Participant Overview 2025

Hamdi Abdi Isse

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

Dr Theophilus Acheampong

Visiting Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

H.E. Amb. Anthony Agotha

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

Dalila Akimey

Intern, Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA)

Peshtiwan Al-Dawoudi

Iraq - Country Director, Berghof Foundation

Patrizia Albrecht

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

Malak Altaeb

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

Dr Jente Althuis

Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Christian Altpeter

European External Action Service (EEAS)

Dr André Alves dos Reis

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

Nadine Andersen

Research Assistant, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Mauricio Angelo

Executive Director, Mining Observatory

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)

Dr Philip Attuquayefio

Climate, Peace and Security Adviser, African Union Commission (AU)

Laura Aumeer

Europe-Asia Department Director, Conciliation Resources

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

Luc Bas

Director, Climate Risk Assessment Center (Cerac)

Mechthild Becker

Research Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Emma Beelen

Advocacy Manager, Action Against Hunger Germany

Jennifer Bélanger

External Relations and Partnerships Officer, NATO CCASCOE

Maryruth Belsey Priebe

Co-Founder and COO, aXXelerate

Kathrin Bergmann

Head of Department, Zukunft Umwelt Gesellschaft (ZUG)

Ashwin Bhaskaran

First Secretary (Political), Embassy of India in Germany

Bryan Bille

Policy and Geopolitical Principal, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Nicholas Bishop

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

Daisy Bispo Teles

Researcher, Rotary Peace Fellowship / Uppsala University

Dr Tegan Blaine

Advisory Board Member, Center for Climate and Security

Raphael Bodewig

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

Isabelle Bond

DPhil student, University of Oxford

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)

Blair Brimmell

Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada - Canadian Delegation to NATO

Tonni Brodber

Head of Secretariat, Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)

Dr Timothy Bryar

Programme Adviser Climate Mobility, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Mathieu Bussières

Director, NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE)

Esra Buttanri

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

Tabea Campbell Pauli

Independent Researcher

Natasha Carmi

Senior Water-Peace Programme Manager, Geneva Water Hub

Marcela Chacon

Director for UN Relations & Global Affairs, Bayer AG

Nick Chemosit

Ph.D. scholar, Kenyatta University

H.E. Amb. Winnie Natala Chibesakunda

Ambassador of Zambia in Germany

Valdemar Satoshi Røjle Christensen

Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Weng Lam Chu

Project Associate, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Laís Clemente Pereira

Analyst, adelphi

Tara Clerkin

Climate Resilience Global Practice Lead, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Victoria Cochrane

Head of Unit for Sub-Saharan Africa, Berghof Foundation

Josephine Collier

Analyst, adelphi

Agnes Cronholm

Climate, Peace and Security Office, Folke Bernadotte Academy

Abdikarim Dahiye

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

Dorthea Damkjær

Senior adviser, CONCITO

Prof. Dr Cedric de Coning

Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Jonas de Meyer

Senior Climate Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Maëlle Délen

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

Lucas Destrijcker

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

Adrien Detges

Senior Adviser, adelphi

Nura Detweiler

Project Manager, Berghof Foundation

Ilona Domanska

Senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Elise Doumergue

Environment, Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Specialist, World Bank

H.E. Amb. Bakyt Dzhusupov

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

Dr Ulrich Eberle

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

Japhet William Graham Eichel

Climate, Peace and Security Specialist, UN Women

Nadja Emmanuel

Programme Director, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Annika Erickson-Pearson

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

Ida Eriksson

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

H.E. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés

Former President, United Nations General Assembly

Abdullah Fahimi

Research Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Dr Nadim Farajalla

Chief Sustainability Officer, Lebanese American University

Dr Ana Ferro de Aquino

Officer for Energy, Environment and Climate, Embassy of Brazil in Germany

Ekkehard Forberg

Manager Peacebuilding & Advocacy, World Vision Germany

Patrick Fox

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

Dr Martin Frick

Director, World Food Programme (WFP)

