Participants 2026

Zaheer Abbas

Advisor (Climate and Security), GIZ

Ole Adolphsen

Research Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

Dr Chris Agoha

Country Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Carlos Sanchez del Aguila

Minister, Permanent Mission of Peru to UN Vienna

Patrizia Albrecht

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

Alba Gabriela Alencastro Nunez

International Climate Protection Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Dunya Al-Khawlani

Head of Projects and Peace and Development, Yemeni Initiative for Peace and Development (YIPD)

Malak Altaeb

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

Christian Altpeter

Climate, Peace and Security Officer, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Dr Ana Aquino

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

Marion Arnaud

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

Laura Aumeer

Europe Asia Department Director, Conciliation Resources

Dr Timothé Beaufils

Post-doctoral researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Achim Becker

Allied Command Operations Chief METOC Officer at SHAPE, NATO

Natascha Beinker

Head of Division Climate Policy, Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Jana Birner

Associate Partnership Officer, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Nicholas Bishop

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

Anupkamal Bishwakarma

Executive Director, Dalit Welfare Association

Caterina Bittendorf

Core Team, Global Framework on Children, Youth, Climate, Peace & Security, PUSH Sverige

Dr Tegan Blaine

Independent Consultant, Blaine Advisory

Ann-Sophie Böhle

Climate Security Training Manager, European Security and Defence College (ESDC)

Esther Breffka

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

Tonni Ann Brodber

Head of WPHF Secretariat, Women Peace & Humanitarian Fund

Corinna Broeckmann

Regional Officer for Sri Lanka and Oceania, Misereor

Tabea Campbell Pauli

Senior Research Manager, XCEPT

Arun Chhetri

Sub-Secretary, Social Awareness & Development Campaign Gulmi

Weng Lam Chu

Project Officer, South Asia, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Gaelle Cornuz

Specialist, Folke Bernadotte Academy

Ginevra Cucinotta

Learning Portfolio Manager, UN System Staff College (UNSSC)

Dorthea Damkjær

Senior Advisor, CONCITO

Prof Cedric de Coning

Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Jonas De Meyer

Senior Climate Advisor, Belgium, FPS Foreign Affairs

Ciro de Souza Brito

Director, Legal Alliance for the Amazon

Halimatou Diallo

Head of External Relations, African Parliament of Civil Society

Elena Eckhardt

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

Salih Elias

First Secretary, Embassy of Iraq in Berlin

Nisreen Elsaim

General Director, Youth Alliance for Local Adaptation and Peace (YALAP)

Nadja Emmanuel

Programme Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

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

Julia Evans

Situational Awareness Specialist, Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC Finland)

Dr Marian Feist

Senior Research Fellow, Hertie School

Chantal Felder

Head of Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Alexandra Fong

Chief, Policy, UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

Ekkehard Forberg

Team Leader Advocacy, World Vision Germany

Dr Patrick Fox

Senior Strategic Advisor, Environment and Climate Security, MCF - Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency

Dr Martin Frick

Director, UN World Food Programme (WFP)

Lili Fuhr

Director of Fossil Economy, Center for International Environmental Law

Dr Robin Geiß

Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Noah Gordon

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Michael Gremillion

Director, Global Water Security Center, University of Alabama

Manisha Gulati

Independent researcher

Prof Aarti Gupta

Professor of Global Environmental Governance, Wageningen University and Research

Julia Hammelehle

Senior Policy Advisor, Munich Security Conference

Oliver Hasenkamp

United Nations Association of Germany (UNA Germany)

Lina Hillert

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

Christophe Hodder

Climate Security Advisor to the UN in Somalia, United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) / United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

Dr Farhan Abdi Hussein

Head of General Secretariat, Somalia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr Sena Ilkilic

Policy Officer, British Embassy

Thor Olav Iversen

Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Sarah Jackson

Team Lead, Diplomacy, NewClimate Institute

Antonius Magnus Jaekel

Policy Advisor, E3G

Mathilde Jourde

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

Arne Jungjohann

Senior Analyst, Green Academy

Martin Kaiser

Executive Director, Greenpeace Germany

Andrea Kambergs

Project Lead, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Utchang Kang

Programme Management Officer, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Tendai E. Kasinganeti

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

Caroline Katuma

Senior Programme Officer-Climate, Peace and Security, Life & Peace Institute

Yvan Keckeis

Deputy Head of Unit, Swiss MFA

Sarah Kim

Conflict, Conciliation, and Climate Advisor, Somalia Stability Fund

Sissi (Saskia) Knispel de Acosta

Director, Earth Resilience Institute

Dr Daniel Krahl

Advisor, GIZ

Dr Florian Krampe

Programme Director, SIPRI

Sebastian Kratzer

Thematic Lead - Environment, Climate and Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Laetitia Kraus

Senior Partnerships Advisor, United Nations Office for Project Services

Caroline Kruckow

Policy Advisor Peace and Development, seconded to FriEnt, Brot für die Welt/Working Group on Peace&Development (FriEnt)

Vera Künzel

Senior Advisor, Germanwatch

Gabriel Lagrange

Climate Security Lead, Surge Africa

Johanna Lauritsen

Environmental Coordinator, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Nike Löble

Portfolio Manager, Berghof Foundation

Dr Serge Loode

Director, Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Australia (PaCSIA)

