Dr. Kira Virginia Vinke is head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She is a member of the Advisory Board to the German Federal Government on Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding which she co-chaired for six years. Prior to joining DGAP, Vinke worked at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) where she led the East Africa Peru India Climate Capacities project (EPICC).