Against this backdrop, the session posed a central provocation to participants: “If cities are both the epicentre of climate risk and the best laboratory for solutions — why are the people most exposed still the least heard, least protected and least resourced to act?”

The eighth edition of the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) explored a climate for security, freedom and prosperity. As the world confronts growing instability, the need for integrated, cross-sectoral responses has never been more urgent. Through taking stock of leading practice and convening figures from government, implementation organisations, and research, it helped to reframe and rethink how hard security, human security, and climate action can be pursued together, reenforcing each other rather than in competition.

Speakers:

• Manuel Marques Pereira, Chief of Mission - Somalia, International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
• Antonio Sampaio, PhD Candidate, King's College London
• Fruzsina Straus, Head of DRR and Peacebuilding, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Chiagozie Udeh, Programme Specialist, Climate Adaptation & Innovation, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• Moderated by Héctor Camilo Morales Muñoz, Senior Advisor, Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi global

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