Climate Diplomacy Podcast

About Climate Diplomacy Podcast

The Climate Diplomacy Podcast gives insights into the latest developments in international climate diplomacy and security. Our host Alexandra Steinkraus interviews experts and practitioners on their take on climate foreign policy, climate-related impacts to security, and promoting peace and resilience in a changing climate. Together we look into climate-fragility, migration, food insecurity, gender dynamics and much more, not to mention our deep dive into countries and regions. For more information, please visit climate-diplomacy.org or follow @climatediplo.bsky.social on Bluesky and Climate Diplomacy and Security on LinkedIn.

Publisher

Climate Diplomacy

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Feb 2019

Latest episode

30 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Aug 2026

   Episode 59: What solutions do we have when the world is burning? Building peace and resilience amid converging crises

   Europe is experiencing another summer of extreme heat, drought and wildfires. Across the world, communities are also facing record temperatures, intense rainfall, floods, landslides and tropical cyclones. These climate impacts are unfolding alongside intensifying conflict, geopolitical uncertainty and shrinking development and climate finance, creating overlapping pressures for communities, institutions and emergency responders. In this episode, hosts Alexandra Steinkraus and Josephine Collier explore how climate change, conflict and financial pressures are converging, and ask how peacebuilding and climate action can respond together rather than separately. Drawing on lessons from the Weathering Risk Peace Pillar, they discuss what integrated climate, environment, peace and security programming looks like in practice. The conversation explores natural resource peace agreements in Nigeria, water sharing initiatives in Iraq, climate sensitive agriculture and the ways in which one investment can strengthen peace, resource management, livelihoods and social cohesion at the same time. Alexandra and Josephine also reflect on what makes these approaches effective, durable and relevant across very different contexts. This episode was recorded before the devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal on 26 August 2026. Further resourcesWeathering Risk Peace Pillar: (initiative info), (evaluation syntheses), (5 lessons policy brief) and (impact stories)More about the OSCE project Strengthening Responses to Security Risks from Climate Change in South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia (overview, stories, news and publications)More information on the current wildfire situation in Europe© adelphi global, all rights reservedadelphi global (https://adelphi-global.de/en) is an economically and politically independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting sustainability, enhancing environmental protection, improving education, expanding development cooperation, and strengthening international collaborations. Our commitment is reflected in targeted projects, in-depth analyses, and informative educational events, through which we strive for a just and sustainable world.Editing by Paulus Müller-Hahl (Lichtbilder)

2. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Episode 58: Shared waters, shared stakes: Science diplomacy and conflict prevention in the Bay of Bengal

   The Bay of Bengal is home to a quarter of humanity, and it is under pressure. Geopolitical competition, declining fish stocks, and the intensifying impacts of climate change are straining a shared maritime environment on which hundreds of millions of people depend. As resources grow scarcer, so does the risk of escalation among the region's littoral states.In this episode, Josephine Collier and Alexandra Steinkraus (adelphi) speak with Nicholas Chu and Sreejith Sugunan from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, the organisation which initiated the Bay of Bengal Maritime Dialogue — the only platform addressing the bay in a holistic sense. Together, we explore how science diplomacy uses scientific cooperation as a neutral entry point for regional collaboration: from tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing to facilitating the Kochi Declaration on Marine Science Cooperation. The often overlooked role of women in the fisheries and coastal labour force is also discussed, and why inclusive, gender-responsive approaches to maritime policymaking produce better science and more durable governance outcomes.Further resources:More information about the projectBay of Bengal Maritime Dialogue synthesis reportImpact story: Voices from the Bay - Making a fishing ban work in the Bay of Bengal © adelphi global, all rights reservedadelphi global (https://adelphi-global.de/en) is an economically and politically independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting sustainability, enhancing environmental protection, improving education, expanding development cooperation, and strengthening international collaborations. Our commitment is reflected in targeted projects, in-depth analyses, and informative educational events, through which we strive for a just and sustainable world.Editing by Paulus Müller-Hahl (Lichtbilder)

3. 

   29 May 2026

   Episode 57: Sustainable peace from the ground up: Natural resource peace agreements in Nigeria

   In Nigeria's Middle Belt, farmer-herder conflicts over land and natural resources have claimed thousands of lives in recent years. Climate change – through prolonged droughts, irregular rainfall and shrinking grazing lands – is intensifying these pressures, driving displacement and deepening tensions across communities in Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau states.In this episode, we speak with Chrisantus Lapang Defuna'an from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Through an inclusive, climate-sensitive dialogue process facilitated by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, communities across the region have signed three natural resource peace agreements that embed provisions for collaborative resource management and climate adaptation. The results are striking: reduced violence, the return of displaced persons, reopened markets, improved food security – and communities now farming and managing shared resources together.Chrisantus reflects on what these agreements have achieved, what the evaluation evidence tells us about what made the difference, and what this model might mean for other regions facing similar climate-driven resource conflicts.Further resources:Multi-Level Approaches to Sustainable Peace in Nigeria’s Middle Belt: Key Findings from Evaluating Climate-Sensitive Peace Programming - report and evaluation synthesisImpact story: Reaching a peace agreement in Nigeria's Middle Belt: Shared natural resource use in the climate crisis More information about the project here© adelphi global, all rights reservedadelphi global (https://adelphi-global.de/en) is an economically and politically independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting sustainability, enhancing environmental protection, improving education, expanding development cooperation, and strengthening international collaborations. Our commitment is reflected in targeted projects, in-depth analyses, and informative educational events, through which we strive for a just and sustainable world.Editing by Paulus Müller-Hahl (Lichtbilder)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

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38

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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