Archived Events

6th Annual Environmental Politics in MENA Conference: Rethinking Justice in Environmental Transition during Times of Conflict and Crisis

May 12, 2025 - May 13, 2025 | Arab Reform Initiative
Beirut, Lebanon and online

This conference will provide a platform for critical discussions on the structural barriers that hinder equitable access to and sharing of resources in the MENA…

HOP25: Helping Our Planet

Apr 12, 2025 | Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Science
Washington, DC

You are invited to HOP25, a no-cost, dynamic symposium that brings together bold ideas and visionary thinkers to address the pressing environmental challenges of our time.…

2025 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference: "Unified Paths for Peace: Empowering Collaborative Peacebuilding"

Apr 11, 2025 - Apr 12, 2025 | Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
South Bend, Indiana, USA

The Notre Dame Student Peace Conference is an annual student academic event organized by undergraduate students at the University of Notre Dame as a space…

Making Peace with Nature: Contributions on Environmental Justice and Peacebuilding from Colombia

Apr 9, 2025 | Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University
online

In Colombia, the challenges of ecological degradation are deeply influenced by the dynamics of armed conflict in diverse and complex ways. Nature is a direct…

From Green to Mean: Transition Minerals and Political Violence

Apr 1, 2025 | XCEPT
London and online

Join us on 1 April 2025 at this hybrid event to explore the green transition, geopolitical risks, and political instability, with insights on transition minerals, a…

Turning up the Heat: Climate Change, Conflict, and Political Instability

Mar 31, 2025 | XCEPT
London and online

Join us on 31 March 2025 at this hybrid event to discuss the interlinkages between climate change, conflict, and political instability.

2024 shattered records as the…

Environmental Peacebuilding: Har Hashem’s 2025 Symposium on Spirituality and the Environment

Mar 30, 2025 | Har Hashem
Boulder, CO and online

Congregation Har Hashem will be hosting its annual Symposium on Spirituality and the Environment, supported by the Bachrach Endowment Fund. As one of Har Hashem’s…

Practical Approaches for Climate, Peace and Security Programming Repository – Launch of the NEW Data Analytics for Climate, Peace and Security Module

Mar 25, 2025 | UN System Staff College
online

In June 2023, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) launched the Practical Approaches for Climate, Peace and Security Programming Repository. This platform – with nearly…

How Earth Observation Is Improving Rapid Humanitarian Response and Environmental Assessment in Post-Conflict Setting

Mar 25, 2025 | NASA Lifelines, Pax, and UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit
Geneva, Switzerland

This session is taking stock of the recent development in the use of satellite imagery analysis with key stakeholders that apply them in their operations…

Humanitarian Response, Conflict and the Environment: Experiences and Lessons (?)

Mar 18, 2025 | EnPAx Interest Group on Climate Change, Disasters, and Resilience
online

Humanitarian Response, Conflict and the Environment: Experiences and Lessons will focus on two main topics. During this first, online, session, on 18 March 2025, the focus…

The Role of Environmental Law in the Context of State Force

Mar 17, 2025 | NYU Environmental Law Journal
New York, NY

The NYU Environmental Law Journal is pleased to invite you to participate in our annual symposium. This year’s theme explores the intersection of environmental law…

Discussion on the New and Evolving Paradigm of the Humanitarian-Environmental Sector

Mar 10, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Conflict and Environment Observatory
online

Please join EnPAx and CEOBS for a discussion on the new and evolving paradigm of the humanitarian-environmental sector! We are acutely aware that many of our…

The Burning Question: Climate and Conflict - Why Does It Matter? with Andrew Gilmour

Mar 6, 2025 | King's College London
London, UK

The CSD Speaker Series is pleased to announce a special talk with former CEO of the Berghof Foundation, Andrew Gilmour, exploring his latest book: The…

Unmasking Mercury and Colorism in Cosmetics

Mar 5, 2025 | Minamata Convention on Mercury, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Geneva Environment Network
International Environment House 1, Geneva and Online

