From 04.06.2024 to 05.06.2024, CHA has hosted its annual conference on the topic
Climate & humanitarian crises and the lack of a joint response – Needs, narratives and necessities
Over two days, numerous panellists and participants from the humanitarian and climate communities discussed, both online and in person, ways to plan and shape an effective, impactful and determined cross-sectoral response to the climate crisis. In the following video gallery you can review the conference, with the exception of the Active Sessions. The abstracts of all sessions can be found on our conference webseite, as well as in the video description (by clicking on “watch on YouTube”).
Welcome
- Ralf Südhoff, Director Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA)
Keynote Dialogue
- Dr Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
- Nisreen Elsaim, Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy
- Dr Andrea Steinke, Research Fellow, CHA
Panel 1: Loss and Damage and the Limits of Collaboration
- Dr Koko Warner, Director, IOM Global Data Institute (GDI)
- Sebastian Lesch, Head of the Climate Policy Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Dr Andrea Steinke, Research Fellow, CHA
Reporting from the Session “Unusual Allies and Uncomfortable Truths“
The following three active sessions where conducted onsite:
- Active Session 1 on Private Sector
- Active Session 2 on Climate Activism
- Active Session 3 on Climate Science
Day 2
Welcome and Three Hot Takes from Day 1
- Dr Abdullah Fahimi, Research Fellow, Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
- Dr Iida-Maria Tammi, Visiting Scholar, CHA
Panel 2: Doubling Down – Fragility, Conflict and Violence in the Face of Climate Change
- Janani Vivekananda, Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security, adelphi
- Cynthia Bakkalian, Disaster Risk Management Project Analyst, Presidency of Council of Ministers Lebanon
- Shashwat Saraf, Regional Emergency Director, East Africa with International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Dr Iida-Maria Tammi, Visiting Scholar, CHA
Reporting from the Session “Priorities, Needs, Necessities: Operating in a Climate-Changed World“
This is a Reporting from the Session “Priorities, Needs, Necessities: Operating in a Climate-Changed World.” The following three active sessions where conducted onsite:
- Active Session 1 on Climate Finance
- Active Session 2 on Climate Change and Gender
- Active Session 3 on Diaspora Actors
Three Hot Takes from Day 2
- Matthias Amling, Team Lead Anticipatory Humanitarian Action and Networking, Welthungerhilfe (WHH)
- Dr Andrea Steinke, Research Fellow, CHA
Goodbye
