi global and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
11:15 - 12:25 | Breakout Session No defence readiness without climate readinessHosted by adelphi global, the German Federal Ministry of Defence and the German Federal Foreign Office | Breakout room 1(Willy-Brandt-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
11:15 - 12:25 | Breakout Session Water, peace and conflict: Can water be an entry point for peace?Hosted by the Geneva Water Hub | Breakout room 2(Adenauer-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
| 11:15 - 12:25 | Breakout Session The geopolitics of the energy transitionHosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | Breakout room 3(Stresemann-Saal) |
11:15 - 12:25 | Breakout Session Bridging climate and environmental security and crimes that affect the environmentHosted by adelphi global, INTERPOL and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUKN) | Breakout room 4(Rathenau-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
12:25 - 14:00 | Lunch | Foyer |
23 October 2025
Afternoon
Time | Session | Venue |
|---|---|---|
14:00 - 14:20 | Spotlight session 25 years of Women, Peace and Security - What has been achieved?Hosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
14:20 - 14:40 | Conversation Weathering Risk Peace PillarHosted by adelphi global | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
14:40 - 15:00 | Conversation Climate security and disinformationHosted by the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE) | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee and transfer break | Foyer |
| 15:20 - 16:30 | Breakout Session Rebuilding for resilience: Climate-smart post-conflict recoveryHosted by adelphi global | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
15:20 - 16:30 | Breakout Session Rethinking vulnerability and resilience in island nationsHosted by adelphi global | Breakout room 1(Willy-Brandt-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
15:20 - 16:30 | Breakout Session Climate resilience to strengthen our security: Impacts of global climate change on national securityHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Breakout room 2(Adenauer-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
15:20 - 16:30 | Breakout Session Strategic minerals, strategic futures: Africa at the heart of shifting global securityHosted by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) – Africa Programme | Breakout room 3(Stresemann-Saal) |
| 15:20 - 16:30 | Breakout Session Private investments for climate action in fragile and conflict-affected settingsHosted by International Alert, CrossBoundary Advisory and PeaceNexus Foundation | Breakout room 4(Rathenau-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
16:30 - 16:50 | Coffee and transfer break | Foyer |
16:50 - 17:35 | Plenary Session 3 Beyond Borders: Regional and plurilateral climate security in actionHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
17:35 - 17:45 | Closing RemarksMarcus Hicken, Director for Energy Diplomacy, Climate and Security, German Federal Foreign Office Anka Feldhusen, Director for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Stabilisation, German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
17:45 - 19:45 | Networking reception with warm food and drinks | Foyer |