Events

USAID's Measuring Impact Closeout Event

Jul 12, 2018 | USAID and Woodrow Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Since 2013, the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Forestry and Biodiversity has worked through its Measuring Impact contract to improve the effectiveness of…

Conflict Transformation across Borders

Jul 1, 2018 - Jul 21, 2018 | University of Massachusetts Boston
Quito, Ecuador

Led by an international faculty of peace building practitioners and scholars, this summer institute in Ecuador is designed to equip early-career professionals, graduate and advanced…

Natural Resource Revenue Management in the Global South - A Blessing or a Curse?

Jun 18, 2018 | Peace Research Institute Oslo
Oslo, Norway

How can transparency help in transforming natural resource revenues in developing countries into a blessing rather than a curse? Welcome to a briefing to learn about…

Stockholm Dialogue: On the Nexus between Human Rights, Environmental Sustainability and Conflict Prevention

Jun 12, 2018 | Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, UNDP, UNEP, and Folke Bernadotte Academy
Stockholm, Sweden

The 2030 Agenda asks the global community to respond to a wide range of complex and multidimensional development challenges. This requires a paradigm shift supported…

Sustainable Water, Resilient Communities: The Challenge of Erratic Water

May 30, 2018 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Water is indispensable, but also highly variable. Communities around the world need a reliable and predictable supply of fresh water, but outdated infrastructure, poor management,…

Winning the Peace: The Link between Food Insecurity and Global Instability

May 15, 2018 | Stimson Center
Washington, DC

We have long understood that war and conflict produce poverty and hunger. Yet today, with the number of hungry people on the rise for the…

Screening of the Video "Land Grabbing in Angola – a Growing Threat"

May 9, 2018 | Lutheran World Federation
Geneva, Switzerland

Angola is a country rich in natural resources, such as diamonds and oil. When the oil price dropped, the government decreed a diversification of the…

Water in the Middle East and Africa: A Nexus of Cooperation and Conflict

May 7, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

The severe water crises facing areas of the Middle East and Africa have significant implications for the health, welfare and security of the regions’ people.…

‘The Nature of Peace’: Exploring Links Between the Natural Environment and Peace-Building in Post-Conflict Societies

Apr 26, 2018 - Apr 27, 2018 | Lund University
Lund, Sweden

This conference is organized by the interdisciplinary research group ‘The Nature of Peace’ at the Pufendorf Institute of Advance Studies at Lund University, Sweden. The…

Geopolitical Risks and Opportunities of the Lower Oil Price Era

Apr 26, 2018 | Center for a New American Security
Washington, DC

The Center for a New American Security is hosting a public event on how lower oil prices have reshaped geopolitical calculations for U.S. policymakers on Thursday, 26 April,…

Webinar: Conflict Minerals and Supply Chain Compliance for 2018

Apr 24, 2018 | Crowe Horwath
Online

Forensic specialist Chris McClure and corporate compliance attourney Michael Littenberg discuss what's new in Conflict Minerals and Supply Chain Compliance for 2018. Register for this…

International Tin Conference 2018

Apr 23, 2018 - Apr 25, 2018 | International Tin Association Ltd (formerly ITRI)
Budapest, Hungary

The biennial International Tin Conference has grown over the years to become the unmissable highlight of the tin calendar, regularly drawing over 250 delegates from…

Dialogue on Engagement in Environmental Peacebuilding

Apr 23, 2018 - Apr 23, 2018

This Earth Week, coinciding with the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, we are pleased to invite you to join us for…

The Environment in Colombia’s Post-Conflict

Apr 13, 2018 | Washington Office on Latin America
Washington, DC

Now that the conflict is officially over between the Colombian government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Revolucionarias Armadas de Colombia, FARC) environmental issues…

Promoting Middle East Water and Energy Security through Investment in a Water-Renewable Energy Exchange for Peace and Stability

Apr 11, 2018 | EcoPeace Middle East
London, UK

EcoPeace Middle East in association with Herbert Smith Freehills, theFTWeekend and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung cordially invite you to Promoting Middle East Water and Energy…

