Events

Climate Security and the 4Ds of Foreign Policy

Nov 18, 2015 | Security & Sustainability Forum
Webinar

Disaster risk reduction, development, diplomacy and defense communities have increasingly identified climate as a risk – and not just in the long term. For example,…

High-Level Panel Discussion on Natural Resources and Conflict: A Mediated Solution?

Nov 17, 2015 | UNEP
Geneva, Switzerland

Join us for a high-level panel discussion with leading international experts as they debate the findings of UNEP & UN DPA’s report “Natural Resources and…

Geneva Peace Week

Nov 16, 2015 - Nov 20, 2015 | Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva Peace Week 2015 is the umbrella for 33 events organized by 41 organizations. All events resulted from a public call for submissions of events…

Launch of Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace

Nov 16, 2015 | Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace
Geneva, Switzerland

Sustainable water resources management is one of the global challenges of the 21st century. Water issues are a growing cause of social, economic and political…

Buddhism in the Mekong Area: History and Development

Nov 14, 2015 | HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanity / Buddhism Research Institute
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The conference will be held by the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanity and the Viet Nam Buddhism Research Institute.

The conference will attract…

Lecture: Can Ecological Intervention Enhance Diplomatic Success? Developing an Empirical Comparison of Peace Processes

Nov 12, 2015 | Uppsala University - Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Uppsala, Sweden

Although there has been considerable research on environmental factors contributing to conflict, the reverse prospect of peace-building linked to ecological harmony has only been presented…

Israel Conference on Peace

Nov 12, 2015 | Haaretz
Tel Aviv, Israel

Haaretz's Israel Conference on Peace will take place on November 12th at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv. Between 10:15 and 11:45, the conference…

Course: Introduction to Water Diplomacy

Nov 9, 2015 - Dec 6, 2015 | United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Online

Water is every living organism’s common denominator. Societies depend on it for their own subsistence and growth, and go great lengths to ensure water secure…

Annual Research Conference: “Rethinking Peace, Security and Development in Contemporary Africa”

Nov 6, 2015 | University of Bradford
West Yorkshire, UK

Dubbed as the year of Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance, 2013 saw many African countries celebrate their 50th anniversary of independence. Looking at its past, present…

iPoint Conference: Conflict Minerals & Sustainable Supply Chains

Nov 5, 2015 | iPoint
Filderstadt, Germany

On Thursday, November 5, 2015, iPoint will hold its third conference "Conflict Minerals & Sustainable Supply Chains" at the Culture and Congress Centre FILharmonie in…

Conference Planetary Security: Peace and Cooperation in Times of Climate Change and Global Environmental Challenges

Nov 2, 2015 - Nov 3, 2015 | Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Hague, Netherlands

The conference provides an international platform for high level policy makers and experts working on the threats posed to security, stability and development by climate…

Panel Discussion on the Impact of Armed Conflict on the Environment and Human Health

Nov 2, 2015 | The Irish Society of International Law | Irish Red Cross
Dublin, Ireland

There is a growing acceptance that certain military materials and practices have the potential to cause environmental damage, with the potential to affect civilian health…

Colloquium on African Borders

Oct 29, 2015 - Jul 30, 2015 | African Union Border Program
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The African Union Border Program (AUBP) supported by the GIZ and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) of Addis Ababa University (AAU) will…

Seminar on Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict

Oct 29, 2015 | Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway; Rutgers University; Environmental Law Institute; International Union for Conservation of Nature - World Commission on Environmental Law
United Nations Headquarters, New York City, USA

The United Nations International Law Commission took up the topic of the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict in 2013 and appointed…

Security Days: Climate Change and Security - Unprecedented Impacts, Unpredictable Risks

Oct 28, 2015 | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Vienna, Austria

This OSCE Security Days will provide a forum  to discuss the security risks associated with climate change as well as the security benefits of climate change mitigation…

Environmental Peacebuilding: Tools for Conflict Mitigation from the Development Field

