Events

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jan 26, 2023 | Centre for Geopolitics
Audit Room, King's College, Cambridge

The promotion of the inclusion of women in peace processes has become more salient in international politics since the adoption of the United Nations (UN)…

Environmental Peacebuilding - The Year in Review and the Year Ahead

Jan 24, 2023 | 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…

Humanitarian Crisis, Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Environment during Armed Conflicts and in Relation to Peacebuilding Measures: Legal Challenges of the 21st Century

Jan 19, 2023 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia

MFA Slovenia's Humanitarian crisis, protection of critical infrastructure and environment during armed conflicts and in relation to peacebuilding measures: legal challenges of the 21st century…

A Feminist Take on Nuclear Weapons in Germany

Jan 18, 2023 - Jan 18, 2023 | CFFP and ICAN
online

An estimated 20 US nuclear warheads remain at Büchel Air base in Germany. Hopes have been high among feminist civil society that with the new…

Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace -- Trust Building

Jan 18, 2023 | EnPAx Forest Interest Group
online

The Forest Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association is continuing the bi-monthly Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace. The upcoming session -- the…

Women Plus Water Lecture Series

Jan 12, 2023 - Apr 20, 2023 | Women Plus Water
online

Women Plus Water increases the visibility of women in water and engages people through the annual lecture series, expert list, and mentorship opportunities to learn about…

The Women in Water Diplomacy Network: 2022 Year-In-Review Open Online Event

Dec 19, 2022 | SIWI
online

The Women in Water Diplomacy Network consists of members of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network in the Nile (initiated in 2017), the Women in…

FP Summit: Food+ 2022, Managing Shocks & Strengthening Global Food Systems

Dec 14, 2022 | Foreign Policy
Washington, DC and online

Over the last year, shockwaves have reverberated throughout global food systems, as the Russian invasion in Ukraine and blockade of vital ports cut off grain,…

Beyond War Ecologies: Green Ways Forward for Ukraine

Dec 14, 2022 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
online

The Russian war in Ukraine constitutes a now well-acknowledged ecological, as well as geopolitical and humanitarian, catastrophe. Negative impacts to the environment include toxic remnants…

InfoPoint Conference: Women Land and Environmental Rights Defenders: Protection and Justice

Dec 13, 2022 - Dec 13, 2022 | International Partnerships InfoPoint
online

Women land and environmental rights defenders are at the forefront of the protection of human and environmental rights, in particular when it comes to defending…

Inaugural State Resilience Index Launch - Bend Not Break: Resilience in Unstable Times

Dec 7, 2022 | Fund for Peace
online

For the last 17 years, the Fund for Peace has published the Fragile States Index (FSI), measuring annual pressures and shocks across the globe. Every…

Water @ Wilson Series Launch: Water, Peace, & Security: New Tools for a New Climate

Dec 6, 2022 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Every day, the headlines make it clear: A rapidly changing climate and shifting demographics mean the future of water resource management may not look like…

Gender Equality in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Nov 30, 2022 | Global Institute for Women's Leadership ANU
The Australian National University

What does gender equality mean in international peace and security? What does the UN's WPS look like in the policy and practice?

Ecological Threat Report 2022 | Building Resilience: Climate, Ecology and Conflict

Nov 18, 2022 | Geneva Center for Security Policy
online

Join the Geneva Center for Security Policy and the Institute for Economics & Peace as we take a look at the links between climate change,…

COP27 Side Event: "The Climate for Peace Initiative - Towards Multilateral Inclusive Action"

Nov 17, 2022 | adelphi and the German Federal Foreign Office
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

The impacts of the climate and environment crises can be drivers of conflict and a risk to international peace and stability, with disproportionate impacts on…

The New Customary Land Rights Act in Sierra Leone: Bringing Informed Community Consent to Responsible Investment

Nov 17, 2022 | Advancing Land-Based Investment Governance
online

In September 2022, Sierra Leone enacted unprecedented laws related to land, climate, and sustainable development. This new law transforms communities’ ability to protect their land…

