Catherine Wong
catherinewong01.bsky.social
Catherine Wong
@catherinewong01.bsky.social
@UNDP Global Team Leader - Climate & Security Risk | #ClimateSecurity Mechanism | #ClimatePromise #WaterforPeace #msc_myl | @UNDPCPS.bsky.social | Views my own.
Exciting news and new announcements tomorrow...

#COP30 side event: Bridging the Gap: Making Climate Finance Work for the Underserved
UN #ClimateSecurityMechanism, with the Group of Friends on Climate Security & ODI Global)

12 November 2025, 13:15–14:45 BRT, Side Event Room 4, Blue Zone
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#COP30 #ClimatePeaceandSecurity side event: From Policy to Impact: Advancing Climate Security Across the Arab States

World Green Economy Organization, Pavilion, Blue Zone, 2pm, 11 November 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#ClimateSecurity policy & practice often neglects mitigation & access to energy, when according to UNDP, some 1.18 bn people live in energy poverty:

data.undp.org/blog/1-18-bi...

Looking forward to explore renewable energy in conflict-affected settings at this #NYClimateWeek with @EIP & @ELI
September 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🔗🌍#ClimateSecurity Learning Session by @SomaliYouthHub @CCCPA & @undp.org

Integrating #ClimatePeaceSecurity into YPS National Action Plans

undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thanks so much to Sage for highlighting my article, "Climate finance, conflict & gender—Benchmarking women’s empowerment & sustaining peace" published in @Environment & Security Journal in their new microsite on SDG13: Climate Action for #EarthDay2025.

journals.sagepub.com/sdg13-climat...
April 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Young Women at the Forefront on Climate Action, Peace and Security: Major Challenges Ahead

ECOSOC Youth Forum

10 April 2025 | 2 PM UTC

#ClimateSecurity
April 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Looking forward to share a perspective from our work on #ClimateSecurity & PVE at @danishmfa.bsky.social with UNICRI

www.undp.org/publications...

@undpcps.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 4:17 PM
#ClimateSecurity gaming brought to a whole a new level, by @kayly.bsky.social @usstatedept.bsky.social
at #COP29 @odi.global pavilion, with substance but also form. Coming to NYC soon.
November 21, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Honored to brief @IPUParliament at #COP29 on climate vulnerability & #ClimateSecurity:

- Climate-conflict-displacement interactions
- Climate finance access by FCV contexts
- Impacts on SIDS, EEZs, regional security

See more on @undpcps.bsky.social work

climatepromise.undp.org/what-we-do/a...
November 21, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Starting soon at @IGAD pavilion:

What "works" at the intersection of #Climate#Security: a regional perspective

With:
- Peter Bentley, FCDO
- Joseph Epitu, Ugandan Ministry of Water & Environment
- Olga Petryniak & Maureen Kamusiime, Mercy Corps
- Alvin Munyasia, Action Against Hunger
November 20, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Thanks to @usstatedept.bsky.social for convening us on this discussion on 3D approaches to #ClimateSecurity at #COP29, where @achimsteiner.bsky.social emphasized prevention, human security, resilience & stabilization going hand-in-hand.

See #US framework here:

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
November 20, 2024 at 5:49 AM
@marcosathias.bsky.social at the #COP29 side-event, 'Harnessing Climate Solutions for People on the Move, stressed:

👉Preventive climate resilience
👉Transition to sustainable energy
👉Holistic urban & rural planning
👉Local communities in #ClimateAction
👉Closing the adaptation finance gap
November 20, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Thanks so much @CairoPeaceKeep @OIFrancophonie
@HodderClimate @mbaye for the interesting discussion on training for #ClimateSecurity, as we launch our capacity building network under the Baku Hub with #CCCPA.

See more here:
bsky.app/profile/undp...
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 AM
#ClimateSecurity in the context of peace operations

4pm today/Monday 18 Nov 2024

#ClimatePeaceSecurity
November 18, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Migrating this from …

Any more #ClimateSecurity events at @COP29?

We can’t make a running list.

#ClimatePeaceSecurity #ClimateFinance4Peace
November 17, 2024 at 8:13 PM

Starting soon with @U.S. Department of State

Climate, Peace and Transboundary Resilience Pavilion F17, Blue Zone

@kayly.bsky.social @Luna B. Ruiz @Daniel Abrahams, PhD @Eri Yamasumi #ClimateSecurity @undpcps.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 10:36 AM
🌐 Join us at #COP29 to tackle the pressing climate challenges facing MENA’s conflict-affected communities.

Together, let’s explore sustainable paths to resilience.
📍 Nov 16, 9:15 AM (GMT+4), F17
Full details 👉https://go.undp.org/orN
@UNDP @UNDP in the Arab States region @UN in Syria @UNDPCPS
November 15, 2024 at 3:26 AM
🌎🕊️ Kicking-off today, 1st consultation/soft launch of the Climate Policy & Finance for Peace Capacity Network with @CCCPA and partners!

📅 9:00AM, 15 November 2024, UNDP Pavilion, Blue Zone

#ClimateSecurity #ClimateAction #COP29
November 15, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Happening now at #COP29

@UNDP @UNFCCC @UNEP @NDCPartnership
November 14, 2024 at 1:46 PM
See a snapshot of our side events on #ClimateSecurity at @COP29_AZ here:

#ClimatePeaceAndSecurity #ClimateFinance4Peace #ClimateAction #CO
November 11, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Many #NAPs and #NDCs already mainstream #ClimateSecurity & can offer a blueprint for mainstreaming climate-related security risks into climate policies & financing.

Joint our #COP29 event & learn more.
November 9, 2024 at 9:42 PM
#ClimateSecurityMechanism & Group of Friends on #ClimateSecurity side event, "Peace & Security in a Changing Climate: From Analysis to Action"

Join us on #COP29 Peace Day

@UNDPPA @UNEP @UNPeacekeeping @GermanyDiplo @NauruMissionUN
November 9, 2024 at 7:03 PM

Young people make up 75% of South Sudan’s population & are both deeply impacted by climate & conflict. @ShokoNoda on investing in peace - advancing the climate-peace agenda at @COP29_AZ

@MohamedAbchir @UNDPSouthSudan #ClimateSecurity #ClimateFinance4Peace
November 9, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Join us as we discuss capacity building to address gaps in #ClimateFinance4Peace through the #ClimatePeaceSecurity Experts Academy at @COP29_AZ

UNDP Pavilion 15 November 2024

#ClimateSecurity #ClimateAction
November 9, 2024 at 7:01 PM
@UNFCCC Executive Secretary @simonstiell briefs @UN Security Council for the first time today with @FAO DDG Beth Bechdol & Jimena Leiva Roesch, IPI high-level open debate #climatesecurity & food security

See livestream:

webtv.un.org/en/asset/k18...
February 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM