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Niels Annen war Staatsminister beim Auswärtigen Amt und Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung. CHA Direktor Ralf Südhoff spricht mit ihm über die aktuellen Kontroversen um USAID, humanitäre Hilfe und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, darüber, warum Niels Annen glaubt, den "Anti-Aid" Rechtsruck unterschätzt zu haben und für ihn eine interessengeleitete Begründung internationaler Zusammenarbeit zentral ist, über die Diskussion um die Zusammenlegung von AA und BMZ sowie seine mögliche Zukunft beim UNHCR.

In the third Conference Special we welcome Shashwat Saraf, Regional Emergency Director with the International Rescue Committee (or IRC) in East Africa to the CHAtroom studio and talk about the biggest changes in the humanitarian sector in the last 25years, the relationship between climate change and armed conflict, social inclusion within humanitarian responses and that we shouldn’t see political stability as an essential requirement for working on climate mitigation and adaption.

Which role could the private sector play in aligning humanitarian climate action? Ralf Südhoff meets Dr Pınar Okur in our podcast studio at CHA24 to talk about her take aways from the session she facilitated, participation and the lack of trust, and why she brought a cardboard megaphone to the CHAtroom.

The countries hit by climate change are often also those getting peace building funding. Ralf Südhoff welcomes Janani Vivekananda, Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security at adelphi to the CHAtroom studio to talk about climate change and conflict dynamics, and how helping communities adapt to climate change can also help reduce the risks of conflict.