Agenda
Following is the detailed agenda, including session abstracts, for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. A free Virtual Day takes place on June 9, followed by the in-person conference at the University of Ottawa from June 16-19, 2026.
Navigate below to view the detailed agenda by date for both the Virtual Day and in-person conference. An overview of the agenda can be download here.
Please note, that if you have registered for the Virtual Day, you will need to sign up for the particular sessions you wish to attend to receive the Zoom webinar link. To do so, click on the link for each session and sign up accordingly.
For the in-person conference, while most sessions are open for all to attend, based on room capacity, some sessions indicate “sign-up required.” Confirmed conference registrants will be given a link to sign up for capacity-limited sessions.
An overview of the conference--including both the Virtual Day (June 9) and the in-person portion (June 16-19)--is available here (as a PDF).
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Jun 9 | Jun 16 | Jun 17 | Jun 18 | Jun 19
Cross-Pollinating Peacebuilding and Climate Practice
Jun 17, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Roundtable
Participants
Francis Onditi, University of Johannesburg (Kenya)
Ikran Mohamed Hassan, Marginalized Communities Advocacy Network (Kenya)
Ibrahim Hassan Mohamed, Marginalized Communities Advocacy Network- MCAN (Somalia)
Tasnia Prova, University of Toronto (Bangladesh)
Country-Level Conflict and Environmental Peacebuilding: Lessons and Opportunities
Jun 17, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Workshop
Participants
Charles Kelly, Independent (United States)
Peace Support without Peace Processes: How Track 2 Contributes to Trust-Building and Cooperation through Environmental Dialogue
Jun 17, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Roundtable
Participants
Moderator: Albert Martinez, European Institute of Peace (Belgium)
Nazanine Moshiri, Berghof Foundation (Iran)
Lina Hillert, HD Centre (Germany)
Hisham al-Omeisy, European Institute of Peace (Yemen)
From Environmental Peacebuilding Theory to Practice: Lessons Learned from World Bank Pilots in the Sahel
Jun 17, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Panel
Participants
Chair: Michelle Rebosio, World Bank (United States)
Elise Doumergue, World Bank (France)
Powering Development: Securing a Just Transition amid Critical Mineral Mining
Jun 17, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Claire Doyle, Stimson Center (United States)
Jojo Nemh Singh, University of Sussex
Latoya Abulu, Mongabay (Canada)
Jesse Ovadia, University of Windsor (Canada)
Maria Ramos, Oxfam
Viviana Herrera, MiningWatch Canada
Transitional Justice and Environmental Harms [EnPAx Transitional Justice Interest Group]
Jun 17, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Roundtable
Participants
Munini Mutuku, National Cohesion and Integration Commission (Kenya)
Roger Duthie, International Centre for Transitional Justice (United States)
Natalia Jiménez Galindo, EnPAx Gender Interest Group (Colombia)
Coffee Break
Jun 17, 2026 |
15.00
- 15.30
Creativity in Environmental Peacebuilding (PLENARY)
Jun 17, 2026 |
15.30
- 17.00
Participants
Chair: Richard Matthew, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Jake Groshong, Playing for Change
Stephanie Babij, EnPAx Arts Fellow (Canada)
Petna Ndaliko, Yole! Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Talon Bazille, Wicahpi Olowan (United States)
Keynote Address
Jun 17, 2026 |
17.00
- 17.40
Participants
Philippe LeBillon, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Connecting the Community
Jun 17, 2026 |
17.40
- 18.00
Participants
Faciliated by Annika Erickson-Pearson, ECCP Community of Practice (Switzerland)
Environmental Peacebuilding Gala & Awards
Jun 17, 2026 |
18.30
- 21.30
The Future of Environmental Peacebuilding (PLENARY)
Jun 18, 2026 |
9.00
- 10.30
Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Carl Bruch, Environmental Law Institute (United States)
Ashok Swain, Uppsala University (Sweden)
Joanne Lebert, IMPACT (Canada)
Juliane Schillinger, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (Netherlands)
Break
Jun 18, 2026 |
10.30
- 11.00
Stakeholders and Environmental Peacebuilding: Activists and Environmental Defenders
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Martina Cocchi, University of Milan (Italy)
Tamara Bah, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (United States)
McKenzie Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
Martina Cocchi, University of Milan
Does Climate Change Create Conflicts? Exploring Case Studies, Data Evidence, and Local Solutions to the Climate-Conflict-Governance Nexus in the Sahel and West Africa
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Workshop
Participants
Frederic Deycard, The Carter Center (United States)
Boukary Sangare, The Carter Center (Mali)
Dan Sanaren, Science Po Paris (Slovenia)
Madeline Warman, The Carter Center (United States)
Funding Environmental Peacebuilding: What Does it Take?