Hundreds of millions of people globally use skin-lightening products (SLPs). The use of SLPs is promoted by media, advertising and marketing that often reinforce the…

Climate Change, Natural Resources & Conflicts

Mar 5, 2025 - Mar 7, 2025 | Swisspeace
Basel, Switzerland

This course explores how climate change and international and national climate policies impact conflicts. The course introduces the key economic, political, and social concepts that…

"Conversation on Land Restoration and Security" at the Munich Security Conference 2025

Feb 16, 2025 | adelphi
Munich, Germany and online

What happens when land becomes a source of conflict? For three billion people, land is core to their survival and development, but with 20 to…

6th Arab Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Feb 9, 2025 | UN Women

The Arab Regional Platform is a vital disaster risk reduction coordination mechanism, providing a platform for all DRR stakeholders to take stock of progress and agree on…

International Conference on "Regional Nile Development and Cooperation Post GERD and CFA"

Feb 6, 2025 - Feb 7, 2025 | Florida International University
online

The 2025 Regional Nile Development and Cooperation Conference aims to foster constructive dialogue and practical collaboration among Nile Basin countries in the evolving context of…

Basel Peace Forum

Jan 23, 2025 | Basel Peace

Doves, politicians shaking hands, flags waved at a parade - when we think of visual representations of peace, we often see the same clichés. Considering…

Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead

Jan 22, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association will host its annual year-in-review roundtable on “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead.” This roundtable will feature insights, experience…

Webinar and Report Launch - Environmental Impact of Explosive Weapons in Southern Ukraine

Jan 16, 2025 | Norwegian People’s Aid and the Conflict and Environment Observatory
online

Environmental protection and restoration are contingent on robust data but armed conflicts create data gaps that are challenging to plug. Since 2018, CEOBS has worked…

Critical Minerals and National Security

Jan 10, 2025 | US Naval War College
online

In 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order 13817 which drove A Federal Strategy To Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals. This was…

Energy Poverty in Times of Armed Conflict

Dec 18, 2024 | Arava Institute
online

On December 18th, the Arava Institute will host a webinar on 'Energy Poverty in Times of Armed Conflict.' The event will feature a series of…

Women in Water Diplomacy Network's 2024 Year-in-Review

Dec 17, 2024 | Women in Water Diplomacy Network

📢 📢 Save the Date! Registration is now open for the Women in Water Diplomacy Network's 2024 Year-in-Review online event! As always, our Year-in-Review session…

11th Annual Women, Peace, and Security Symposium

Dec 16, 2024 | The Naval War College

The Naval War College (NWC) will host its 11th annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Conference, December 16-17, 2024, in Newport, Rhode Island. This year's…

Progress on Peace and Climate at COP29? Looking Ahead to 2025

Dec 5, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

Please join the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) for a webinar reviewing the inclusion of peace and conflict considerations the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29)…

WIE Puget Sound Winter Networking Event - Tacoma

Dec 4, 2024 | Women in Environment
7 Seas Brewing

WIE's mission is to further professional development and opportunities for women in the environmental field. WIE fosters relationships, mutual respect, and diversity among environmental professionals through…

DoD Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium

Dec 3, 2024 - Dec 6, 2024 | US Department of Defense
Washington, DC

The Department of Defense's (DoD) Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium is the nation’s largest conference focusing on the DoD's priority environmental and energy issues. The Symposium will…

ECCP Geneva Discussion: The Heat and the Fury, with Peter Schwartzstein

Dec 2, 2024 | Geneva Graduate Institute
Geneva, Switzerland

Based on more than a decade of reporting from dozens of countries and an array of conflict zones, 'The Heat and the Fury' is an attempt…

IPT Specialization Course on Environmental Peacebuilding

Nov 24, 2024 - Dec 2, 2024 | Austrian Centre for Peace
Stadtschlaining, Austria

Climate change and environmental degradation affect human security in diverse and intersecting ways and can amplify existing conflicts and humanitarian crises. Forced migration, internal displacement, and loss…