Anne Funnemark

Associate Expert, UN Office of the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa

Ali Galaly

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Iraq in Germany

Basilio Ghisletta

Policy and Law Programme Manager, Geneva Water Hub

Giulia Giordano

Director Mediterranean and Global Strategy, ECCO

Efraim Gomez

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

Jakob Gomolka

Green diplomacy coordinator, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Lena Guyomarch

First secretary, Embassy of France in Germany

Mweemba Hamanyati

First Secretary (Economic), Embassy of Zambia in Germany

Julia Sophie Hammelehle

Senior Policy Adviser, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Ayan Harare

Climate Finance Coordinator, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Somalia

Andrew Harper

Special Adviser on Climate Action to the High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR

Annick Hiensch

Special Assistant, United Nations Climate Security Mechanism (CSM)

Lina Hillert

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

Christophe Hodder

Climate Security Adviser to the UN in Somalia, UNTMIS/UNEP

Tim Hofmann

Editor, Internationale Politik / German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Prof. Dr Anna-Katharina Hornidge

Director, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Matthew Hudson

Director, Climate Diplomacy Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia

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

Prof. Dr Annette Idler

Director Global Security Programme and Associate Professor in Global Security, University of Oxford

Clément Iraola

Adviser, adelphi

Maite Iriarte Arrieta

Coordinator, Africa Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Ghulam Isaczai

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

Arian Isaczai

Student, New York University

Hassan Ismail

Country Representative Kenya, Interpeace

Antonius Jaekel

Policy Adviser, German and EU Climate Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, E3G

Mathilde Jourde

Research Fellow, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)

Paule Juneau

Environmental law and mediation specialist, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Sofia Kabbej

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

Prof. Dr Walter Kälin

Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy

Martin Kaiser

Executive Director, Greenpeace e.V.

Andrea Kambergs

Science Manager, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Utchang Kang

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

Tendai Evidence Kasinganeti

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

Sarneet Kaur Saran

Project Assistant, adelphi

Michael Keating

Executive Director, European Institute of Peace (EIP)

Yvan Keckeis

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

Constance Kelly

First Secretary, Embassy of New Zealand in Germany

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)

Charlotte Kleine

Project Assistant, adelphi

Dr Holger Klitzing

Head of Division, German Federal Foreign Office

Mona Koehler-Schindler

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

Sonja Koeppel

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

Christine Kolbe

Consultant, Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology

Jule Könneke

Researcher and Project Lead, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

Svenja Korth

Head, Peace and Security Hub, United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

Sebastian Kratzer

Lead Environment, Climate and Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Lena Krause

Africa Programme Assistant, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Maria Krisch

Climate Security Lead & Programme Coordinator, United Nations Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund

Caroline Kruckow

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

Andrew Kruczkiewicz

Senior Staff Researcher, Columbia University

Vera Künzel

Senior Adviser, Germanwatch

Peter Kimani Gikonyo Kuria

First Counsellor, Embassy of Kenya in Germany

Sabina Läderach

Diplomatic Collaborator, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Glada Lahn

Senior Geopolitics, Energy and Climate Lead, Ditchley Foundation

Chrisantus Lapang

Project Officer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Renee Lariviere

Senior Director of Programs, Interpeace

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Laurent

Action Officer in Energy, Environment, Climate Change & Security, EEAS/EU Military Staff

Johanna Lauritsen

Environmental Coordinator, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Marcus Lenzen

Deputy Chief Peacebuilding Fund, UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA)

Margalit Levin

Assistant Director, Climate Diplomacy Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia

Dr Kirsty Lewis

Climate Science Fellow, UK Met Office

Nike Löble

Portfolio and Project Manager - Iraq, Berghof Foundation

David Lönnberg

Chief of Staff, Global Centre for Climate Mobility

Samuel Lowe

Counsellor, Climate and Energy, Australian Government

Matt Luna

Founder, The Hague Roundtable on Climate & Security

Wendy MacClinchy

Director United Nations program, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

