LINKS Europe keeps focus on Climate, Peace and Security; Results of COP30 analysed.

LINKS Europe remains focused on the theme of Climate, Peace and Security.

On 10 December 2025, it hosted an event at The Hague Humanity Hub in The Hague, during which the results of COP30, which had just concluded in Belem in Brazil, were assessed, and prospects for COP31, scheduled to be held in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2026 were discussed.

The main speaker at the event was Santiago Ferbel-Azcarate, Junior Research Assistant at LINKS Europe, who gave a spirited and fascinating summary of the COP process, and the areas where COP30 had succeeded and failed.

His presentation was preceded by a short presentation by Giulia Keller, Junior Research Assistant at  LINKS Europe, who also moderated the event. A busy Q&A session followed the presentation during which many of the more than forty audience members asked questions. The audience was made up of diplomats, researchers, students and others interested in the topic.

Those present were invited to familiarise themselves with the LINKS Europe publications on Climate Peace and Security, including the three publications issued before COP29 in Baku in November 2024, which remain highly relevant. You can read them on the LINKS Europe website here.

source: commonspace.eu with LINKS Europe

Photo: At the event organised by LINKS Europe in The Hague on 10 December 2025, Santiago Ferbel-Azcarate, Junior Research Assistant, gave a spirited and fascinating summary of the COP process, and the areas where COP30 had succeeded and failed.

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