BCSC 2024 Participant Overview

Martin Aarnaes

Head of Outreach and Engagement, NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence

Mohamud Hassan Abdi

Project Manager and Finance Manager, Berghof Foundation

Ahmed Abdullahi

Country Representative Somalia, Interpeace

Daniel Abrahams

Senior Climate Security Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Nada Abunoura

Climate Sensitive Aid Program, Youth and Environment Society (YES)

Suay Nilhan Acikalin

Visiting Fellow, Mathias Corvinius Collegium, Hungary

Mohammed Fathelrahman Mohammed Ahmed Adam

Executive Director, Youth and Environment Society (YES)

Sharif Abukar Ahmed

Senior Project Manager, Berghof Foundation

Hasnat Ahsan

Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada

Musaed Aklan

Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies

Sara Alawia

Consultant, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Patrizia Albrecht

Climate Affairs Adviser, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Amb. Lukman Al-Faily

Ambassador Republic Iraq in Germany, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Berlin

Ahmed Al-Fehrnawi

First Secretary - Diplomat, Iraqi Embassy to Germany

Malak Altaeb

Independent Consultant

André Alves dos Reis

Head - Performance and Impact, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)

Christian Altpeter

Climate Peace and Security Specialist, Folke Bernadotte Academy

Laura Aumeer

Europe Asia Department Director, Conciliation Resources

Rasha Awaade

Commercial Attache, Iraqi Embassy in Berlin

Abdirahman Aynte

Managing Director, Laasfort Consulting Group

Ehab Badwi

CEO, Young Global Citizens Assembly e.V.

Iris Barth

Advisor, German Development Cooperation (GIZ)

Michelle Benzing

Youth Delegate to COP29, Working Group Youth and Climate Foreign Policy

Jana Birner

Associate Partnership Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Tegan Blaine

Director, Program on Climate, Environment, and Conflict, U.S. Institute of Peace

Raphael Bodewig

Climate, Peace and Security Expert, UN System Staff College

Volker Boege

Senior Research Fellow, Toda Peace Institute

Arnaud Boehmann

German Federal Foreign Office

Cynthia Brady

Senior Advisor, adelphi

Esther Breffka

Project/Training Manager, European Security and Defence College (ESDC)

Mohammed Bukar

Lake Chad Basin Coordinator, Managing Exits from Armed Conflict (MEAC), United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Sharon Burke

President, Ecospherics

Chiara Buzzico

Senior Energy Advisor, Mercy Corps

Elizabeth Carabine

Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa

Cosima Cassel

Senior Policy Advisor, E3G

Natalia Chan

Environment, Climate and Conflict Lead, Saferworld

Nicholas Chu

Project Associate, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Cedric de Coning

Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) & African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

Michael Copage

Head of Climate and Security Policy Centre, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Francesco Corvaro

Special Envoy for Climate Change, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy

Agnes Cronholm

Climate Peace and Security Officer, Folke Bernadotte Academy

Viola Csordas

Security Sector Reform Advisor, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)

Ginevra Cucinotta

Learning Portfolio Manager, United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

Abdikarim Mohamed Dahiye

Coordinator Climate Security Mechanism, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Andrea Dekrout

Climate change, Peace and Security Advisor, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)

Lukas Destrijcker

Climate Security Expert, United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)

Ole Diehl

Vice President, German Federal Intelligence Service

Dino Patti Djala

Founder and Chairman, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)

Isabelle Dupraz

Deputy Director, European Initiative for Energy Security

Ulrich Eberle

Director of Climate Environment and Conflict Project, International Crisis Group

Lukas Eichelter

Special Assistant to the Director, World Food Programme (WFP)

Maruan El Krekshi

Head, MENA, CMI - Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Corinna Emmermacher

Legal and Policy Advisor, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection Germany

Annika Erickson-Pearson

Community Manager, ECCP Community of Practice

Ida Eriksson

Senior advisor on Climate and Security, Center of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE)

Julia Evans

Research and Development Specialist, Crisis Management Centre Finland

Abdullah Fahimi

Research Fellow Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Kira Fischer

Head of Advocacy, Aktion gegen den Hunger (ACF)

Patrick Fox

Senior Strategic Advisor, Environment and Climate Security, MSB - Swedish Contingencies Agency

Joseph Freeley

Policy Officer, Security and Defence Policy, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Laura Geres

Climate and Environmental Peacemaking Programme Assistant, European Institute of Peace

Andrew Gilmour

Executive Director, Berghof Foundation

Robert Glasser

Senior Fellow, Climate and Security Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Lena Görgen

Advocacy Director, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Catherine-Lune Grayson

Head of Policy, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Pascal Grimm

Project Manager, Berghof Foundation

Emma Hakala

Leading research, Finnish Institute of International Affairs/Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Natalina Haller

Academic Associate, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Julia Hammelehle

