Speakers

• Itonde Kakoma, President of Interpeace
• Nenna Lily Nwabufo, AfDB, Vice-President for the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex
• Elizabeth Spehar, ASG of UN-Peacebuilding Support Office
• IOM Youth Representative

The proposed conversation aims to generate concrete policy recommendations in support of the launch of the Centre of Excellence on Climate Action for Peace announced by the COP 29 Presidency, aimed at scaling up international cooperation and finance to strentghten the resilience of vulnerable communities to climatic shocks. The session will focus on driving global action of the climate-peace nexus, building on the momentum generated by the IOM and the COP 29 Presidency during the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. It will explore how stronger partnerships between development finance institutions, the UN, peacebuilding actors, and communities can catalyse, operationalise and scale peace-positive climate finance to build resilience in countries most impacted by climate shocks and conflict.