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At the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the climate, environment, development, humanitarian, and peace sectors came together to support the adoption of the first-of-its-kind Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace. The Declaration sheds light on the urgency to build climate resilience at the scale and speed needed in highly vulnerable countries and communities, particularly those threatened or affected by fragility or conflict, and/or facing severe humanitarian needs. The Baku Call launched at COP29 also reiterated the need to enhance concerted efforts to ‘address climate change-related causes of human insecurity, deliver on existing and offer new pledges for scaling up international cooperation and finance, as well as relief and recovery efforts to enhance climate adaptation and resilience building in vulnerable countries, affected by the interconnected challenges of climate change and conflicts and with high levels of humanitarian needs. As evidenced by the increasingly complex emergencies unfolding around the globe, addressing the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change alongside growing humanitarian needs has become imperative. 

Building on last year’s UNSSC-adelphi event at HNPW, which focused on understanding climate and environmental risks for increased resilience, conflict prevention and sustaining peace, this session will focus on responses. It will do so by presenting concrete examples from countries currently dealing with the impacts of climate change and conflict and providing insights from organizations striving to provide life-saving support, while building the resilience of vulnerable communities and supporting peace outcomes. During the session, participants will have the opportunity to interact with speakers through interactive quiz and Q&A segments.

This session will target practitioners, donors and researchers working at the intersection of climate, peace and security. This includes UN agencies, funds and programmes, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) operating at the national and local levels. 

The expected outcomes of the session are as follows:

• Increased understanding of the importance and benefits of integrated action that jointly addresses climate impacts and humanitarian needs, setting the foundations for sustainable development and peace
• Increased awareness of entry points to integrate climate considerations into humanitarian work
• Increased integration and collaboration across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in dealing with the impacts of climate change
• Integration of humanitarian practitioners in the growing climate, peace and security network