Event Details

From resurgent HIV to the global gender backlash, from deal-making replacing peacemaking to migration in a time of far-right populism: These are just some of the trends our specialist editors are forecasting to shape humanitarian needs in 2026. What are the political decisions, policy gaps, and structural mechanisms driving them? 

Join us on Wednesday, 14 January 2026 from 5:30-7pm (CET) for a conversation with global peace-building and humanitarian sector thought-leaders as they try to answer exactly that, and to offer some constructive paths forward: What can be done to shift the dial?

Reflections and questions will also be invited from a live and online audience, as well as from some of those who can’t be in the room with us but whose everyday lives are affected by crises around the globe.

The 10 Crises 2026 event will be guided by our annual start-of-year lists, which explore some of the most pressing humanitarian crises, the underlying trends, and the aid policy landscape. As ever, our analysis is informed by extensive in-depth reporting around the globe: interviews with researchers, aid workers, and policymakers, and with people and communities working hard to rebuild their lives in the midst of conflicts and disasters.

Please join us for what promises to be an essential conversation for anyone and everyone interested in the key humanitarian issues of 2026.

The discussion will be facilitated by The New Humanitarian CEO Tammam Aloudat, who will be joined by: 

• Sweta Velpillay, Co-Director of Conducive Space for Peace
• David Harland, New Zealand diplomat and Executive Director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

In-person space is limited, so please reserve your seat early.