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Geneva Peace Week 2023

30 Oct 2023 – 03 Nov 2023

Organization: Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Human Rights and Environment

SDG16

Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is a flagship initiative from the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar, through which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to share knowledge and practice on a diverse range of topics related to peace across contexts and disciplines. The 2023 edition will mark the 10-year anniversary of Geneva Peace Week and will take place from 30 October to 2 November 2023.

About the Geneva Peace Week

Geneva Peace Week is the flagship event of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. The annual forum provides a dedicated space in which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to share knowledge, expertise and practice on a diverse range of topics relating to the promotion of peace across contexts and disciplines.

Geneva Peace Week 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of Geneva Peace Week and will take place from 30 October to 2 November 2023. The overarching theme for the 10-year anniversary of the Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is “Building Trust, Building Peace: An Agenda for the Future“. Sustainable peace is not just a noble goal but also a critical vector for development, cooperation, and innovation for the larger good of humanity.

In addition, the GPW23 will build on the Geneva Consultations on the New Agenda for Peace held by the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform in March 2023. In particular, it will take stock of the ideas and recommendations generated by these consultations on how to better build peace through prevention by strengthening strategic foresight, human rights, mediation, climate, peace and security, good governance, regulation of conventional weapons and sustainable financing.

More generally, the GPW’s 10-year anniversary will offer a unique opportunity to reflect on the peacebuilding achievements and setbacks of the past ten years, while setting the scene for fresh insights, concrete and bold recommendations in order to pave the way for a strong agenda for the future. The activities of the week are organized into three thematic tracks:

  1. Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies
  2. Addressing climate change through just transitions
  3. Harnessing technologies to build a better future
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Environment @ GPW2023

One of the three tracks of GPW 2023 is Addressing climate change through just transitions. 

The effects of climate change and environmental degradation are myriad. Resources may become scarcer, environmental crises more frequent, and conflicts more common. We must take immediate action to mitigate the effects of climate change and enact a just transition to a more environmentally sustainable future. However, these transformative processes too may upend traditional power structures, potentially creating friction and conflict. Emphasizing trust among parties is critical to the success of a just transition. But what does this look like in practice? What lessons can we draw on to create more just and equity as we face climate change?

Topics which could be addressed in this track are:

  1. Water management and cooperation
  2. Green, just transitions
  3. Climate action
  4. Protection of biodiversity and ecosystems
  5. Environmental peacebuilding
  6. Responsible business conduct

31 October 2023 

1 November 2023

2 November 2023