BCSC New York 2026 Speaker Overview | BCSC

BCSC New York 2026 Speaker Overview

Hisham Al-Omeisy

Senior Yemen Advisor, European Institute of Peace

Jesuino de Oliveira Alves

Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Timor-Leste to the UN

Cynthia Brady

Senior Advisor, adelphi

H.E. Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett

Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations

H.E. Ambassador Lara Daniel

Permanent Representative of Nauru to the UN

Jesus Enrique II Garcia

Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the UN

Jestino Sharty Gaye Sr.

First Secretary and Climate Change Expert, Permanent Mission of Liberia to the United Nations

Angélica Jácome

Director, FAO Liaison Office with the UN

Tendai E. Kasinganeti

Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, United Nations Office to the African Union

H.E. Ambassador Helen King

ECOSOC Ambassador of the United Kingdom

H.E. Dr. Bernhard Kotsch

State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office

H.E. Ambassador Erastus Lokaale

Permanent Represenative of Kenya to the UN

Barbra Lukunka

Senior Policy and Programme Officer, IOM

Kaveh Madani

Director, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) (tbc)

Habib Mayar

Deputy Secretary-General, G7+ Secretariat (tbc)

Tanya Merceron

Climate Peace and Security Advisor, UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)

H.E. Ligia Noronha

Assistant Secretary General, United Nations Environment Programme

Caroline Pellaton

Director of Operations, Geneva Water Hub

Benjamin Pohl

Director, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi

Sarah Rosengaertner

Deputy Managing Director, Global Centre for Climate Mobility

Erin Sikorsky

Director, Center for Climate and Security

H.E. Ambassador Ksenija Škrilec

Special Envoy on Climate Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

Dionisio Da Costa Babo Soares

Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Timor-Leste to the UN

Elvis Tangem

Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, Lake Chad Basin

Jamie Tarawa

Climate Security Advisor - Pacific Islands Forum, United Nations Development Programme (CSM)

H.E. Andžejs Viļumsons

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia

Eustace Wallace

Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the UN

Charity Watson

Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

Dr Dieudonne Pascal Alda Yaka

Programme Specialist, Climate and Security, United Nations Development Programme

Ambassador Thomas Zahneisen

Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations (tbc)