Stefan Lukas

CEO, Middle East Minds

Matt Luna

Organizer / Founder, The Hague Roundtable on Climate & Security

Marisol Maddox

Senior Arctic Fellow, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth

Ignacio Madurga-Lopez

Climate, Peace and Security Specialist, Alliance Bioversity & CIAT

Dr Yves Magloire

Resident Representative, African Civil Society Parliament

HE Johanna Rose Mamiaka

Ambassador, Embassy of the Gabonese Republic in Berlin

Khouloud Ben Mansour

Former Youth Ambassador for Peace, African Union

Albert Martinez

Programme Manager, European Institute of Peace (EIP)

Theonila Roka Matbob

Activist, Former Minister, Bougainville

Dr Assem Mayar

Researcher, Climate Security Expert Network (CSEN)

Eoghan McSwiney

Head of Public Diplomacy and Press, Länder Relations and Climate/Energy, Embassy of Ireland

Simon Merschroth

Advisor for Climate and Development Finance in Fragile Settings, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Clara Mewes

Associate Director, Initiative Klimaneutrales Deutschland

Dr Sidney Michelini

Scientist, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)

Dr 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 (Bread for the World)

Nazanine Moshiri

Senior Climate & Peace Advisor, Berghof Foundation

Zahid Mövlazadä

Executive Director, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)

Maika Müller

Policy Advisor, Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) / ZUG gGmbh

Raquel Munayer

CPS Advisor, Trainer and Mediator, Independent

Hannah Neumeyer

Germany Representative, WaterAid

Amelie Overmann

Advisor Peace and Security, Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World)

Utkarsh Patel

Fellow, CSEP Research Foundation, New Delhi

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

Science Director, Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)

Anna Dominique Pröhl

Programme Analyst Gender, Climate and Peace, UN Women

Dr Elton Qendro

National Programme Officer, OSCE Presence in Albania

Philippe Raposo

Diplomat, Embassy of Brazil

Michelle Rebosio

Technical Lead - Nature, Conflict and Security / Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank Group

Thomas Reeve

Climate Justice Advisor, Oxfam

Anna Renfrew

Policy Advisor, Prosper Global

Ruth Rhoads Allen

President, CDA Collaborative Learning & Local Capacities for Peace International

Levke Rickmers

Government Partnership Officer, World Food Programme (WFP)

Sebastien Roland

Country Director, Acted Syria

Dr Delf Rothe

Senior Researcher, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg

Dr Sandra Ruckstuhl

Research Group Lead - Fragility, Conflict, Livelihoods and Water, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) & CGIAR

Dr Karsten Sach

Member of the Advisory Board, Climate Neutrality Foundation

Krishna Prasad Sapkota

Journalist, Amazing Nepal Times

Laura Schäfer

Head of Division, Germanwatch

Dr Ronja Scheler

Desk Officer, Germany, Federal Ministry of Defence

Dr Juliane Schillinger

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

Elisa Schmidt

Climate Program Manager, Ground Truth Solutions

Linda Schneider

Senior Programme Officer Internationale Climate Policy, Heinrich Boell Foundation Berlin

Peter Schwartzstein

Fellow & Researcher, Stimson Center

Jean Christoph Seipel

Advisor, GIZ

Fermin Selva

CTO / Program Coordinator, Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales

Katongo Seyuba

Researcher, SIPRI

Erin Sikorsky

Director, Center for Climate and Security

Sophia Stanger

Focal Person Environmental Peacebuilding, Austrian Centre for Peace

Maurice Stegen

Senior Liaison Associate, International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Dr Monica Streck

Head of Global/Group Sustainability, HENSOLDT

Nina Strumpf

Project Manager, FriEnt

Brigadier Tim Symonds

Head Productivity and Sustainability, British Army

Prof Shana Tabak

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Dr Iida-Maria Tammi

Research Fellow, Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA)

James Tanis

President's Legate for International Relations, Bougainville, Autonomous Government Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Philip Thies

Desk Officer, Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)

Prof Maren Tomforde

Head Global International Relations, German Armed Forces Command and Staff College

Ani Tovmasyan

Consultant, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Pauline Trepczyk

Senior Officer, Knowledge and Policy Insights, Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) Secretariat

Chiagozie Udeh

Programme Specilaist, Climate Adaptation and Innovation, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Joëlla Van Rijn

Coordinator Climate Change Adaptation, Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Swathi Veeravalli

Doctorate Researcher, Wageningen University

Dr Kira Vinke

Deputy Research Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Hana Volna

Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Petteri Vuorimäki

Special Envoy for Climate and Security, Finland, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Ibrahim Wambai

Assistant Manager, Lead Climate, Conflict and Fragility, Clean Technology Hub

Dr Wahid Watanyar

Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science, Heidelberg University

Charity Watson

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

Paul Waubert de Puiseau

Senior Officer, Germany, Federal Ministry of the Interior

David Weber

Counsellor, Embassy of Canada

Marc Weissgerber

Executive Director, E3G

Stefanie Wesch

Research Fellow, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) & German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Dr Nick Chemosit William

Researcher, Kenyatta University

Dieter Wolkewitz

Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan

Svenja Wolter

Senior Advisor Climate, Environment & Peace, International Alert

Catherine Wong

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

Dr Dieudonne Pascal Alda Yaka

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

Michelle Yonetani

Senior Policy Adviser, Climate Action, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Dr Danielle Young

Assistant Professor, University of Leeds

Ammar Zakri

Senior Policy and Engagement Advisor, Peace Paradigms