Participant Overview 2025 | BCSC

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BCSC 2025 Participant Overview

Hamdi Abdi Isse

Chief of Staff, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Somalia

Malak Altaeb

Senior Subject Matter Expert, Climate and Water Initiative (CWI)

Christian Altpeter

Climate, Peace and Security Specialist, Folke Bernadotte Academy

Nadine Andersen

Research Assistant, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Serena Arcone

Capacity Development Specialist - Climate and Security Risk, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Marion Arnaud

Political Affairs Officer - Climate Peace and Security, UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO)

Abdirahman Aynte

Former Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Federal Republic of Somalia

Khouloud Baghouri

Former Youth Ambassador for Peace, African Union (AU)

Aminu Magaji Bala

Head of Division Natural Resources Management, Lake Chad Basin Commission

Emma Beelen

Advocacy Manager, Action Against Hunger Germany

Maryruth Belsey Priebe

Co-Founder and COO, aXXelerate

Ashwin Bhaskaran

First Secretary (Political), Embassy of India

Daisy Bispo Teles

Researcher, Rotary Peace Fellowship / Uppsala University

Raphael Bodewig

Climate, Peace and Security Expert, United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

Cynthia Brady

Senior Associate, adelphi

Kate Brauman

Deputy Director, Global Water Security Center - University of Alabama

Esther Breffka

Climate Security Coordinator, European Security and Defence College (ESDC)

Iris Breutz

Senior Partnership Manager, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)

Esra Buttanri

Senior Portfolio Manager - Climate Action, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Nick Chemosit

Ph.D. scholar, Kenyatta University

Victoria Cochrane

Head of Unit for Sub-Saharan Africa, Berghof Foundation

Agnes Cronholm

Climate, Peace and Security Office, Folke Bernadotte Academy

Cedric de Coning

Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Lennard de Klerk

Lead Author, Warbon Initiative on GHG Accounting of War

Jonas de Meyer

Senior Climate Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Ciro de Souza Brito

Climate Policy Expert, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)

Maëlle Délen

Fellow, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

Lucas Destrijcker

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

Ilona Domanska

Senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Ulrich Eberle

Director, Climate, Environment and Conflict Project, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Taye Abdulkadir Edris

Senior Technical Member of the Continental Early Warning System, African Union Commission

Annika Erickson-Pearson

Community Manager, Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) Community of Practice

Ida Eriksson

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

Abdullah Fahimi

Research Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Nadim Farajalla

Chief Sustainability Officer, Lebanese American University

Patrick Fox

Senior Strategic Advisor Environment and Climate Security, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)

Martin Frick

Director, World Food Programme (WFP)

Giulia Giordano

Director Mediterranean and Global Strategy, ECCO

Efraim Gomez

Global Policy Director, World Wide Fund For Nature International (WWF)

Julia Sophie Hammelehle

Senior Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Rosa Herman

Member, Climate and Security Expert Network (CSEN)

Annick Hiensch

Special Assistant, United Nations Climate Security Mechanism (CSM)

Lina Hillert

Project Associate Environmental Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Anna-Katharina Hornidge

Director, German Institute of Development and Sustainability

Victoria Hugelshofer

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

Andrew Hyde

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

Hans Olav Ibrekk

Special Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway

Tobias Ide

XCEPT Conflict and Climate Research Fellow, Murdoch University

Ghulam Isaczai

Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian and Development Affairs, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)

Antonius Jaekel

Policy Advisor - German and EU Climate Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G)

Sofia Kabbej

Associate Researcher, Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)

Martin Kaiser

Executive Director, Greenpeace e.V.