Dr Miko Maekawa

Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

H.E. Amb. Johanna Rose Mamiaka

Ambassador of Gabon in Germany

Dr Gabriela Manea

Senior Adviser, Geneva Center for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)

Manuel Marques Pereira

Chief of Mission in Somalia, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Albert Martinez

Programme Manager, European Institute of Peace (EIP)

Dr Assem Mayar

Climate Expert, Climate Security Expert Network (CSEN)

Simon Merschroth

Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

H.E. Andrea Meza Murillo

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

Dr Irene Mia

Senior Fellow for conflict, security and development & Latin America, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Dragica Mikavica

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

Dr Andrea Milan

Senior Programme Manager, Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM)

Rebecca Minkus

Component Lead, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Sabine Minninger

Senior Policy Adviser on Climate Change, Brot für die Welt

Hector Morales Muñoz

Senior adviser, adelphi

Beatrice Mosello

Senior Adviser, adelphi

Nazanine Moshiri

Senior Adviser, Climate and Peace, Berghof Foundation

Amadée Mudie-Mantz

Policy Adviser, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Aditi Mukund

German Chancellor Fellow, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) / Humboldt Foundation

Raquel Munayer

Adviser, Trainer and Facilitator for Climate, Peace and Security, Independent

Abraham Musah

Editor, AfricaNewsAnalysis

Chitonge Mushota

First Secretary (Trade), Embassy of Zambia in Germany

Ali Nasrallah

Manager

Dr Johnson Nkem Ndi

Climate Security Adviser, United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)/UNDP

Yaindy Nuesi Bautista

Senior Portfolio Manager, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Caroline Nyaga

Project Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Brian O'Sullivan

Deputy Director Climate Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland

Andries Johannes Oosthuizen

Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of South Africa in Germany

Dr Grazia Pacillo

Lead CGIAR Climate Security, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

H.E. Amb. Indra Mani Pandey

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

Ulla Petereit

Advisor, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Kristen Petillon

Business Engagement Lead, PeaceNexus Foundation

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)

Dr Patricia Pinho

Deputy Science Director, Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)

Bernhard Poetter

Editor-in-chief Climate Table, Table Media

Benjamin Pohl

Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi

Wiebke Polomka

Senior Manager Southern Africa, German-African Business Association

Florian Postel

Advisor, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Mary Potts

Consultant, adelphi

Dr Maddalena Procopio

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

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)

Dr Nicole Quijano-Evans

Deputy Head, Crimes that Affect the Environment Program, UNODC

Genith del Rosario Quitiaquez Cuaspud

Representative, National Coordination of Indigenous Women of Colombia (CONAMIC)

Martin Raiser

Senior Representative, European Economic Cooperation, The World Bank

Gabriele Redigonda

Lead on Green and Sustainable Societies, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Thomas Jeffrey Reeve

Climate Justice Advisor, Oxfam

Anna Renfrew

Policy and Advocacy Advisor Climate and Conflict, Mercy Corps

Will Reynolds

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

Camilla Riesenfeld

Senior Advisor, European Institute of Peace (EIP)

Lauren Risi

Senior Fellow & Director, Environmental Security Program, Stimson Center

Thomas Ritzer

Senior Advisor Climate Change and Security, OSCE

Abigail Robinson

Director, Continua

Elliot Rooney

Senior Project Manager, Centre on Armed Groups

Grégoire Roos

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

Herman Rosa

Member, Climate and Security Expert Network (CSEN)

Jannis Ruoff

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

Dr Jyrki Ruohomäki

Head of Research, Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC)

Georg Ruthenberg

Junior Policy Adviser, Embassy of New Zealand in Germany

Lukas Rüttinger

Senior Adviser, adelphi

Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi

Climate ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Dr Antonia Samakovlis

Research Associate – Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam

Marcos Sampablo

Managing Director, CrossBoundary

Antonio Sampaio

PhD scholar, King's College London

Krishna Prasad Sapkota

Journalist and Director, Amazing Nepal Times

Laura Schäfer

Head of Division, Germanwatch

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)

