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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 15m

🔹 Remove barriers to climate finance and support civil society's role in peace and #HumanRights.
🔹 Democratise climate knowledge – use local languages and clear information to include vulnerable groups.
🔹 Plan inclusively, address grievances, and foster cooperation between climate & peace experts.

Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 15m

🔹 Phase out fossil fuels quickly, as they fuel both #ClimateChange & violence.
🔹 Use conflict-sensitive approaches that involve local communities.
🔹 Boost grant funding & support for fragile, conflict-affected areas – fragility is a call for engagement, and should not be seen as a barrier.

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 15m

🌱⚖️ How to make sure that #climate programmes do not spark #conflict but promote #peace?

💪 When #peacebuilding is integrated with climate action, solutions become stronger, fairer, and more #sustainable. 🌍 🕊️

Read more in our #COP30 #Policy Brief 👉 frient.de/en/publikati...

COP30 – What should be delivered on Climate, Peace, and Security? - FriEnt Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Frieden und Entwicklung

A policy brief by FriEnt, Brot für die Welt, Germanwatch, Search for Common Ground, and World Vision

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SIPRI.bsky.social @sipri.org · 23m

Today, #SIPRI releases a new research policy paper by
Katongo Seyuba and @floriankrampe.bsky.social exploring how businesses can foster climate resilience and #peacebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected situations.
Full paper 🔗 doi.org/10.55163/PDK...

#ClimateSecurity #ClimateChange

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 1d

⚖️ #LossAndDamage from extreme weather and slow-onset climate impacts threaten livelihoods and stability, increasing the risk of conflict. Addressing these impacts with a conflict-sensitive approach is essential for lasting peace and resilience. #sustainability

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 1d

🤝 #Adaptation to climate impacts is not only technical – it is social and political. Supporting vulnerable communities and integrating #peacebuilding into climate plans makes adaptation more effective and helps address shared challenges like food #security and displacement.

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 1d

🌍🕊️ Building #Climate #Resilience and #Peace Together 👉 Read more in our #COP30 #Policy Brief on Climate, Peace and Security: frient.de/en/publikati...

👣 Mitigating #ClimateChange by moving away from #FossilFuels is not just about cutting emissions – it is also about preventing #conflict.

Mockup image of FriEnt's COP30 Policy Brief

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 7d

Have you already read the report?

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 7d

🕊️On the International Day of Non-Violence, read the new Global Progress Report on #SDG16 – the #SustainableDevelopmentGoal for #peace, #justice, and strong institutions on the @undp-gpcg.bsky.social website: www.undp.org/publications...

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 8d

What are your thoughts on that?

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 #New #release by @eplo-network.bsky.social: Read the statement on the Commission proposal for a #GlobalEurope regulation! eplo.org/eplo-stateme...

EPLO Statement - Global Europe: ensuring the EU continues to fund conflict prevention and peacebuilding - EPLO

In September 2025, EPLO released its official statement accompanied by the brief on the European Commission’s proposal for a new Global Europe regulation. The focus of this contribution is clear: the ...

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 8d

Have you already read the Policy Brief?

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 9d

🤝Many thanks to @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social @germanwatch.bsky.social Search for Common Ground, and @worldvisionde.bsky.social for this great cooperation- and also to CSPPS, Conflict Climate Action Asia, @berghoffnd.bsky.social, and International Alert for endorsing the paper!

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 9d

💡 Our new #policy brief highlights our key recommendations ahead of #COP30: How can mitigation, adaptation & loss-and-damage responses promote peace and resilience? 👉 frient.de/en/publikati...

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zfdnews.bsky.social @zfdnews.bsky.social · 17d

Anlässlich der #Haushaltsverhandlungen & der im Raum stehenden #Kürzungen für die nächsten Jahre fordert das Konsortium Ziviler Friedensdienst: Gewaltprävention & Friedensförderung stärken! www.ziviler-friedensdienst.org/de/aktuelles...

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 17d

You can #read the #tribute to her #life by the #CivilSociety Platform for #Peacebuilding and #Statebuilding ( #CSPPS ) here: cspps.org/news/if-you-...

If you say the truth you can sleep at night

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 17d

🕊️ In remembrance of Ms. Hibo Yassin Haji Yussuf on yesterday's #InternationalDayofPeace: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmiN...

Interview with Dr Hibo Yassin Haji Yussuf

YouTube video by FriEnt

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 21d

This debate will bring together experts, policymakers and #CivilSociety representatives to discuss geopolitical trends and explore perspectives for responsible international #policymaking for #peace.
🎙️ Speakers include:
Dr Swasti Rao
Dr Xinyu Yuan
Professor Antonio Jorge Ramalho da Rocha

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 21d

🌍 Public Debate: "Geopolitics, Militarisation, and the Global South"
📅 28 October 2025 | 🕠 17:30 | 📍 @fesonline.bsky.social #Berlin
👉 Please stay tuned for further information on how to register. We look forward to welcoming you!

World map on grey background. Photo: Unsplash, Marjan Blan

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 21d

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 21d

🌍🎙️ Is there room for #climate, #peace, and #security at the #ClimateChange #Conference #COP? 🎧 Tune in to this #insightful #podcast episode: @steinkraus.bsky.social and Laís Clemente dive into #Brazil's role in global climate #diplomacy – and what it could mean for the upcoming #COP30. Listen now! ⤵️

Climate Diplomacy and Security @climatediplo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Less than 💯 days until #COP30 in Belém.
In our latest episode of the #ClimateDiploPod, we discuss Brazil’s challenges & opportunities regarding climate, environment, and human security, explore Brazil's leadership role on climate, & what to expect for climate security at COP30.
🎧 adelph.it/podcast52

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 22d

⌛🌿 For more than 40 years, #JaniSilva has been committed to social justice, environmental protection, and community cohesion in the #Amazon region of #Putumayo – demonstrating how closely connected not only #peace and environmental #protection are, but also #courage.

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · 22d

🕊️ Today, the #Peace #Prize of the German state of #Hessen is awarded to #Colombian #environmental and peace activist Jani Silva.

Just after the #InternationalDayofDemocracy, it is a reminder how #democracy is linked to #HumanRights, #SocialJustice & #EnvironmentalProtection.

📷© Hessischer Landtag

© Hessischer Landtag: Peace Prize Winner Jani Silva is sitting at a table.

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · Sep 3

Register now to the Berlin Peace Dialogue 2025! FriEnt contributes to the topics of disinformation and climate.

🗓️ 9 October 2025, 9:00am – 5:30pm
📍 German Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin & online!

📝 beirat-zivile-krisenpraevention.org/en/event/ber...

Berlin Peace Dialogue 2025 - Beirat Zivile Krisenprävention und Friedensförderung

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Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) @frient-news.bsky.social · Sep 2

📖 Check out this contribution to the report by the Conflict and Environment Observatory (@ceobs.org) to find out more information on the impacts of rising military expenditures on #SDG13: ceobs.org/how-increasi...

How increasing global military expenditure threatens SDG 13 on Climate action - CEOBS

Rising military expenditure threatens SDG 13: NATO’s increased spending alone will cause $119–264 bn/year in collateral climate damage.

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