Published on 16 December 2025

About us

Climate change, natural hazards and environmental challenges are major threats to progress towards sustainable development and may jeopardise the work and achievements of development cooperation. Poor and vulnerable communities are particularly exposed to these threats, and ensuring environmentally sound and sustainable human and economic development that is resilient to climate change and natural hazards for the benefit of present and future populations is therefore one of the four objectives of Switzerland’s International Cooperation Strategy 2025–28.

Mandate and Mission

The Climate, Disaster Risk Reduction and Environment CDE network supports SDC units, staff and partners to increase the overall impact of Swiss C/D/E funded and related interventions by

promoting exchange, learning and experience sharing
providing thematic operational advice
capitalising on experiences and disseminating good practices
supporting policy development, quality assurance and normative processes

Focal Point

The CDE network is part of the CDE Section and the network’s Focal Point is André Wehrli.

Core Group

The Core Group of the CDE Network consists of Swiss International Cooperation Regional/ National Programme Officers and Thematic advisors. Their role is to provide overall direction at the level of the Networks' operations, propose themes and activities to be developed and act as a sounding board to the network activities, validating proposed activities.

Become a member!

Please complete the form below to join our Network and be included in our Expert Roster (optional). Filling in the registration form takes approximately 10 minutes. Within a few working days after submitting the form you will receive an email invitation to join our internal Microsoft Teams space.

If you are an employee of the FDFA (e-mail address "@eda.admin.ch"): completing the registration form is sufficient - no further action is required.
If you are not an employee of the FDFA: Once you have received the email invitation, please follow the steps described in this guide for external members (PDF) to setup your access to our MS Teams space and start connecting with your peers!

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Being a member allows you to:

Have access to the CDE network member space on Microsoft Teams
Share news, events and publications among over 650 members
Contribute to inspiring discussions and participate in learning events
Receive first hand information from CDE, including the CDE Spotlight
Be part of our Expert Roster (being established)
Be part of the CEDRIG Community of Practice (being established)

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Cluster Green

The CDE Network is thematically related to the Water, and Agriculture and Food Systems Networks. These Networks cooperate to make best use of the synergies – forming a so-called Cluster Green, and taking a strong stake at mainstreaming DRR, Climate Change and Environment into the SDC operations.