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Here you can find the current list of registered participants for BCSC 2025. The list is frequently updated. A complete list of speakers can be found here. If you are attending BCSC, you can also log into the conference app to connect with other participants. Kindly note that your log in is the email you registered with, and it may take up to 24 hours after registration to be able to log in to the app.
BCSC 2025 Participant Overview

Hamdi Abdi Isse
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Chief of Staff, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Somalia

Dalila Akimey
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Intern, Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA)

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

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

Jente Althuis
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Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Christian Altpeter
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European External Action Service (EEAS)

André Alves dos Reis
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Head of Performance and Impact, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)

Nadine Andersen
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Research Assistant, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Mauricio Angelo
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Executive Director, Mining Observatory

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

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

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

Laura Aumeer
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Europe-Asia Department Director, Conciliation Resources

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

Khouloud Baghouri
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Former Youth Ambassador for Peace, African Union (AU)

Aminu Magaji Bala
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Head of Division Natural Resources Management, Lake Chad Basin Commission

Emma Beelen
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Advocacy Manager, Action Against Hunger Germany

Jennifer Bélanger
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External Relations and Partnerships Officer, NATO CCASCOE

Maryruth Belsey Priebe
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Co-Founder and COO, aXXelerate

Ashwin Bhaskaran
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First Secretary (Political), Embassy of India

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

Daisy Bispo Teles
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Researcher, Rotary Peace Fellowship / Uppsala University

Tegan Blaine
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Advisory Board Member, Center for Climate and Security

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

Cynthia Brady
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Senior Associate, adelphi

Kate Brauman
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Deputy Director, Global Water Security Center - University of Alabama

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

Iris Breutz
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Senior Partnership Manager, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)

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

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

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

Tabea Campbell Pauli
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Independent Researcher

Natasha Carmi
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Water Peace Programme Manager, Geneva Water Hub

Nick Chemosit
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Ph.D. scholar, Kenyatta University

Weng Lam Chu
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Project Associate, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

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

Victoria Cochrane
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Head of Unit for Sub-Saharan Africa, Berghof Foundation

Agnes Cronholm
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Climate, Peace and Security Office, Folke Bernadotte Academy

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

Dorthea Damkjær
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Senior advisor, CONCITO

Cedric de Coning
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Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Lennard de Klerk
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Lead Author, Warbon Initiative on GHG Accounting of War

Jonas de Meyer
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Senior Climate Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Ciro de Souza Brito
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Climate Policy Expert, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)

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

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

Ilona Domanska
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Senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

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

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

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

Annika Erickson-Pearson
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Community Manager, Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) Community of Practice

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

Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
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Former President, United Nations General Assembly

Abdullah Fahimi
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Research Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Nadim Farajalla
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Chief Sustainability Officer, Lebanese American University

Ekkehard Forberg
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Manager Peacebuilding & Advocacy, World Vision Germany

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

Martin Frick
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Director, World Food Programme (WFP)

Basilio Ghisletta
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Policy and Law Programme Manager, Geneva Water Hub

Giulia Giordano
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Director Mediterranean and Global Strategy, ECCO

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

Julia Sophie Hammelehle
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Senior Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Rosa Herman
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Member, Climate and Security Expert Network (CSEN)

Annick Hiensch
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Special Assistant, United Nations Climate Security Mechanism (CSM)

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

Christophe Hodder
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Climate Security Advisor to the UN in Somalia, UNTMIS/UNEP

Anna-Katharina Hornidge
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Director, German Institute of Development and Sustainability

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

Andrew Hyde
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Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

Hans Olav Ibrekk
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Special Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway

Tobias Ide
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XCEPT Conflict and Climate Research Fellow, Murdoch University

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

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

Hassan Ismail
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Country Representative Kenya, Interpeace

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

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

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

Walter Kälin
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Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy

Martin Kaiser
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Executive Director, Greenpeace e.V.

