Overview
Signature Campaign for the Climate Peace Pact 2025 at the World Summit in Vienna
On June 3, 2025, Vienna will host the international World Summit on Climate and Security—with guests such as Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and delegations from more than 50 countries. During the summit, an extraordinary document will be presented to the public for the first time and made available for official signature: the Climate Peace Pact 2025.
The proposal originates from a civil society initiative led by the Center for Interdisciplinary Mediation and Dialogue (ZIMD) and the pacifist media project friedensnews.at. Its mission is to establish a new global security narrative—one that connects climate protection, disarmament, and global justice as inseparable.
Core message
The greatest threat to our security is not a nation, but our inability to act together for our survival.”
— Andreas H. Landl, Vienna 2025
Peace instead of climate crisis: Peace improves the climate, and climate action strengthens global peace.
The appeal is directed at states, cities, organizations, and individuals who wish to affirm the following principles:
* Climate protection is peace protection.
* Disarmament frees resources for resilience.
* International justice is a prerequisite for security.
Initial suggestions for co-signers include peace-oriented nations such as Austria, Switzerland, Bhutan, Chile, and Mongolia, as well as cities like Vienna, Hiroshima, Cape Town, Barcelona, and Medellín. NGOs like ICAN, SIPRI, and the Fridays for Future Peace Caucus have also been invited to consider the proposal.
On June 3, 2025, a signature book will be made available at the Austria Center Vienna.
Delegates, guests, and partner organizations will be able to sign the memorandum ceremonially—sending a visible signal for a shared and peaceful future.
The initiators hope that this first wave of signatories will spark a global movement—a multilateral alliance for a world in which climate and peace policy are no longer treated as separate spheres.
More information, downloadable versions of the document, and contact for co-signing
Want to dive deeper or take action yourself?
See: https://www.friedensnews.at/2025/05/28/climate-peace/
Contact and participation
Email: ahl@zimd.at
Common Security 2022: Peace and Climate Change
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