Geneva Incubation Space II: Renewing Peacebuilding for a Disrupted World

For the second consecutive year, Principles for Peace convened the Geneva Incubation Space in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the g7+ group; bringing together diplomats, funders, investors, academics, and frontline peacebuilders to move beyond diagnosis and develop practical responses to a rapidly changing global landscape.

The backdrop was clear: violent conflict is rising, peacebuilding finance is falling, and the assumptions underpinning the international peace architecture are under growing strain. Peace actors are being asked to do more with less, the world is more interconnected yet there is less cooperation, and crises now move faster than the institutions designed to address them.

The discussions produced a clear conclusion: in an era defined by volatility and shared vulnerability, peace must be treated as infrastructure – built around concrete outcomes, shared interests, and investable solutions. Thereby, the report outlines three priorities: adapting peace and security architecture to a rapidly changing environment, building broader coalitions that include non-traditional actors, and developing innovative financing models that make peace initiatives investable and sustainable. In line with those goals, it presents two potential flagship initiatives: a Yemen Stabilisation and Red Sea Resilience Initiative; and a Renewable Energy Peace Prototype for Fragile States. Together they demonstrate how peacebuilding can become more operational, politically relevant, and aligned with today’s global realities.