Oct 28, 2015 | Conservation International
Arlington, Virginia, USA

Conservation International's Policy Center for Environment and Peace will host a three hour session entitled, "Environmental Peacebuilding: Tools for Conflict Mitigation from the Development Field"…

The Illicit Ivory Trade and Joseph Kony: An Inside Look at Wildlife Trafficking

Oct 27, 2015 | Enough Project
Washington, DC

RSVP to attend: Invited Special Guests:
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel Panelists: 
Kathryn Bigelow, Sasha Lezhnev, Jackson Miller, Ledio Cakaj Various rebel groups and…

Course: The Mediation Process

Oct 26, 2015 - Oct 30, 2015 | CDR Associates
Boulder, CO

CDR Associates blend mediation framework presentations and discussions, conflict analysis and strategy design exercises, quick-decision role plays and mediation simulations into an exciting and highly…

Webinar on Climate Risk Reduction at the National and Sub-National Scale

Oct 26, 2015 | Security and Sustainability Forum
Online

The second webinar in the "Global Security Initiative" series, this webinar will focus on localities or "hot spots" where there exists a convergence of climate…

Reaching New Audiences on Climate Change, Energy, and National Security

Oct 21, 2015 | The Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program
Washington, D.C.

Climate change is a complex, multi-decade challenge with implications for U.S. national security as well as transatlantic and global security. Yet comprehensive climate and energy…

Online Information Session for the Certification in Environment, Peace, and Security

Oct 19, 2015 | Columbia University
Online

Evidence is accumulating that linkages between environment and security dynamics are more important than previously thought. Governments, the public, corporations, and other organizations around the…

Course on Climate Change: Security Challenges and Solutions

Oct 12, 2015 - Sep 16, 2015 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Geneva, Switzerland

Climate change has the potential to be the greatest security threat in this century. It is considered a multiplier of a range of security threats…

Conference on Conflict, Peace and Natural Resources

Oct 7, 2015 - Oct 10, 2015 | National Committee Commemorations Capitulations 1945 (Wageningen45), Wageningen University and Research Center, and European Network of Places of Peace
Wageningen, Netherlands

Natural resources often lie at the heart of wars and civil strife. At least forty percent of all intrastate conflicts over the past sixty years…

Water, Wars and an Unusual Equation

Oct 7, 2015 - Sep 7, 2015 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Geneva, Switzerland

Over the next few decades water cooperation will not only have an impact on food production, health and industrialisation, but also on peace and security…

Third Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding: Liz Alden Wily

Oct 6, 2015 | American University, ELI, and UNEP
Washington, DC

Liz Alden Wily delivered the Third Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding, entitled, "Communities & the State: Getting the Property Relationship Right for a Safer…

Third Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding: Liz Alden Wily

Oct 6, 2015 | American University, ELI, and UNEP
Washington, DC

Liz Alden Wily will deliver the Third Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding, entitled, "Communities & the State: Getting the Property Relationship Right for a…

First Information Session for the Certification in Environment, Peace, and Security

Sep 30, 2015 | Columbia University
Columbia Club of New York

Evidence is accumulating that linkages between environment and security dynamics are more important than previously thought. Governments, the public, corporations, and other organizations around the…

CFSI 2015 Annual Conference on Responsible Mineral Sourcing

Sep 24, 2015 - Sep 24, 2015 | Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI)
San Jose, CA

CSFI's 2015 Annual Conference on Responsible Mineral Sourcing is taking place at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on Thursday, September 24th.

Agenda…

Webcast: Mining the Disclosures 2015: A Guide to Conflict Minerals Reporting in Year Two

Sep 22, 2015 | Source Intelligence
Online

The 2015 edition of Mining the Disclosures: An Investor Guide to Conflict Mineral Reporting by Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) will be a much-anticipated deep analysis of filings…

The Emerging Green Conference - Conflict Minerals Program

Sep 22, 2015 - Sep 24, 2015 | Green Electronics Council
Portland, Oregon

The Emerging Green Conference 2015, which takes place Sept. 22 to Sept. 24 in Portland, will also offer insights into safer chemicals in both products…