Responsible Business Conduct: Past, Present & Future (Continuing Education Course)

Nov 16, 2022 - Jan 18, 2023 | swisspeace
online

Are you confused about ESG, CSR, UNGPs, GRI, L2O, VPs, and all of that? In this introductory course, participants explore the responsibilities of businesses for…

Climate Security & Agriculture: Strategies for Inclusive Adaptation

Nov 11, 2022 | "CGIAR, The Rockefeller Foundation, Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), Government of Ireland"
Food Systems Pavillion

Women represent a large share of the world’s agricultural workers and face disproportionate climate impacts. But they are also at the forefront of climate change…

Feminist Foreign Policies: What’s Next? Perspectives from Canada, Scotland and Beyond

Nov 10, 2022 | Centre for International Policy Studies
FSS 4006 and Zoom

Since Sweden’s 2014 adoption of a feminist foreign policy, several other countries have since announced plans to introduce their own feminist foreign policies, including Spain,…

Afghanistan and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Women’s global agency and diplomacy

Nov 9, 2022 | The Gender Justice & Security Hub
Online

The systematic crack down by the Taliban in Afghanistan calls for an urgent and inclusive response to the crisis and a sharp look at UN…

Forestry, Livelihoods, and Peace: Webinar Launch of “Extended Dialogue and Peer Learning Workshop Series” Pt 2

Nov 9, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association's Forest Interest Group
online

              Part I  Roughly one-third of the world's population is closely dependent on forests and forest resources. This figure increases to 90 percent for those living on…

EnPAx at COP27

Nov 8, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association's Young Professionals Interest Group
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

The Young Professionals Interest Group (YPIG) of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) will be participating in the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the UN…

Stockholm Security Conference 2022

Nov 8, 2022 - Nov 14, 2022 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
online

On 8–14 November, SIPRI will convene the seventh annual Stockholm Security Conference, this year under the heading of ‘Trends of Conflict and Warfare in the…

Protecting the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict

Nov 1, 2022 - Nov 1, 2022 | Danish Institute for International Studies
online

The environment is frequently a 'silent victim' of armed conflict. Conflicts can cause long-term damage to the environment, harming people's physical and mental health and…

The Impact of Climate Change on Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes

Nov 1, 2022 | The Wilson Center
Online

Climate change directly and indirectly affects maternal and newborn health outcomes globally. Exposure to climate-related stressors can lead to adverse health outcomes, including miscarriage, low…

Introduction to Climate and Environmental Security in Peace Operations

Nov 1, 2022 - Nov 4, 2022 | Climate Diplomacy and ZIF Center for International Peace Operations
Berlin, Germany

This course is organized by the Berlin Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) in cooperation with adelphi and aims at building practical skills on understanding…

Geneva Peace Week 2022

Oct 31, 2022 - Nov 4, 2022 | Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
Geneva, Switzerland and online

Geneva Peace Week is a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar in which organizations in Geneva and their international partners come together to…

Public Service Perspectives | From Conservation and Conflict to Environmental Peacebuilding for a More-Than-Human World

Oct 28, 2022 | Ohio University
Athens, OH

Conservation suffers from the violence of human conflicts, while also engendering its own social and human-wildlife conflicts. Meanwhile, our approaches to conflict analysis and conflict…

Interactive Dialogue: Welcoming a New Legal Framework on Armed Conflict and the Environment

Oct 25, 2022 | Conflict and Environment Observatory, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, IUCN-WCEL Specialist Group on Environmental Security and Conflict Law, University of Essex, and University of Helsinki
New York, NY

Ahead of the adoption of the International Law Commission’s principles on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts (PERAC), join Commission members…

Environmental Peacebuilding: A Conversation with Dr. Erika Weinthal

Oct 24, 2022 - Oct 30, 2022 | Duke University Library
Durham, NC

As part of the Duke Libraries’ annual celebration of International Open Access Week 2022, Bostock Library will host Dr. Erika Weinthal, Professor of Environmental Policy…