Speakers 2026

Asha Abdikadir Omar

Field Manager, Horn of Africa Peace Network (HAPEN) Somalia

H.E. Amb. Jabril Abdulle

Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Kenya

H.E. Amb. Anthony Agotha

Ambassador-at-large – EU Special Envoy for Climate and Energy Security, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Dr Muna Albanna

Regional Infrastructure Advisor, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Malak Altaeb

Senior Subject Matter Expert - Sustainable Resource Management and Climate Resilience, Climate and Water Initiative (CWI)

Dr Andre Alves dos Reis

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

Dr Nico Bauer

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

Tonni Brodber

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

Héctor Camilo Morales Muñoz

Senior Advisor, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

Prof Nnaemeka Andegbe Chukwuone

Director, Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre (REPRC), Environment for Development (EfD) Nigeria, University of Nigeria Nsukka

Laís Clemente Pereira

Consultant, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

Victoria Cochrane

Head of Unit, Sub-Saharan Africa, Berghof Foundation

Lucy Czachowski

Head of AI and Cloud Policy - Resilience and Infrastructure, Bitkom e.V.

Raik Drescher

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

Japhet William Graham Eichel

Gender, Climate, Peace and Security Specialist, UN Women

H.E. Dr Ahmed Ekzayez

Deputy Minister, Syria, Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management

Lionel Fabre

Director of the Environment and Climate Department, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Prof Aarti Gupta

Professor of Global Environmental Governance, Wageningen University

Dr Franziska Hagedorn

Head of Arctic, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Commander Christian Ickert

Desk Officer Arctic, German Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg)

Mathilde Jourde

Head of the Climate, Environment, Security Programme, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)

Tendai Kasinganeti

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

Wangare Mary Kirumba

Director for Environment Policy, Research and Regulations, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya

Uta Klönne

Senior Science Advisor, Climate Analytics

Christoph Kuhn

Deputy Director General, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Thais Lazzeri

Founder and Director, FALA

Kate Levick

Deputy Director, Earth Capital Nexus, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics

Marisol Maddox

Senior Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth

Manuel Marques Pereira

Chief of Mission - Somalia, International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Albert Martinez

Environmental Policy Manager, European Institute of Peace

Putra Maswan

Finance and Economic Analyst, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Indonesia

Arne Molfenter

Desk Officer, United Nations

Dr Beatrice Mosello

Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House

Ali Nasrallah

Independent Consultant, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Caroline Nyaga

Programme Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Commodore Rafiu Taye Oladejo

Director Policy and Strategy, National Counter Terrorism Centre, Nigeria

Dr Siobhan O’Neil

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

Utkarsh Patel

Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP)

Stefanie Pfahl

Deputy Director, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)

Florian Postel

Advisor, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Lauren Risi

Senior Fellow & Director, Stimson Center

Prof Marina Romanello

Executive Director, Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

Lukas Rüttinger

Senior Advisor, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

Antonio Sampaio

PhD Candidate, King's College London

Kathrin Samson

Chief Executive Conservation, WWF Germany

Liesa Sauerhammer

Manager - Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile Contexts, German Red Cross

Dr Juliane Schillinger

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

Mohammad Shehadat

Researcher, Syrian Climate Pioneers

Anna Siewiorek

Expert and Head of Grant Programmes and Climate Disinformation Resilience, Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), Climate&Strategy Foundation

Alexandra Steinkraus

Advisor, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

Kerstin Stendahl

Special Envoy on Environment Security, Finland, Ministry of the Environment

Fruzsina Straus

Head of DRR and Peacebuilding, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Dr Monica Streck

Head of Global/Group Sustainability, HENSOLDT

Dr Sreejith Sugunan

Project Lead, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Chiagozie Udeh

Programme Specialist, Climate Adaptation & Innovation, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Carol Vaughan

Head of Nature Security, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), United Kingdom

Swathi Veeravalli

Doctorate Researcher, Wageningen University

Dr Kira Vinke

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

Janani Vivekananda

Director, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

Anneleen Vos

Senior Policy Advisor, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Petteri Vuorimäki

Special Representative for Climate and Security, Finland

H.E. Dr Johann Wadephul

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany

Charity Watson

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

Dr Michael Werz

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Gloria Womitso

Head of Humanitarian Insurance, African Risk Capacity Ltd

Pieter Wynant

Safety and Security Expert, Belgian Climate Risk Assessment Center (CERAC)

Dr Danielle Young

Assistant Professor, University of Leeds

Ammar Zakri

Senior Policy and Engagement Advisor, Peace Paradigms Organisation