This breakout session, hosted by the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), adelphi global, and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), explored how to translate this evolving understanding into more effective, integrated, and resilient approaches at the international, national, and local levels.

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:

• Asha Abdikadir Omar, Field Manager, Horn of Africa Peace Network (HAPEN) Somalia
• Tendai Kasinganeti, Climate Peace and Security Advisor, United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)
• Dr Siobhan O'Neil, Head of the MEAC Project, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
• Framing remarks by Lukas Rüttinger, Senior Advisor, adelphi global
• Moderated by Dr Andre Alves dos Reis, Head of Performance and Impact, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)

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