Senior Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference

Christian Hannemann

Foreign Policy Advisor, Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany

Mohamed Hassan Ismail

Country Representative Kenya, Interpeace Kenya

Heloise Heyer

Conflict Sensitivity Lead, PeaceNexus Foundation

Daniel Hikes-Wurm

Senior Defence Policy Advisor, Ministry of Defence of Austria

Lina Hillert

Project Associate Environmental Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Hiroko Hirahara

Director of Civil Affairs Division, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

Christophe Hodder

Climate Security Advisor, United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) & United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Manuel Hoff

Sector Economist Peace, Displacement and Fragility, KfW Development Bank

Remadji Hoinathy

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies

Ragnar Holldack

Expert for climate change and security, Directorate General Military Strategy and Operations, German Ministry of Defence

Isabelle Huber

German Federal Foreign Office

Andrew Hyde

Director, Stimson Centre

Roberta Ianna

Senior expert, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy

Hans Olav Ibrekk

Special Envoy Climate and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway

Tobias Ide

Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Murdoch University

Hamdi Abdi Isse

Director of the Minister's Office, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Federal Republic of Somalia

Milan Ivic

Head of Berlin Office, Pontifical Mission Society

Kiersten Johnson

Director Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Program, USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

Janet Kabeberi-Macharia

Advisor, State Department of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Kenya

Martin Kaiser

Executive Director, Greenpeace e.V.

Utchang Kang

Programme Management Officer, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Rozalia Karanja

Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer, Institute of Public Finance

Yvan Keckeis

Deputy Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Bogolo Joy Kenewendo

Managing Director, Kenewendo Advisory

Matthias Kennert

Planning Officer, German Development Cooperation (GIZ)

Atieh Khatibi

PhD Researcher, Research Center for Climate Law University of Graz

Ellie Kinney

Advocacy Coordinator (Climate), Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)

Mona Koehler-Schindler

Staff Officer, Climate Security - International Military Staff, NATO HQ

Erin Koenig

Counsellor (Global Issues, Economy & Environment), Embassy of Canada to Germany

Sari Kouvo

Adviser (Climate, Environment and Security), European External Action Service (EEAS)

Jule Könneke

Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Sebastian Kratzer

Thematic Lead Climate Environment and Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Maria Krisch

Programme Coordinator, United Nations Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)

Caroline Kruckow

Policy Advisor Peace and Development, Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt) and Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt)

Vera Künzel

Senior Advisor, Germanwatch

Chrisantus Lapang

Project Officer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Renee Lariviere

Sr Director of Programs, Interpeace

Johanna Lauritsen

Environmental Coordinator, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Laurie Laybourn

Associate Fellow, Chatham House

Olivia Lazard

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Matti Lehtonen

Coordination Officer Climate Security Mechanism, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Kirsty Lewis

Climate Science Fellow, Met Office

Steffen Lohmann

Senior Policy Officer, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Amb. Erastus Ekitela Lokaale

Ambassador/ Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations in New York

Bernhard Helge Lorentz

Managing Partner, Deloitte Sustainability and Climate

Nike Löble

Project Manager, Berghof Foundation

Josiane Maboumba

First Counselor, Embassy of the Gabonese Republic to Germany

Wendy MacClinchy

Director, Center for Civilians in Conflict

Harriet Mackaill-Hill

Climate and Peace Advocacy Adviser, International Alert

Yves Magloire

Résident Représentative, Parlement Africain de la Société Civile

Katherine Marsden

Senior Climate Science Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Albert Martinez Sequero

Programme Manager Climate and Environmental Peacemaking, European Institute of Peace

Jonas de Meyer

First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Lesley Miller

Climate Security Adviser, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom

Sabine Minninger

Senior Policy Advisor on Climate Change, Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt)

Katya Mirza

Policy Manager, UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Daniel Mittermaier

Research Associate, University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Jan Moellmann

Co-founder and CEO, Leonardo. impact

Stephen Mooney

Senior Climate and Environment Adviser, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Nazanine Moshiri

Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group

Isaac Muchiri

Strategic Initiative Lead, Institute of Public Finance

Winfred Mugambwa

Executive Director, Rights 4 Her Uganda

Amb. James Kur Muorwel

Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of South Sudan

Harald Neitzel

Freelancer (Regierungsdirektor a.D.)

