Climate, Crisis and Courage: A UN Podcast

The pilot episode introduces the concept of climate, peace and security and the UN’s work on it. It serves as a primer on what climate, peace and security means at the UN, and why it matters. It then discusses this through one of the most tangible examples: South Sudan’s devastating floods in areas where resource competition and armed group presence already strain social cohesion. It weaves together the story of communities responding to climate-driven insecurities, the challenges on local peacebuilding amid humanitarian crises, and the UN’s evolving role in integrating climate risk into peacekeeping and peacebuilding. To help us understand why and what it means for communities on the ground, Nazanine Moshiri speaks to Johnson Nkem from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and Repent Taban from the Nile Sustainable Development Organization. References: Daniel Akech Thiong, 2025: "Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan".References:UNMISS Mandate;Thiong (2025), Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan: An Ecological Approach for Political Cooperation.Climate, Crisis and Courage is hosted by Nazanine Moshiri.Produced by the Climate Security Mechanism and the United Nations System Staff College, in collaboration with the Berghof Foundation.

Climate, Crisis and Courage is the podcast that connects the dots between climate change, peace, and security — the stories most podcasts never tell. While others talk about emissions or war in isolation, this show goes deeper: to the frontlines where a shifting climate is already reshaping people's lives, communities, and conflicts right now.Hosted by Nazanine Moshiri — journalist, conflict zone reporter, and climate and peace specialist at the Berghof Foundation — each episode brings you the human stories behind today's biggest global challenges.The first episode is coming soon. Subscribe now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts so you don't miss it, and join the conversation where climate and courage meet.Climate, Crisis and Courage is hosted by Nazanine Moshiri.Produced by the Climate Security Mechanism and the United Nations System Staff College, in collaboration with the Berghof Foundation.