The Jacques Rougerie Foundation – Académie des beaux-arts participated in the Berlin Climate Mobility Forum 2026, organized by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM), led by Kamal Amakrane, in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
Bringing together more than 60 ministers, senior leaders, and delegations from nearly 80 countries, the Forum focused on a fundamental question: how can the world support the territories most vulnerable to climate change while enabling communities to continue living on their ancestral lands?
Discussions with delegations from the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) highlighted the urgency of action. Threatened by rising sea levels, these nations are calling for solutions that combine adaptation, resilience, and the preservation of their cultural identity.
On this occasion, Amine Lehna, the Foundation’s Director of International Development, presented the work carried out in support of coastal and island territories. For more than fifteen years, laureates of the International Architecture and Innovation Competition have developed hundreds of projects proposing concrete responses to the challenges of sea-level rise, coastal adaptation, and the preservation of island communities.
Alongside the Forum, an official reception was held at the German Federal Foreign Office, hosted by Bernhard Kotsch, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the presence of Carlos Alvarado Quesada, former President of Costa Rica, and Willie Aucamp, South Africa’s Minister of the Environment.
The Foundation’s participation forms part of a long-term international strategy. It has established partnerships with the governments of Tuvalu and Palau to contribute to the future of the territories most exposed to climate change. It has also created, within its global Junior Ambassadors network, a Task Force for Island Worlds, bringing together young architects, engineers, and researchers from five continents to imagine the living environments of tomorrow.
The Foundation extends its sincere thanks to Kamal Amakrane, Andrea Milan, and the entire team of the Global Centre for Climate Mobility for their trust, their warm welcome, and their unwavering commitment to supporting the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Photo credit: Anita Back / Global Centre for Climate Mobility / Robert Bosch Stiftung