Click here to view the side events taking place 5 and 7 October.
Please note that this agenda is preliminary and subject to change. Additional partners and locations of breakout sessions will be added soon.
6 October 2026
Morning
Time | Session | Venue |
|---|---|---|
from 07:30 | Security check-in, registration and marketplace | Foyer |
08:00 - 09:00 | Working coffee | Foyer |
09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome and opening | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
09:15 - 10:15 | Panel discussion Shrinking spaces, new levers: Turning climate adaptation into strategic advantage for energy and defenceHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
10:15 - 10:30 | KeynoteH.E. Dr Johann Wadephul, Foreign Minister, German Federal Foreign Office | |
10:30 - 11:15 | Panel discussion The price of fragility: From climate risk to economic security and resilienceHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
11:15 - 11:30 | Coffee and transfer break | Foyer |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Breakout session Climate disinformation, AI and securityHosted by adelphi global and Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
11:30 - 12:30 | Breakout session Climate-induced fragility in areas affected by violent extremism and terrorismHosted by the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), adelphi global and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | Breakout room 1(Willy-Brandt-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
11:30 - 12:30 | Breakout session Energy security, AI, value chains and geopoliticsHosted by adelphi global | Breakout room 2(Adenauer-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
11:30 - 12:30 | Breakout session Governing the sun? Global security and governance of Solar Radiation ModificationHosted by the German Federal Foreign Office | Breakout room 3(Stresemann-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
11:30 - 12:30 | Breakout session Acting ahead: Can anticipatory humanitarian action reduce climate security risks?Hosted by Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Red Cross Germany and International Rescue Committee | Breakout room 4(Rathenau-Saal) |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | Foyer |
6 October 2026
Afternoon
Time | Session | Venue |
|---|---|---|
14:00 - 14:20 | Spotlight session Health under heat: Heatwaves as a human security threatHosted by adelphi global | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
14:20 - 14:45 | Spotlight session Rooted in resilience: Nature, biodiversity and climate as security assetsHosted by adelphi global, WWF Germany and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
14:45 - 15:30 | Panel discussion From rubble to resilience: The case for climate-positive post-conflict reconstruction in SyriaHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
15:30 - 15:50 | Coffee and transfer break | Foyer |
15:50 - 16:50 | Breakout session The integration dividend: CEPS programming in practiceHosted by the Weathering Risk Peace Pillar | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
15:50 - 16:50 | Breakout session The double cost crunch: Why climate investments are essential for securityHosted by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Indonesia, the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), India, and the Resource and Environmental Policy Research Center, Environment for Development (REPRC-EfD) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Nigeria | Breakout room 1(Willy-Brandt-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
15:50 - 16:50 | Breakout session Water shocks, global consequences: Cascading risks in a changing climateHosted by Chatham House | Breakout room 2(Adenauer-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
15:50 - 16:50 | Breakout session Building inclusive and peaceful cities on the frontlines of climate changeHosted by adelphi global and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | Breakout room 3(Stresemann-Saal) 🎬 Live streamed |
15:50 - 16:50 | Breakout session Melting ice, rising tensions: Climate change as a threat multiplier in the ArcticHosted by the German Federal Ministry of Defence, the German Federal Foreign Office, and the NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE) | Breakout room 4(Rathenau-Saal) |
16:50 - 17:10 | Coffee and transfer break | Foyer |
17:10 - 17:55 | Panel discussion The middle ground: How middle powers are driving climate security cooperationHosted by adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
17:55 - 18:00 | Closing remarksKatharina Ahrendts, Director-General for Global Order, the United Nations and Humanitarian Assistance, Federal Foreign Office, Germany | Plenary(Weltsaal)🎬 Live streamed |
18:00 - 20:00 | Networking reception with light dinner and drinks | Foyer |