Events

Women Leading Nonviolent Movements

Mar 22, 2019 | United States Institute of Peace
Washington, D.C.

Women have often been the invisible actors in history—sidelined from formal political and social spaces—but creating their own spaces for change through engaging in nonviolent…

Diversity and Gender Matters: Doing More to Empower Women in the Peacebuilding Field

Mar 21, 2019 | Alliance for Peacebuilding
Washington, D.C.

Join the Alliance for Peacebuilding on Thursday, March 21st, from 9:00am to 10:45am at the Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St NW, Washington,…

Seminar on the Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure in Relation to Armed Conflicts

Mar 20, 2019 | Geneva Water Hub, Environmental Law Institute, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Washington, D.C.

Following the recommendations of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, the Geneva Water Hub, a centre of the University of the Geneva, acting as…

Lunch Discussion: "The Protection of Water Infrastructure in Relation to Armed Conflicts"

Mar 18, 2019 | World Bank
Washington, DC and online

In its 2017 report “A Matter of Survival”, the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, co-convened by fifteen countries, has underlined the dire consequences…

Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital

Mar 14, 2019 - Mar 24, 2019 | DCEFF and National Geographic
Washington, DC

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) is the world’s premier showcase of environmentally themed films. Since 1993 its mission has been to…

Linking Feminist Peace, Sustainable Development, and Postwar Infrastructure Reconstruction

Mar 12, 2019 | Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
New York, NY

This interactive panel discussion will bring together women civil society leaders and scholars to show why women, peace and securty (WPS) advocates, if they are…

Advanced Application of Conservation Conflict Transformation

Mar 11, 2019 - Mar 15, 2019 | Center for Conservation Peacebuilding
Washington, DC

The Center for Conservation Peacebuilding offers workshops designed to build the capacity of individuals and teams to collaboratively engage in the theory, principles, and practice…

Launch of the Network of African Women Environmentalists

Mar 8, 2019 | UN Environment
Nairobi, Kenya

The Network of African Women Environmentalists (NAWE) will be launched on International Women's Day, by Dr. Juliette Biao, Director, Africa Office, UN Environment on the…

Strengthening Women's Role in Peace and Multilateralism

Mar 8, 2019 | Permanent Mission of Jordan, UNESCO Liaison Office in Geneva and the University for Peace
Geneva, Switzerland

In the context of the International Women's Day and the Centenary of the League of Nations, the Permanent Mission of Jordan, UNESCO Liaison Office in…

Climate Change and National Security

Mar 6, 2019 | University of Washington
Seattle, WA

The University of Washington will hold a roundtable discussion on "Climate Change and National Security" on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 3:00-4:00 p.m. in Seattle,…

Peace Renewable Energy Credits: Facilitating High-Impact Projects in Fragile Regions

Feb 27, 2019 | Energy Peace Partners and Center for Resource Solutions
online

Join Energy Peace Partners and Center for Resource Solutions in a webinar on February 27th from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST introducing the Peace Renewable…

Joakim Dungel Lectures in International Justice

Feb 18, 2019 | Gothenburg University
Gothenburg, Sweden

The 2019 edition of the Joakim Dungel Lectures in International Justice will take place on 18 February 2019, from 10h to 13h at the School…

Munich Security Conference 2019

Feb 15, 2019 - Feb 17, 2019 | Munich Security Conference Foundation
Munich, Germany

Today, the MSC is the world’s leading forum for debating international security policy. During the MSC's main conference in February, it assembles more than 450…

MOOC on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace

Feb 11, 2019 - Apr 21, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and SDG Academy
online

Based on two decades of experience, UN Environment, the Environmental Law Institute, Columbia University, Duke University, and the University of California-Irvine have developed a MOOC…

India's Inter-State Water Wars: Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Feb 11, 2019 | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C.

The Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at CSIS is pleased to invite you to a discussion on ‘India's Inter-State Water Wars: Causes, Consequences, and…

Examining Tropical Changes: Resilience in the Context of Disturbance and Transgression

Jan 31, 2019 - Feb 2, 2019 | Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters
New Haven, CT

The Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters is proud to announce the 25th Annual Conference which will take place January 31-February 2,…

Seminar: “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead”

Jan 17, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Washington, DC / online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association will host its first year-in-review seminar “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead.” The event will showcase important…

Warzone Conservation in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Alex Dehgan

Jan 16, 2019 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Alex Dehgan arrived in postwar Afghanistan in 2006 with the mission of protecting Afghanistan’s distinctive yet threatened environment. An evolutionary biologist and lawyer working for…

COP24 Side-Event: Building New Alliances around Climate and Security: Germany’s Initiative for the UN Security Council

Dec 14, 2018 | German Federal Foreign Office and adelphi
Katowice, Poland

The German Federal Foreign Office, in partnership with adelphi, will host a side-event to look into the security risks brought about by climate change, the…

COP24 Side-Event: Climate, Peace and Security: Progress toward a Preventive Diplomacy

Dec 13, 2018 | European External Action Service, adelphi, and Planetary Security Initiative
Katowice, Poland

The European External Action Service, in partnership with adelphi and the Planetary Security Initiative, will host a side-event at COP24 aimed at tracking international progress…

Securing the Third Pole: Glaciers, Snowpacks, and Water Vulnerability in High Asia

Dec 12, 2018 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Known as the “Third Pole,” the Hindu-Kush-Himalaya, Pamir and Tien Shan mountain ranges of High Asia are home to the snow and ice headwaters of…

Webinar on “Afghanistan: Water, Neighbors, and Conflict”

Dec 11, 2018 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

Water scarcity can be a significant driver of conflict and cooperation. In Central Asia, water scarcity is becoming a grave concern, and this is likely…

Program for Water Security: Workshop on Middle East Water Security and Environmental Peacebuilding

Dec 10, 2018 - Dec 15, 2018 | EcoPeace Middle East
Jordan

The workshop is offered by EcoPeace’s Program for Water Security to connect EcoPeace’s experience in the Middle East with the capacity building needs of civil society organizations…

Info Session for Balkans Study Abroad Program

Nov 29, 2018 | Ohio University
Athens, Ohio

Come learn about this one of a kind opportunity to explore one of Europe’s last biodiversity hotspots while studying transboundary conservation, ecotourism, and peacebuilding! Come…

Water @ Wilson: 50 Years of Water, Conflict, and Cooperation

Nov 28, 2018 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Water is critical. It grows our food, generates our energy, and ensures our prosperity. To address the challenges that stand in the way of building…

The Role of the Business Sector in Peacebuilding in Africa

Nov 27, 2018 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Many traditional approaches to peacebuilding in Africa have emphasized the roles of government, civil society organizations, and multilateral international organizations over that of the private…

Climate Change and Security: Towards a Greener Peace

Nov 26, 2018 - Nov 30, 2018 | International Centre for Parliamentary Studies and UN Environment
London, UK

A small number of places are available on the UN Environment and iCPS programme, Climate Change and Security: Towards a Greener Peace, which will take…

Business, Conflict & Peacebuilding Course

Nov 23, 2018 - Nov 24, 2018 | swisspeace
Basel, Switzerland

How can enterprises operate responsibly in fragile and conflict-affected areas? The course explores this question from various angles by examining the opportunities and limitations of…

Webinar on “Assessing Impact: Monitoring & Evaluation for Environmental Peacebuilding”

Nov 14, 2018 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

Effective and inclusive monitoring and evaluation systems are essential for assessing the effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of any programming, and are particularly critical in conflict-affected…

Environmental Peacebuilding Working Group Meeting

Nov 13, 2018 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Washington, DC

The next meeting of the Environmental Peacebuilding Working Group will be held on November 13, 2018, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. The meeting will…