Climate Emergency: Transforming Humanitarian Practices to Better Serve Populations Today and Tomorrow

12 March, 11:00–12:30 CET | Salle Montreux, CICG, Geneva and online

This session explored how the Humanitarian Reset can embed climate and environmental practices into programming despite the unprecedented challenges faced by the sector. During this session, we reaffirmed the sector’s climate and environmental commitments, explored benefits and co-benefits like financial savings and resilience, and showcased practical examples of organisations implementing ambitious climate roadmaps.

Speakers:

• André Krummacher, ACTED
• Muhammad Mosleh Uddin, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)
• Julia Stewart-David, DG ECHO
• Alexandra Kappeler, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• Daniel Pfister, UNOCHA
• Moderated and introduced by Bruno Jochum, Executive Director at the Climate Action Accelerator

Without Borders, Within Boundaries: Learning How to Deliver Aid in Light of the Climate Emergency?

11 March, 11:00–12:30 CET | Salle 2, CICG, Geneva and online

This session examined how Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland (MSF) and the wider humanitarian sector must adapt to the escalating climate crisis, exposing possible pathways and challenges to transforming its traditional operating model and priority setting.

It also presented the main key points from the chapter on climate in MSF’s Switzerland’s recently published book “Humanitarian Myths and Hubris: A Critical Self-Portrait from Médecins”. You can get the book in English here and in French here.

Speakers:

• Bruno Jochum, Executive Director at the Climate Action Accelerator
• Stephen Cornish, Outgoing General Director, MSF Operational Centre Geneva
• Moderated by Nishanie Jayamaha, Co-coordinator, Secretariat, Climate Charter

EHAN Annual Meeting

10 March, 09:00–17:00 CET | Plenière F, CICG, Geneva and online

The Accelerator facilitated the annual meeting of the Environment in Humanitarian Action Network (EHAN). The day focused on sharing policies, projects, and tools that strengthen the integration of environmental and climate considerations across humanitarian action.

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