AAG Annual Meeting

Apr 10, 2018 - Apr 14, 2018 | American Association of Geographers
New Orleans, LA

Join the Association of American Geographers at the AAG Annual Meeting in for the latest in research and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience. The…

Developing and Assessing Resilient Systems in Support of National Security Missions

Apr 10, 2018 - Apr 11, 2018 | Military Operations Research Society
Vicksburg, MS

Recent events continue to demonstrate the need to create systems that are resilient to natural and manmade disruptions. This 2-day workshop on 10-11 April, 2018…

Capacity Building in Environmental Conflict: An Intensive 30-Hour Workshop

Mar 25, 2018 - Mar 28, 2018 | Four Worlds
Troutdale, OR

Four Worlds will be hosting a 30-hour intensive workshop which will teach participants how to navigate the complex world of disputes over water, forestry and…

Silas Screening

Mar 22, 2018 | Environmental Film Festival
Washington, DC

The Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC will screen Silas on 22 March, 2018: Liberian activist, Silas Siakor is a tireless crusader, fighting to crush corruption…

How Do You Tackle Climate Change in Conflict-Torn Countries?

Mar 21, 2018 | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Online

On 21 March, 2018 at 2PM GMT, the Thomson Reuters Foundation will host: "How Do You Tackle Climate Change in Conflict-Torn Countries?" This online debate will…

Climate Change and Conflict: New Research for Defense, Diplomacy, and Development

Mar 7, 2018 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

“The long-term trends toward a warming climate, more air pollution, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity are likely to fuel economic and social discontent – and…

Fragility Forum 2018: Managing Risks for Peace and Stability

Mar 5, 2018 - Mar 7, 2018 | World Bank
Washington, DC

The 2018 Fragility Forum will bring together policy makers and practitioners from humanitarian, development, peace and security communities to share practical solutions and explore innovative…

Managing Fragility for Peace, Security, and Development: Report Launch by Ambassador James Michel

Feb 13, 2018 | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington, DC

Countries experiencing significant fragility, while amounting to about 20 percent of the world’s population, are projected to be home to 80 percent of the world’s…

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Silas

Feb 3, 2018 | Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, CA

Silas Siakor is a tireless activist committed to ending corruption and environmental destruction in Liberia. When the government of Liberia secretly signs away the rights…

Fifth Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding – Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko

Jan 30, 2018 | American University, ELI, and UN Environment
Washington, DC

Fifteen years ago, Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko published Environmental Peacemaking, a rejoinder to grim scenarios foreseeing environmental change as a driver of conflict. Conca,…

Fifth Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding – Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko

Jan 30, 2018 | American University, ELI, and UN Environment
Washington, DC

Fifteen years ago, Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko published Environmental Peacemaking, a rejoinder to grim scenarios foreseeing environmental change as a driver of conflict. Conca,…

Sustaining Peace I: The Role of Conflict-Sensitive Natural Resource Management Approaches

Jan 23, 2018 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Online

This webinar will examine the linkages between natural resource management, investment in resilient agricultural livelihoods and contributions to peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Interventions supporting food…

A Matter of Survival: Learning to Cooperate over Water

Jan 16, 2018 | Wilson Center and EcoPeace Middle East
Washington, DC

Meeting our global water challenges is no ordinary task: it is a matter of survival. As global climate patterns shift, access to clean water will…

Praying for Rain or Advancing Water Diplomacy? The Water Crises Facing the Region: Challenges and Opportunities for National Security

Jan 11, 2018 | EcoPeace Middle East and Institute for National Security Studies
Tel Aviv, Israel

EcoPeace Middle East and the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, are pleased…

Targeting Environmental Infrastructures, International Law, and Civilians in the New Middle Eastern Wars

Jan 11, 2018 | Platform for International Water Law, Geneva Water Hub
Geneva, Switzerland

The Platform for International Water Law of the Geneva Water Hub is pleased to invite you to participate in an exchange with Ms Erika Weinthal,…