Florian Nitzinger

Project Coordinator, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt

Daniel Norfolk

Senior Program Coordinator Community Stabilization, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Somalia

Caroline Nyaga

Project Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Kayly Ober

Senior Advisor, United States Department of State

Madalene O'Donnell

Partnerships and Climate, Peace and Security, United Nations Department of Peace Operations

Naoyuki Okano

Policy Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Nille Gry Kabel Olesen

Team Leader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Siobhan O'Neil

Head of the MEAC Project, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Amelie Overmann

Head of Project, Center for International Peace Operations

Grazia Pacillo

Co-lead CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (CGIAR)

Clay Pell

U.S. Coast Guard Liaison to the United Nations, U.S. Coast Guard

Francesco Pepe

Defence Innovation Office, Ministry of Defence of Italy

Tobias Petrelius

Head of Africa Unit, Folke Bernadotte Academy

Lisa Picheny

Climate Security Officer, NATO

Tobias Pietz

Deputy Head Team Policy Partnerships and Innovation, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF)

Elton Qendro

National Programme Officer, OSCE Presence in Albania

Nora Rathje

Policy Officer and Conflict Sensitivity Focal Point, Zukunft Umwelt Gesellschaft (ZUG)

Thomas Reeve

Climate, Conflict and Fragility Advisor, Oxfam

Melchior Reihlen-Börgers

Desk Officer/Data Scientist, German Federal Foreign Office

Anna Renfrew

Policy and Advocacy Advisor Climate and Conflict, Mercy Corps

Cardinal Ribat

Pontifical Mission Society

Lauren Risi

Director Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center

Thomas Ritzer

Senior Advisor Climate and Peace, Berghof Foundation

Abigail Robinson

Independent Expert

Amb. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations (New York)

Sharon Rolls

Programme Manager, Pacific Women Mediators Network

Grégoire Roos

Head of Political Dialogue & Policy Innovation, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt

Herman Rosa

Consultant, Independent

Juliet Rouse

Deputy Director Climate Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland

Isabel Rubiales Fuentes

Counsellor, Embassy of Spain to Germany

Luna Ruiz

Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State

Jyrki Ruohomäki

Head of Research, CMC Finland

Kemoli Sagala

Adviser Climate and Security, State Department of Foreign Affairs, Kenya

Marta Salvat

Special Envoy on Policy and Security Affairs, Embassy of Andorra in Germany

Frank Sauer

Head of Research, Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight and Bundeswehr University Munich

Johanna Schäpling

Young Professional, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Juliane Schillinger

Technical Adviser Climate and Conflict, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Evita Schmieg

Member of the Leadership, German Federal Academy for Security Policy

Hanna Schneider

Program Manager, Munich Security Conference

Olivier François Schott

Principal Administrator, European Commission

Marcus Schroeder

Head of Unit (II1)- International cooperation and International law, Federal Ministry for the Environment (GER)

Stefanie Schüker

Journalist, Radio France Internationale

Barbora Sedova

Lab Leader, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Louise Selisny

Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford, climate change & (in)security project

Amb. Jaume Serra

Ambassador of the Embassy of Andorra in Germany, Embassy of Andorra in Germany

Erin Sikorsky

Director, Centre for Climate and Security

Cândida Silva

Policy Associate Climate and Natural Resources, Search for Common Ground

Josh Sisskin

First Secretary Global Issues, British Embassy Berlin

Benjamin Smale

Advisor Climate-Security, German Development Cooperation (GIZ)

Amb. Karim Soumana

Ambassador, Republic of Niger

Mirjam Sørli

Project Manager UN Peace Operations, NORCAP, part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Teresa Spancken

Project Manager, Stiftung Mercator

Joana Stalder

Desk officer Latin America, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Moritz Stefaner

Owner, Truth & Beauty

Nina Strumpf

Berghof Foundation Representative, Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt)

Sreejith Sugunan

Project Lead - South Asia, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Kumiushai Suiumbaeva

Head of Water and Environmental Diplomacy Sector

Mariama Sylla

Chargée des Relations Extérieures, Parlement Africain de la Société Civile

Iida-Maria Tammi

Research Fellow, Centre for Humanitarian Action

Philip Thies

RR, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany (BMWK)

Bettina Tiburzy

Public Relations Officer, Pontifical Mission Society

Florian Titze

Senior Policy Advisor International Biodiversity Policy, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Germany

Ani Tovmasyan

Consultant, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Mateja Trempus

Specialist, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia to Germany

Konstantinos Tsetsos

Head of Foresight, University of the Bundeswehr

Rikka Tupaz

Programme Manager (Environmental Peacebuilding), International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Swathi Veeravalli

Director, Climate Policy, United States National Security Council

Kim MacLachlan Vetting

Advisor, Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence

Kira Vinke

Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, German Council on Foreign Relations

Nelleke van de Walle

Senior Adviser, Dutch Defense Ministry

Ibrahim Wambai

Senior Associate, Lead Climate, Conflict and Fragility, Clean Technology Hub

Nicholle Koko Warner

Director, Global Data Institute, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Stefanie Wesch

Doctoral Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Almut Wieland-Karimi

Member Advisory Board, Stiftung Mercator & UN Peacebuilding Fund & Weathering Risk by adelphi

Raakhi Williams

Chief of Strategy, Planning and Accountability, Education Cannot Wait

Anne A. Witkowsky

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations of the United States Department of State

Dieter Wolkewitz

Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan

Catherine Wong

Team Leader, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Hongyuan Yu

Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Innovation, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)