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Increased pressure on vital resources such as water, food & land: Climate change impacts national security and 🌍 peace at large. Tune in at 09:00 CEST for the Berlin Climate and Security Conference #BCSC2025👇
berlin-climate-security-conference.de/en
October 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Restoring land can help build peace.

In Somalia, UNEP and IOM - UN Migration projects backed by Germany show how #ClimateAction can ease resource conflicts and strengthen security.

Here are some lessons learned: https://bit.ly/47BRf8k

#BCSC2025
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Climate change creates pressure that fuels conflicts & threatens security, freedom & prosperity – which is why cooperation is key. State Secretary von Geyr today at the Berlin Climate & Security Conference with 270 participants #BCSC2025.
Full speech here👉diplo.de/2740792
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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HAPPENING SOON at #BCSC2025: Join us for our first plenary session on “Climate in the crosshairs: Security, scarcity, and power in a warming world”.

Session info: berlin-climate-security-conference.de/en/climate-c...

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October 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Sharing insights from our #BCSC2025 session on "Strategic minerals, strategic futures" with @ecfrafrica.bsky.social -

Speakers discussed the importance of Europe moving from extraction to partnership, with EU's role in shaping the future global supply chain through tech & long-term collaboration.
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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At #BCSC2025, CCASCOE Director Mathieu Bussières joined the panel “No Defence Readiness Without Climate Readiness,” stressing that military resilience depends on adapting to climate shocks and cross-sector collaboration.
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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From our #BCSC2025 session on "Rethinking vulnerability & resilience in island nations" - Jamie Tarawa from @undp.org
shared insights from the Pacific context - "In many Pacific languages, there is no direct translation for vulnerability, but there is for resilience."
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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UP NEXT at #BCSC2025

Don’t miss our next plenary session - “Bridging the gap: Innovative climate finance for fragile states”, feat. speakers from @greenclimate.fund & more.

Session info - berlin-climate-security-conference.de/en/bridging-...

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October 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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JUST NOW from Plenary 1 (Climate in the crosshairs):

Eva Svoboda (@icrc.org) - "Our success should be measured by whether the most remote, most insecure, and most vulnerable communities have the support they need.”

Follow along for more updates on #BCSC2025!
October 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Key takeaway from our last #BCSC2025 session on regional & plurilateral climate security with speaker @mfespinosaec.bsky.social

Clarity of purpose is key to build momentum & trust + fostering cooperation with countries affected by climate change requires to move from discourse to concrete action.
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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➡️Berlin Climate & Security Conference at @diplo.de.

➡️Former Director of @zif.bsky.social, Almut Wieland-Karimi moderates a panel on "Climate Financing for Fragile States".

☝️You can watch it live here: berlin-climate-security-conference.de/agenda-2025

#BCSC2025 @climatediplo.bsky.social #Climate
Panel on Climate Finance at #BCSC2025
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🌍 Today at #BCSC2025: Climate, conflict & cooperation in a turbulent era.

➡️ Tune in to the livestream: berlin-climate-security-conference.de/en

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October 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Moderated by Dr. Ronja Scheler, the panel included H.E. Ambassador Mr. Anthony Agotha (EU Special Envoy), Ms. Mona Köhler-Schindler (NATO IMS) & Lt-Col. Patrick Laurent (EEAS/EUMS). #BCSC2025 #ClimateSecurity
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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#BCSC2025 is starting soon!

We are excited to kick things off with opening remarks from Janani Vivekananda (adelphi global), and H.E. Dr. Géza Andreas von Geyr (@germany.diplo.de)

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October 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Many (belated) thanks to the Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany @diplo.de and adelphi Climate Diplomacy and Security @climatediplo.bsky.social for such a vital and insightful event. If interested, please find my reflections via the link below 👇🏼 #BCSC2025
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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HAPPENING SOON at #BCSC2025: Closing Remarks

Tune in for final insights from Marcus Hicken and Anka Feldhusen Feldhusen of @germany.diplo.de
as we wrap up this year’s Berlin Climate Security Conference.

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October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Honored to speak at the Berlin Climate Security Conference 2025. As we mark this milestone, we must move decisively from crisis response to prevention-rooted governance, strengthening resilience and long-term peace.
#BCSC2025
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Key insight from our #BCSC2025 session on "25 years of Women, Peace and Security – What has been achieved?" from our speaker @mfespinosaec.bsky.social -

"Work on words and narratives because they guide action."
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Are we asking the right questions about #ClimateFinance in fragile settings?

At #BCSC2025, @greenclimate.fund's Stephanie Speck argued for strengthening existing institutions over focusing solely on how much & when.

Read the full article: adelph.it/RtoR

Watch the BCSC session: adelph.it/BtG
Article - from readiness to resilience, strengthening institutions for climate action
March 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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German @diplo.de State Secretary von Geyr kicks off #BCSC2025, underlining that climate change negatively affects all three core German interests: security, freedom, and prosperity - meaning that the Climate, Peace and Security nexus will become more important & Germany will invest in addressing it
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Ghulam Isaczai (UN Assistance Mission for Iraq) shared a key insight during our #BCSC2025 breakout session on "Climate-smart post-conflict recovery".

"In Iraq, like in any post-conflict recovery, therefore, integrating climate risks is not an option, but a precondition for lasting peace."
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Highlight from Plenary Session on "Bridging the gap: Innovative climate finance for fragile states"

"When you talk about climate finance you talk about what you can bring, but it should be about what we can build." - Stephanie Speck, @greenclimate.fund

Follow for more highlights from #BCSC2025.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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🌍♻️ We are at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference today. If you are participating in the #BCSC2025, we welcome you to join our breakout session on the strategic importance of minerals and the role of Africa in this space (15:20 - 16:30, Stresemann-Saal). @ecfr.eu @climatediplo.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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IRC's new paper launched ahead of #BCSC2025 and #COP30, calls for urgent global action to protect communities living at the intersection of the climate crisis and armed conflict. @rescue.org @eu.rescue.org @climatediplo.bsky.social
Navigating the Climate Crisis in a New Era of Aid | The IRC
The IRC’s Navigating the Climate Crisis in a New Era of Aid report warns that conflict-affected communities—home to some of the world’s most vulnerable populations—are facing a dangerous convergence o...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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As Dr. Marcus Schroder (BMUKN) stated in our breakout session on crimes that affect the environment -

"From drug cartels in Latin America to Al-qaeda and ISIS, environmental crime is funding illegal organisations, fueling corruption, conflict and violence"

Follow for more #BCSC2025 insights.
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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STARTING SOON: Join us for our last #BCSC2025 plenary session – “Beyond borders: Regional and plurilateral climate security in action”, moderated by Emma Whitaker by adelphi global.

Session info: berlin-climate-security-conference.de/en/beyond-bo...

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October 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM