Great to see our #GWLVoices Executive Director, @mfespinosaec.bsky.social, at the #BerlinClimateSecurityConference 2025, joining the discussion on 25 Years of Women, Peace and Security, highlighting the need to move from crisis response to prevention-rooted governance and lasting peace. ✨
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US Assistant Secretary of State Anne Witkowsky tells #BerlinClimateSecurityConference about new US guidance on climate resilience & security. You can read it here:
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David Miliband (IRC) notes that the German govt is the only major aid donor that reserves a portion for “anticipatory aid” — ie, supporting things like climate adaptation #BerlinClimateSecurityConference
German Federal Foreign Minister H.E. Annalena Baerbock just spoke at length about climate & security, including commentary on analytical output, all extemporaneously — I took that as a sign of high prioritization for the German govt #BerlinClimateSecurityConference
German FM projects 4 degrees of global warming will mean 1.8 billion people will face food insecurity — 20% of world population (compared to 189M people now) #BerlinClimateSecurityConference
German Foreign Office maps internal displacement worldwide — natural disasters are a major driver #BerlinClimateSecurityConference
“We are losing this race against time,” says former Indonesian Vice FM. “We’re all too focused on incremental change” #BerlinClimateSecurityConference
“We believe Russia is preparing for military confrontation with the collective west, built on oil and gas,” says Dr Ole Diehl of the German Federal Intelligence Service #BerlinClimateSecurityConference
“Climate change is this generation’s atomic bomb,” says former Indonesian Vice FM, likening it to growing up in the Cold War. “Humanity has a common enemy” #BerlinClimateSecurityConference
