BCSC 2025 Speaker Overview

H.E. Amb. Anthony Agotha

EU Special Envoy for Climate and Environment, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Maurício Angelo

Founder, The Mining Observatory

Nicholas Bishop

Head, Climate Resilience & Security, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Tonni Brodber

Head of Secretariat, Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund

Timothy Bryar

Programme Adviser, Pacific Island Forum

Natasha Carmi

Senior Water-Peace Programme Manager, Geneva Water Hub

Carlos Sánchez Del Águila

Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Peru to the UN (Vienna)

H.E. Amb. Bakyt Dzhusupov

Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Japhet William Graham Eichel

Climate, Peace and Security Specialist, UN Women

H.E. Maria Fernanda Espinosa

Former President, United Nations General Assembly

Basilio Ghisletta

Policy and Law Programme Manager, Geneva Water Hub

Julia Sophie Hammelehle

Senior Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference

Hans Olav Ibrekk

Special Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Ghulam Isaczai

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident Coordinator, and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)

H.E. Bashiir Mohamed Jama

Minister, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Somalia

Paule Juneau

Environmental Law and Mediation Specialist, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Haiti

Dr Almut Wieland Karimi

Member of Advisory Board, UN Peacebuilding Fund and Weathering Risk Strategic Advisory Board

Prof. Dr Walter Kälin

Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy

Sonja Koeppel

Secretary of the UN Water Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Marcus Lenzen

Senior Adviser & Deputy Chief, United Nations Peacebuilding Fund

Dr Gabriela Manea

Program Manager, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)

Dr Assem Mayar

Climate expert, Climate Security Expert Network (CSEN)

H.E. Andrea Meza Murillo

Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Dr Irene Mia

Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Dr Beatrice Mosello

Senior Adviser, adelphi global

H.E. Amb. Indra Mani Pandey

Secretary General, Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)

Kristen Petillon

Business Engagement Lead, PeaceNexus Foundation

Dr Benjamin Pohl

Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

Dr Maddalena Procopio

Senior policy fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Dr Nicole Quijano-Evans

Deputy Head of Crimes that Affect the Environment Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Dr Martin Raiser

Managing Director, World Bank

Lauren Risi

Senior Fellow and Director of Environmental Security, Stimson Center

Thomas Ritzer

Senior Advisor Climate Change and Security, Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE)

Marcos Sampablo

Managing Director, West Africa, CrossBoundary Advisory

Dr Marcus Schroeder

Head of Division for International Cooperation, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)

Veronica Stratford-Tuke

Head of Peace Economies, International Alert

Eva Svoboda

Director for International Law, Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

Executive Director, Wildlife Justice Commission

Jonah Thompson

EU Policy Manager, Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)

Thomas Ungerbuehler

Assistant Director Environmental Security Sub-Directorate, Interpol

Swathi Veeravalli

Research Advisor, Toda Peace Institute / adelphi

Janani Vivekananda

Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

H.E. Dr Géza Andreas von Geyr

State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office

Charity Watson

Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

Ferre Westermann

Counsellor - Global Relations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Emma Whitaker

Senior Adviser, adelphi

Gloria Womitso

Head of Humanitarian Insurance, African Risk Capacity Ltd

Johannes Zahnen

Senior Adviser Forest Policy, World Wide Fund for Nature Germany (WWF)