ECCP: April highlights & May meetings

What’s blooming across ECCP this season

Apr 16, 2025

Dear colleagues,

I hope this message finds you well and easing into the second half of April with some inspiration and momentum. Below you’ll find updates from our working groups, news about upcoming events, and some new resources to support your work.

Remember: You can always find summaries, connection links, and updates for all ECCP meetings and groups on our 2025 Activities Page.

Climate Change & Policy

The next Peace@COP30 Policy Working Group meeting will take place on Wednesday 23 April at 15h CET. This group is diving into potential areas of influence within the COP30 negotiations, with a desire to get more concrete and granular than in years past. All are welcome to join these conversations - no prior COP experience required!

You’ll find notes from our March meeting here.

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Biodiversity & Policy

The Peace@CBD working group met yesterday to unpack opportunities across the multilateral biodiversity policy landscape. The group discussed specific policy links at the October World Conservation Congress and December UNEA-7 (UN Environment Assembly), and much, much more.

You can read the notes from the meeting here, and join us next month on 19 May at 16h CET.

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Environment, Peacebuilding & Security

Our newest policy working group on Environment, Peacebuilding, and Security will meet again on Thursday 24 April at 15h CET for a deep-dive session on climate, peace, and security issues in the Arctic, led by our colleagues at NUPI. Find a summary of sessions from this working group so far linked here.

Members of this group are also hard at work to organize an ECCP Learning Series on Climate Security diving into how security institutions are engaging with environmental and climate risks. Speakers from NATO, the EU, the OSCE, and related institutions have been invited, and we should be able to announce dates shortly. You'll be able to find that information here, and on our usual 2025 Activity page.

The Learning Series kicked off in March with a fireside chat featuring community members Abby Robinson and Raquel Munayer — in case you missed it, you can catch the recording here.

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General Events & Community Updates

ECCP Monthly Meeting – 22 April at 15h CET (time change from our usual 14h!)
An informal space to share updates, hear from others, and connect.

ECCP Community Fund’s Call for Proposals — In case you missed my email on 1 April, the ECCP Community Fund is officially open and proposals are due 15 May. Funding is available to support community-led activities such as regional meetings, co-development of knowledge, or policy engagement. Learn more and submit your idea here.

Decolonization Discussion Group — Our decolonization group met last week for an exploration of land acknowledgement. You can read the April meeting notes and watch the recording here. Our next session is scheduled for 19 May at 15h CET.

Are you based in Berlin? — Following my recent call for interest in organizing in-person meet-ups around the world, I’m working with volunteers from cities from DC to Nairobi to bring together gatherings. An announcement is coming shortly with more information on all, but for now - are you based in Berlin? If you're based in Berlin or would like to help shape a meet-up there, please reach out!

Peer Circle on Funding/Fundraising — There’s growing interest in forming a peer circle focused on discussing/exploring/pursuing/creating funding opportunities in today’s shifting landscape. If this resonates or you’d like to learn more about it, let me know and we’ll loop you in as the idea develops.

Resources related to environment, climate, conflict, and peace

STRATA Platform – UNEP: A geospatial tool to identify intersections between climate, environmental stress, and instability.
ZIF Briefing – Peace Mediation in the Climate Crisis: Timely insights from the Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) on integrating climate into mediation practice.
Programmatic Learning Guide – HDP Nexus Practitioners: A detailed resource for reflection and skill-building in our field – includes a snapshot of the ECCP’s as good practice (!) (see Annex, p.87).
Spotlight on Gender, AI & Disaster Response: Navigating tech risks in climate breakdown contexts.
Alternative Funding 101 – Community Philanthropy in Action: A practical resource for thinking differently about local and community-based funding approaches.
Postdoctoral Research Grants – Fondation Croix-Rouge
Grants for social science & humanities research on humanitarian transitions, climate change, eco-anxiety & more. Deadline: 27 April 2025 | Scope: €18,000–€19,800 for 15 months. NB: Only available in French & limited to certain geographic regions.

And finally, together with the Climate Security Mechanism, we’re putting together a list of all the related newsletters we can find on this topic. If you see something missing, let me know!

Thanks, as always, for being part of this community – whether you’re organizing, sharing, discussing, or simply reading along. I’m sincerely grateful for your engagement.

For those of you who are about to go on leave for a few days, please take care, disconnect, and get some rest. We’ll see you back here very soon.

Warmly,
Annika

Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) Bi-weekly