Dr Juliane Schillinger

Technical adviser Climate & Conflict, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Prof. Dr Susanne Schmeier

Head of Department, IHE Delft

Hanna Schneider

Program Manager, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Olivier François Schott

Principal Administrator, European Commission

Dr Marcus Schroeder

Head of Unit, Federal Ministry for the Environment

Katarina Schulz

Project Coordinator Weathering Risk Peace Pillar, adelphi

Dr Sabrina Schulz

Director Germany, European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES)

Laura Schusser

Advisor Fragility and HDP-Nexus,German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Peter Schwartzstein

Climate Security Journalist and Researcher, Center for Climate and Security

Alina Seebacher

Humanitarian Advocacy Officer Climate Crisis & Food Security, Doctor without Borders Germany (MSF)

Katongo Seyuba

Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Robert Sheridan

Third Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland

Bostjan Sirnik

Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Slovenia in Germany

Josh Sisskin

First Secretary Global Issues, British Embassy in Germany

Maha Skah

Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA)

Dr Benjamin Smale

Climate and Environmental Security Adviser, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Mirjam Sørli

Thematic manager, NORCAP

Jenny Sørvold

Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hannah Springer

Analyst, CONCITO

Sophia Stanger

Focal Person Environmental Peacebuilding, Austrian Centre for Peace

Maurice Stegen

Senior Liaison Associate, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Dr Stefan Steinicke

Senior Manager, Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Alexandra Steinkraus

Consultant, adelphi

Kerstin Stendahl

OSCE CiO Special Representative on 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)

Dr Sreejith Sugunan

Project Lead, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Eva Svoboda

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

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

Executive Director, Wildlife Justice Commission

Dr Iida-Maria Tammi

Research Fellow, Centre for Humanitarian Action

Jamie Tarawa

Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP-CSM)

Kheira Tarif

Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

André Tenório Mourão

Political Counsellor, Embassy of Brazil in Germany

Jonah Thompson

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

Suzanne Tisserand

Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Florian Titze

Head of International Policy, World Wide Fund For Nature Germany

Ani Tovmasyan

Consultant, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Thomas Ungerbuehler

Assistant Director Environmental Security, Interpol

Swathi Veeravalli

Senior Advisor, Toda Peace Institute

Dr Lotte Vermeij

Senior Expert UN Peace Operations, Norwegian Refugee Council (NORCAP)

Dr Kira Vinke

Head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Janani Vivekananda

Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi

Anselm Vogler

Non-resident Fellow, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)

Tobias von Lossow

Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute

Martin Wall

Head of Climate and Energy, Embassy of Ireland in Germany

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)

Dave Weber

Economic Counsellor, Embassy of Canada in Germany

Marc Weissgerber

Executive Director, E3G

Stefanie Wesch

Researcher, PIK / DGAP

Ferre Westermann

Advisor to the OECD Director for Global Relations and OECD Sherpa to the G7, G20 and APEC, OECD

Dorian Wevers

Analyst, adelphi

Dr Almut Wieland-Karimi

Senior Advisor, Stiftung Mercator, Peacebuilding Fund of UN Secretary-General

Emma Whitaker

Senior Adviser, adelphi

Gudrun Will

Public Diplomacy and Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Canada in Germany

Dieter Wolkewitz

Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Plan Pakistan

Kai Wollscheid

Director External Affairs Europe, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)

Gloria Womitso

Head of Humanitarian Insurance, African Risk Capacity Ltd

Catherine Wong

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

Patricia Wratil

Special Representative to Germany, World Bank

Johannes Zahnen

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

Matthias Zeller

Deputy Head Team Training, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF)

H.E. Amb. Elias Jaime Zimba

Ambassador, Embassy of Mozambique in Germany

Dr Benedetta Zocchi

Senior Research Manager, Cross-Border Conflict, Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT )