The 2025 Forum

A global scale event in the heart of Paris 

There are more conflicts than at any time since the Second World War. Extreme climate events like drought and wildfires have never been so frequent. AI is developing faster than our understanding of it or our ability to leverage its benefits and limit its negative impact. Cuts to aid budgets mean backsliding on key development goals. These challenges will not go away just because we ignore them. International cooperation is more important than ever, yet tensions and rising authoritarianism mean consensus is more difficult to find than any time since at least the end of the Cold War.

Since 2018, the Paris Peace Forum has sought to reinvent diplomacy a changing world and work towards better global governance of public goods – and its mission is more relevant than ever this year. Its 8th edition took place at the Palais de Chaillot on 29-30 October under the theme “New Coalitions for Peace, People and the Planet.”  

Leaders from government, international organizations, business, civil society, and academia, representing both the Global North and the Global South, took the stage to debate and advance solutions to today’s most pressing challenges.

The program focused on seeking “New Coalitions for Peace, People and the Planet”, emphasizing the importance of providing concrete responses to the most pressing global challenges, with a strong focus on the climate crisis. This also involved exploring new forms of cooperation with actors willing to engage in constructive approaches.

This edition was also an opportunity to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and give new impetus to future climate action.