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

Anders Karlsson
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Project Manager, The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)

Tendai Evidence Kasinganeti
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Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, United Nations Office to the African Union

Michael Keating
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Executive Director, European Institute of Peace (EIP)

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

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

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

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

Mona Koehler-Schindler
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Staff Officer Climate Security, The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Christine Kolbe
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Consultant, Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology

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

Sebastian Kratzer
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Lead Environment, Climate and Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

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

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

Andrew Kruczkiewicz
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Senior Staff Researcher, Columbia University

Vera Künzel
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Senior Advisor, Germanwatch

Sabina Läderach
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Diplomatic Collaborator, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Chrisantus Lapang
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Project Officer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Renee Lariviere
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Senior Director of Programs, Interpeace

Johanna Lauritsen
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Environmental Coordinator, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Marcus Lenzen
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Deputy Chief, Peacebuilding Fund, UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

Kirsty Lewis
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Climate Science Fellow, UK Met Office

Nike Löble
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Portfolio and Project Manager - Iraq, Berghof Foundation

David Lönnberg
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Chief of Staff, Global Centre for Climate Mobility

Matt Luna
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Founder, The Hague Roundtable on Climate & Security

Miko Maekawa
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Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

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

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

Albert Martinez
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Programme Manager, European Institute of Peace (EIP)

Assem Mayar
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Climate Expert, Climate Security Expert Network (CSEN)

Simon Merschroth
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Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

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

Andrea Milan
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Senior Programme Manager, Global Centre for Climate Mobility

Rebecca Minkus
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Component Lead, GIZ African Union

Sabine Minninger
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Senior Policy Advisor on Climate Change, Brot für die Welt

Nazanine Moshiri
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Senior Advisor, Climate and Peace, Berghof Foundation

Amadée Mudie-Mantz
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Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

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

Apostolos Nikolaidis
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Peace & Resilience Thematic Expert, European Commission

Yaindy Nuesi Bautista
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Senior Portfolio Manager, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Siobhan O'Neil
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Head of the Managing Exits from Armed Conflicts Project (MEAC), UNIDIR

Brian O'Sullivan
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Deputy Director Climate Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland

Kristen Petillon
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Business Engagement Lead, PeaceNexus Foundation

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

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

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

Anna Dominique Pröhl
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Programme Analyst Gender, Climate and Peace, UN Women

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

Anna Renfrew
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Policy and Advocacy Advisor Climate and Conflict, Mercy Corps

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

Camilla Riesenfeld
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Senior Advisor, European Institute of Peace (EIP)

Lauren Risi
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Senior Fellow & Director, Environmental Security Program, Stimson Center

Thomas Ritzer
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Senior Advisor Climate Change and Security OSCE

Abigail Robinson
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Director, Continua

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

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

Jyrki Ruohomäki
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Head of Research, Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC)

Karsten Sach
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Member of the Advisory Board, Climate Neutrality Foundation

Marcos Sampablo
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Managing Director, CrossBoundary

Krishna Prasad Sapkota
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Journalist and Director, Amazing Nepal Times

Laura Schäfer
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Head of Division, Germanwatch

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

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

Susanne Schmeier
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Head of Department, IHE Delft

Hanna Schneider
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Program Manager, Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Olivier François Schott
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Principal Administrator, European Commission

Sabrina Schulz
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Director Germany, European Initiative for Energy Security (EIES)

Peter Schwartzstein
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Climate Security Journalist and Researcher, Center for Climate and Security

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

Katongo Seyuba
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Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Josh Sisskin
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First Secretary Global Issues, British Embassy Berlin

Jenny Sørvold
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Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hannah Springer
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Analyst, CONCITO

Sophia Stanger
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Focal Person Environmental Peacebuilding, Austrian Centre for Peace

Maurice Stegen
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Senior Liaison Associate, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Stefan Steinicke
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Senior Manager, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI)

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

Veronica Stratford-Tuke
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Head of Peace Economies, International Alert

Nina Strumpf
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Policy Officer, Working Group Peace and Development (FriEnt)

Janne Taalas
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CEO, CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Iida-Maria Tammi
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Research Fellow, Centre for Humanitarian Action

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

Kheira Tarif
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Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Kati Temonen
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Desk Officer Climate Diplomacy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

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

Suzanne Tisserand
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Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Ani Tovmasyan
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Consultant, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Laura Trajber Waisbich
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Deputy Director of Programs, Igarapé Institute

Thomas Ungerbuehler
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Assistant Director Environmental Security, Interpol

Swathi Veeravalli
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Senior Advisor, Toda

Lotte Vermeij
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Senior Expert UN Peace Operations, NORCAP and ZIF

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

Tobias von Lossow
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Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute

Martin Wall
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Head of Climate and Energy, Embassy of Ireland

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

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

Stefanie Wesch
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Researcher, PIK / DGAP

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

Dorian Wevers
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Analyst, adelphi

Dieter Wolkewitz
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Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Plan Pakistan

Kai Wollscheid
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Director External Affairs Europe, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)

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

Patricia Wratil
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Special Representative to Germany, World Bank

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