Welcome to your guide to the 2026 activities of the Community of Practice on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP)
This page hosts a round-up of ECCP activities, including a calendar with relevant dates & links. It will be regularly updated throughout the year.
Read the community code of conduct here.
New to the community? Check out the Helpful Links section below.
What is the ECCP?
The Community of Practice (CoP) on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) is a global network that brings together individuals and institutions working on topics related to environment, climate, conservation, conflict, peace, governance, development, human rights, and humanitarian action. The ECCP offers structures for relationship-building, shared learning, and joint action in policy and practice, with an emphasis on exchange. The community cultivates a rich and fertile ecosystem of dialogue across topics, domains, and layers of the international system, nurturing connection between civil society, international and regional organizations, governments, and financial institutions.
The ECCP comes together in a few different ways.
Because ECCP members are based all over the world, our primary mode of coming together is online. The vast majority of our meetings are held on zoom.
Each month, we have a Monthly Meeting, which is an open space for networking and exchange. All are welcome; no preparation required.
There are different ongoing discussion groups that meet on a regular basis on specific topics. You can find more information on those groups below.
Any member can propose an online “briefing” on a specific topic, either proposing themselves or someone else as the presenter. Briefings typically last 1 hour, including about 20 minutes of presentation and 40 minutes of facilitated discussion. Email ecosystemforpeace@gmail.com with your ideas.
We also have a number of place-based chapters in places where there is a concentration of ECCP members. Each chapter strives to host at least one in-person meet-up per year. Learn more about chapters on this page.
Peace Notes is an art collective within the community, run by ArtPeace: Earth’s Becca Farnum. If you’d like to learn more, please contact artpeace.earth@gmail.com.
The community works on ad hoc pop-up projects, such as this editable glossary of terms related to business, human rights, conflict, and environment. Additional projects will be linked here as they evolve.
And finally, our Community has an annual cycle for its very-own Community Fund. The purpose of the ECCP Community Fund is to provide financial support to specific projects within the Community of Practice initiated by community members. Learn more about the ECCP Community Fund on this page.
Ongoing discussion groups
There are currently six active discussion groups in the ECCP. Each group has a folder with meeting notes and other relevant documents, as well as a registration page to receive calendar invitations for related meetings:
Peace@COP Policy Working Group Folder / register for updates here
Peace@CBD Policy Working Group Folder (conflict-sensitive conservation) / register for updates here
Environment, Peacebuilding, and Security Policy Working Group Folder / register for updates here
Green Transition Policy Working Group folder / register for updates here
We also have two topical groups with ongoing notes and resources:
Decolonization Discussion Group / join this group by emailing ecosystemforpeace@gmail.com
Meetings are displayed on the calendar below.
New ways to connect with other ECCP community members!
Coffee chats - The idea is simple: Fill in this short form about yourself and we ‘match’ you with another ECCP member, introduce the two of you, and you can schedule a coffee chat!
https://forms.gle/ZKZQPYseHzL9U8zC9
ECCP Eats - Sign up to join a zoom call over a 2 hour window to enjoy a meal with other ECCP members. You make & bring your own food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack!), and we build community by eating together! Our English session will be Tuesday 22 September, 18-20h CET
https://forms.gle/4KaphZEWewJ227mt8
ECCP WhatsApp-A-Thon - We have invented a word! Sign up to join a day-long relationship-building conversation on a dedicated WhatsApp thread. You will be invited to share your experiences and ideas with a group of people who want to create community across global distance.
The focus of the conversation will be getting to know each other and our environmental spaces: Swapping stories through videos, photos, voice notes, and detailed text notes - not asking for resources, seeking funding, etc. A team of facilitators will be online to prompt for stories and support translation.
¡Nuevas formas de conectar con otros miembros de la comunidad ECCP!
Coffee chats - La idea es fácil: rellena este breve formulario con datos sobre ti y te «emparejaremos» con otro miembro de ECCP, os presentaremos y ¡ya podréis quedar para tomar un café!
https://forms.gle/ZKZQPYseHzL9U8zC9
ECCP a Almorzar — Inscríbete para participar en una llamada de Zoom de dos horas y disfrutar de una comida con otros miembros de ECCP. Tú preparas y traes tu propia comida (desayuno, almuerzo, cena, merienda!), ¡y construimos comunidad comiendo juntos! Miércoles 23 de septiembre, de 18:00 a 20:00 h CET.
https://forms.gle/qgKLvm7bLNXPUUd67
ECCP WhatsApp-A-Thon - Inscríbete para participar en una conversación de un día de duración destinada a fomentar las relaciones en un hilo de WhatsApp específico. Se te invitará a compartir tus experiencias e ideas con un grupo de personas que desean crear una comunidad a pesar de la distancia global.
El objetivo de la conversación será conocernos unos a otros y conocer nuestros entornos: intercambiar historias a través de vídeos, fotos, notas de voz y notas de texto detalladas, sin pedir recursos ni buscar financiación, etc. Un equipo de moderadores estará en línea para animar a compartir historias y ayudar con la traducción.
De nouvelles façons d'entrer en contact avec les autres membres de la communauté ECCP !
Cafés-rencontres. Vous remplissez un court formulaire pour vous présenter, puis nous vous mettons en relation avec un autre membre de l'ECCP. Nous vous présentons l'un à l'autre, et libre à vous d'organiser un café (en présentiel ou en ligne) !
https://forms.gle/ZKZQPYseHzL9U8zC9
ECCP à Table ! Inscrivez-vous à un appel Zoom ouvert pendant deux heures pour partager un repas avec d'autres membres de l'ECCP. Chacun prépare et apporte son propre repas (petit-déjeuner, déjeuner, dîner, goûter !), puis nous profitons de ce moment pour échanger et renforcer les liens de la communauté. Jeudi 24 septembre, 18-20h CET
https://forms.gle/qgKLvm7bLNXPUUd67
ECCP WhatsApp-A-Thon -Nous avons inventé un mot. Inscrivez-vous pour participer à une journée de discussions visant à tisser des liens au sein d’un fil de discussion WhatsApp dédié. Vous serez invité·e à partager vos expériences et vos idées avec un groupe de personnes désireuses de créer une communauté malgré la distance qui nous sépare.
L'objectif de cette conversation sera d'apprendre à se connaître et à découvrir nos environnements respectifs : échanger des récits à travers des vidéos, des photos, des messages vocaux et des notes textuelles détaillées – sans demander de ressources, ni solliciter de financement, etc. Une équipe d'animateurs sera en ligne pour encourager les participants à partager leurs récits et faciliter la traduction.
Helpful links:
ECCP New Member Orientation (recording of 9 February 2026 session)
ECCP WhatsApp Groups: English, French, or Spanish
New to the intersection of environment, climate, change, conflict, and peace?
You can explore this training resource for locally-led action on climate, peace, and security.
We also recommend this collection of guidance materials for practitioners working on climate in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
Review this toolkit for monitoring, evaluation, and learning on environmental peacebuilding.
Check out this resource round-up from 2025, which links to a wide range of relevant articles and toolkits.
And explore this free online course on conflict-sensitive conservation, which links to further materials.
If you’re still looking for more, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association Knowledge Platform has a massive repository, searchable by location, topic, and more.
ECCP events and meetings
This calendar will be updated regularly with dates & times for ECCP meetings. Discussion group meetings are usually scheduled one month in advance.