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The latest news and commentary from the Berghof Foundation.

Video: Climate and peace in the Middle EastHow can climate action support peacebuilding objectives?
Watch our event recording to learn about the intersection of climate action and peacebuilding in the Middle East.
- event 25 Jun 2024

Climate compass: Navigating mediation challenges in a warming world
The task of integrating climate awareness into peacebuilding processes is not always easy. Read our climate expert Thomas Ritzer's guide to climate-smart mediation.
- blog post 28 May 2024
- Author(s) Thomas Ritzer

Tackling environmental degradation togetherInsider mediators work on environmental peacebuilding in Zimbabwe
Local mediators analysed the relationship between climate change and conflicts in their regions at a workshop that we co-hosted with Africa University in Harare.
- feature 24 May 2024

Peacemakers call for more international cooperation to end conflicts
With the global defence budget jumping to a record high, The Berlin Moot stressed the importance of seeing security and peace as two sides of the same coin.
- feature 16 May 2024

Day two of The Berlin Moot: "We don’t need more policies, we need more implementation."
We concluded the inaugural edition of The Berlin Moot with a call to take action in reshaping peace. Read takeaways from day two.
- feature 18 Apr 2024

Day one of The Berlin Moot: High time to reshape peacemaking
Read a summary of takeaways from the first day of The Berlin Moot
- feature 17 Apr 2024

The role of women in peacebuilding in ColombiaA film screening and conversation
Join us on 16 April for a film screening and panel discussion. A cooperation with the Colombian Embassy in Berlin and the Swedish Embassy in Berlin.
- event 16 Apr 2024

What can we do to ensure wars will end again at the negotiating table?
From The Berlin Moot, read why new tools and approaches to peacemaking are needed so that more conflicts can be resolved at the negotiating table.
- blog post 16 Apr 2024
- Author(s) Isabel Kleitsch

Watch the livestream of The Berlin MootJoin the inaugural edition of our peacemaking conference on 17 April
Livestreamed panels will cover topics from multipolarity and geopolitics in peacemaking to human rights in mediation, or the role of protest movements.
- feature 11 Apr 2024

Less than two weeks to go: International peacemakers to gather in Berlin
Numerous high-ranking guests are expected to attend this year's inaugural event, including government representatives.
- press release 4 Apr 2024