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CHAtroom#20: CHA24 Special - Climate change, conflict and social inclusion

CHAtroom#20: CHA24 Special - Climate change, conflict and social inclusion

30m 59s

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.

CHAtroom#19: CHA24 Special - Participation and the lack of trust

CHAtroom#19: CHA24 Special - Participation and the lack of trust

15m 1s

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.

CHAtroom#18: CHA24 Special - Climate Change and Conflict

CHAtroom#18: CHA24 Special - Climate Change and Conflict

25m 31s

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.

CHAtroom #17: Prioritisation in humanitarian action

CHAtroom #17: Prioritisation in humanitarian action

43m 4s

Funding for humanitarian aid is decreasing and the funding gap is at a historic high. At the same time needs are forecasted to further rise by conflict and climate change. This has sparked an international debate on prioritisation. Hugo Slim, Oxford University, has shared highly controversial ideas how donors could refocus their aid. In this podcast Ralf Südhoff discusses with the former ICRC Head of Policy, why he believes political angles, proximity and good governance should become criteria for the allocation of humanitarian aid, even if this contradicts its principles to be neutral, impartial and independent.

CHAtroom #16: European humanitarian aid and the upcoming elections

CHAtroom #16: European humanitarian aid and the upcoming elections

44m 11s

Why might the forecasted right populist swing at the European elections be no problem for humanitarian aid? Which other major challenges needs Europe to fix to substantially change its aid approach, and to ensure its fragile financial support? And why does he regret to have not moved reform in a different, more “dictatorship like” style? Former Director General Michael Köhler of DG ECHO shares provocative views on the upcoming European elections, the need for humanitarian reform and his legacy after he retired from 30 years engagement in international affairs in a CHAtroom interview with CHA director Ralf Südhoff.

CHAtroom #15: Influencer Europe

CHAtroom #15: Influencer Europe

16m 35s

Ralf Südhoff ist Direktor des CHA und leitet das Forschungsprojekt "Linking German and European Policy Capacities", gefördert durch das Auswärtige Amt. Vor kurzem hat er ein neues Paper veröffentlicht, mit dem Titel "Influencer Europa - Wie europäische Geber durch strategischere Koordination überfällige humanitäre Reformen voranbringen könnten". Darüber und über das European Humanitarian Forum sprechen wir in Episode 15 des CHAtroom. [Englisch]

CHAtroom#13 - Digital technologies and accountability in humanitarian action

CHAtroom#13 - Digital technologies and accountability in humanitarian action

16m 41s

Valentina Shafina arbeitet als Technical Specialist für das International Rescue Commitee und ist für Client Responsiveness und Client Centred Programming zuständig. Sie ist eine der Redner*innen auf der CHA Konferenz 2023, und wird über digitale Technologien und Rechenschaftspflicht in der humanitären Hilfe diskutieren. In Folge 13 des CHAtroom gibt sie einen kleinen Einblick in die Thematik und ihre Arbeit.

CHAtroom#12 - Anti-Rassismus in deutschen humanitären Organisationen

CHAtroom#12 - Anti-Rassismus in deutschen humanitären Organisationen

21m 28s

Wie äußert sich Rassismus in humanitären Organisationen in Deutschland? Wie gehen Organisationen das Thema an? Was sind große Hindernisse in der Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit - und was sind sinnvolle erste Schritte? Und last, not least: Was kann, was sollte man als Kolleg/in tun, wenn man Zeug/in von Rassismus wird? Diese Fragen stelle ich Nezahat Xuereb, Mitgründerin des "BIPoC Netzwerk in entwicklungspolitischen und humanitären NGOs".

CHAtroom #11 - Humanitarian Digital Divide

CHAtroom #11 - Humanitarian Digital Divide

35m 59s

Neue Technologien sind bereits ein fester Bestandteil der humanitären Hilfe. Sie bieten viele Vorteile, sowohl für Hilfsempfänger*innen als auch für Hilfsorganisationen. Aber sie vertiefen auch das bestehende Machtgefälle. Wie und warum, das erklären Oliver Lough, Kerrie Holloway und John Bryant von der Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, in Episode 11 des CHAtroom. [Englisch]