Utchang Kang

Programme Manager, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Yvan Keckeis

Deputy Head of Unit, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Mohamed Khalil

Lead on Strategic Governmental Relations, Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Atieh Khatibi

Researcher Project Assistant, The Research Center for Climate Law, University of Graz

Ellie Kinney

Climate Advocacy Coordinator, Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)

Mona Koehler-Schindler

Staff Officer Climate Security, The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Christine Kolbe

Consultant, Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology

Caroline Kruckow

Policy Advisor Peace and Development, Brot für die Welt / FriEnt

Andrew Kruczkiewicz

Senior Staff Researcher, Columbia University

Vera Künzel

Senior Advisor, Germanwatch

Sabina Läderach

Diplomatic Collaborator, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Chrisantus Lapang

Project Officer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Renee Lariviere

Senior Director of Programs, Interpeace

Johanna Lauritsen

Environmental Coordinator, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Kirsty Lewis

Climate Science Fellow, UK Met Office

David Lönnberg

Chief of Staff, Global Centre for Climate Mobility

Assem Mayar

Climate Expert, Climate Security Expert Network (CSEN)

Dragica Mikavica

Programme Officer, UN Office of the Special Representative of the SG for Children and Armed Conflict

Andrea Milan

Senior Programme Manager, Global Centre for Climate Mobility

Rebecca Minkus

Component Lead, GIZ African Union

Sabine Minninger

Senior Policy Advisor on Climate Change, Brot für die Welt

Amadée Mudie-Mantz

Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Bilun Müller

Deputy Head of Unit, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany (BMWE)

Apostolos Nikolaidis

Peace & Resilience Thematic Expert, European Commission

Siobhan O'Neil

Head of the Managing Exits from Armed Conflicts Project (MEAC), UNIDIR

Grazia Pacillo

Lead CGIAR Climate Security, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

Tobias Pietz

Senior Researcher Lead Climate Security & EU, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF)

Margaux Pimond

Climate Environment and Conflict Project Manager, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Anna Dominique Pröhl

Programme Analyst Gender, Climate and Peace, UN Women

Elton Qendro

National Programme Officer, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Anna Renfrew

Policy and Advocacy Advisor Climate and Conflict, Mercy Corps

Will Reynolds

Climate and Conflict Policy Lead, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (UK)

Lauren Risi

Senior Fellow & Director, Environmental Security Program, Stimson Center

Abigail Robinson

Director, Continua

Grégoire Roos

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

Jannis Ruoff

Political Assistant, European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE)

Karsten Sach

Member of the Advisory Board, Climate Neutrality Foundation

Ronja Scheler

Desk Officer Climate and Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany (BMVg)

Dorothea Schildt

Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identities of Germany (BMELH)

Susanne Schmeier

Head of Department, IHE Delft

Hanna Schneider

Program Manager, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Sabrina Schulz

Director Germany, European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES)

Peter Schwartzstein

Climate Security Journalist and Researcher, Center for Climate and Security

Alina Seebacher

Humanitarian Advocacy Officer Climate Crisis & Food Security, Ärzte ohne Grenzen Deutschland (MSF)

Katongo Seyuba

Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Sophia Stanger

Focal Person Environmental Peacebuilding, Austrian Centre for Peace

Kerstin Stendahl

OSCE CiO Special Representative ob Climate and Security, Ministry of the Environment Finland

Veronica Stratford-Tuke

Head of Peace Economies, International Alert

Nina Strumpf

Policy Officer, Working Group Peace and Development (FriEnt)

Janne Taalas

CEO, CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Iida-Maria Tammi

Research Fellow, Centre for Humanitarian Action

Kheira Tarif

Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Kati Temonen

Desk Officer Climate Diplomacy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Fanny Thornton

Senior Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Ani Tovmasyan

Consultant, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Laura Trajber Waisbich

Deputy Director of Programs, Igarapé Institute

Swathi Veeravalli

Senior Advisor, Toda

Lotte Vermeij

Senior Expert UN Peace Operations, NORCAP and ZIF

Tobias von Lossow

Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute

Martin Wall

Head of Climate and Energy, Embassy of Ireland

Ibrahim Wambai

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

Charity Watson

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

Stefanie Wesch

Researcher, PIK / DGAP

Dorian Wevers

Analyst, adelphi

Dieter Wolkewitz

Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Plan Pakistan

Kai Wollscheid

Director External Affairs Europe, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)

Catherine Wong

Global Team Leader Climate and Security Risk, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Patricia Wratil

Special Representative to Germany, World Bank