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As societies become increasingly diverse, managing cultural diversity with a conflict transformation lens can lead to better governance and societal resilience.

• event 9 Nov 2026

Our Senior Advisor Juan Diaz-Prinz shares three lessons on why peacebuilding must start at home, as trust and democracy face pressure in Europe and North America.

• blog post 22 Oct 2026
• Author(s) Juan Diaz Prinz

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Este livro descreve em pormenor a jornada do Acordo de Maputo. Escrito por Mirko Manzoni e Neha Sanghrajka, que apoiaram e facilitaram a mediação e negociação do Acordo, o livro traça passo a passo os esforços meticulosos para construir confiança e credibilidade em circunstâncias muitas vezes desafiantes, com base nas recordações dos próprios autores sobre a mediação e os esforços subsequentes de implementação do Acordo. Perspectivas dos mediadores e de outras pessoas directamente ligadas ao processo dão vida à trajectória única de Moçambique rumo à paz e à reconciliação, bem como à coragem, perseverança e inovação de todos os envolvidos.

• Year 2026
• Author(s) Mirko Manzoni, Neha Sanghrajka

Climate change is intensifying pressures on communities across Iraq. Water scarcity, livelihood disruption, displacement and environmental degradation are affecting social relations and increasing pressures on already vulnerable communities. Focusing on Kalar, Hawija and Al-Midaina, the study examines how these climate-related pressures interact with conflict and social dynamics, with particular attention to their differentiated impacts on women and men. The analysis highlights women’s often-overlooked contributions to informal mediation, household resource management and efforts to prevent disputes over scarce resources, while also identifying their limited participation in formal decision-making on climate adaptation, natural resource management and conflict prevention. The report presents key findings and recommendations for strengthening women’s leadership and integrating climate adaptation, livelihoods, psychosocial wellbeing and conflict prevention to build community resilience.

• Year 2026
• Author(s) Khanda Assad, Pakhshan Kakawais

Ahead of the Berlin Climate and Security Conference, read Nazanine Moshiri’s reflections on how we can move climate security from talk to action.

• blog post 29 Sept 2026
• Author(s) Nazanine Moshiri

This report evaluates the Weathering Risk Peace Pillar project, assessing its contribution to strengthening local peace infrastructures and addressing the links between climate change, environmental degradation, conflict and insecurity in Hirshabelle and Galmudug, Somalia. It finds that the project has strengthened dialogue, cooperation and local conflict-resolution capacities, while contributing to greater awareness and more peaceful approaches to environmental and resource-related disputes.

• Year 2026

Narine Karapetyan and Karoline Eickhoff argue that transactionalism’s effects on peace mediation depend on shifting third-party interests.

• blog post 28 Sept 2026
• Author(s) Narine Karapetyan, Karoline Eickhoff

Watch our World Mental Health Day event recording to explore how conflict experiences can deepen our understanding of mental health, wellbeing and peacebuilding.

• event 8 Oct 2026

Iraq is highly vulnerable to climate and environmental pressures, including water scarcity, soil degradation, extreme heat and increasingly frequent and intense dust storms. These pressures can deepen existing tensions, disrupt livelihoods and essential services, and increase the risk of conflict and displacement, particularly in areas affected by weak governance, socio-economic marginalisation and unresolved grievances. Against this backdrop, the Berghof Foundation and Peace Paradigms Organisation have worked from 2022 to 2026 to strengthen understanding of the climate-conflict nexus, support inclusive dialogue and mediation, and help Iraqi authorities integrate climate-security and conflict-sensitivity considerations into planning and decision-making. The report presents key outcomes, lessons learned and best practices.

• Year 2026