Speakers 2026

Asha Abdikadir Omar

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

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)

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

Prof Aarti Gupta

Professor of Global Environmental Governance, Wageningen University

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

Uta Klönne

Senior Science Advisor, Climate Analytics

Thais Lazzeri

Founder and Director, FALA

Kate Levick

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

Putra Maswan

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

Dr Beatrice Mosello

Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House

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)

Florian Postel

Advisor, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)

Prof Marina Romanello

Executive Director, Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

Antonio Sampaio

PhD Candidate, King's College London

Kathrin Samson

Chief Executive Conservation, WWF Germany

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

Fruzsina Straus

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

Swathi Veeravalli

Doctorate Researcher, Wageningen University

Dr Kira Vinke

Deputy Research Director & Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Janani Vivekananda

Director, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

HE Dr Johann Wadephul

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany

Charity Watson

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

Gloria Womitso

Head of Humanitarian Insurance, African Risk Capacity Ltd

Dr Danielle Young

Assistant Professor, University of Leeds