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Roundtable
Participants
Héloïse Heyer, PeaceNexus Foundation (Switzerland)
Kelsey Coolidge, Jubitz Family Foundation (United States)
Artists at the Frontlines: Music as a Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Richard Matthew, UC Irvine Glasser Center for Music & Social Change (United States)
Saara-Maria Salonen, Sámi Cultural Center Sajos (Finland)
Talon Bazille, Wicahpi Olowan (United States)
Jimmy Waltman, Trinity Laban Conservatoire (United States/United Kingdom)
Mawa Zacharia, Playing for Change (South Sudan/Kenya)
Environmental Peacebuilding in Context: Law, Knowledge, and Interdisciplinary Approaches
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Britta Sjöstedt, Lund University (Sweden)
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Anne Dienelt, University of Hamburg (Germany)
Stavros Pantazopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)
Andrea Nardi, Lund University (Sweden/Argentina)
Pinar Dinc, Lund University (Sweden/Turkey)
Karen Hulme, University of Essex (United Kingdom)
Doug Weir, Conflict and Environment Observatory (United Kingdom)
Barbara Magalhães Teixeira, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sweden)
Mineral Extraction, Insecurity, and Conflict
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Lauren Risi, Stimson Center (United States)
Päivi Lujala, Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu (Finland)
Ginno Martinez, University of Ottawa (Peru)
Laura Kilbury, University of Massachusetts Boston (United States)
Marta Furlan (Italy)
Amazonian Landscapes of Environment, Peace, and Security
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Miguel Alberto Londoño Gómez, Global Green Growth Institute (Colombia)
Maria Juliana Rubiano, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (United States)
Alice Taberner, N/A (Brazil)
Beth Sua Carvajal, WWF CO (Colombia)
Horizons in Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 18, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Ken Conca, American University (United States)
Alexander Belyakov, Consultant (Canada)
Felicity Tepper, Australian National University (Australia)
Erin Czelusniak, Georgetown University (United States)
Natacha Merritt, Compound Eyes Foundation (France)
From Presence to Power: Women Environmental Peacebuilders Connect [Networking Lunch] [sign-up required]
Jun 18, 2026 |
12.30
- 14.00
Roundtable
Participants
Natalia Jiménez Galindo, EnPAx Gender Interest Group (Colombia)
Maryruth Belsey Priebe, EnPAx Gender Interest Group / axxelerate (Canada)
Lunch
Jun 18, 2026 |
12.30
- 14.00
Taking Action into Their Own Hands: Lessons from Transboundary Community-Based Cooperation across the Middle East
Jun 18, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Asaf Zohar, Trent University (Canada)
Suleiman Halasah, University of Oxford (Jordan)
Rina Kedem, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Israel)
Peter Schwartzstein (United States)
From Local to National to Nature: Environmental Peacebuilding in Colombia
Jun 18, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Juha Siikamaki, IUCN (Finland/United States)
Hector Camilo Morales Munoz, adelphi (Germany)
Gisela Paredes Leguizamón, Colectivo de GuardaParques Sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia (Colombia)
Beth Sua Carvajal, WWF CO (Colombia)
Rethinking Green Foreign and Security Policy in an Age of Environmental and Political Crisis
Jun 18, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Falguni Lalwani, Henrich Boell Foundation (India)
Francesca Fassbender, Tel Aviv University (Germany)
Gunel Madadli, Heinrich Boell Foundation (Azerbaijan)
Falguni Lalwani, Henrich Boll Foundation (India)
Advancing Environmental Peacebuilding through Ecocentric and Indigenous Conceptualizations
Jun 18, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Karen Hulme, University of Essex (United Kingdom)
Juliana Krohn, University of Graz (Austria)
Stephanie Martinez, University of California, Irvine (United States)
Lena Dedyukina, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Mine-ing What’s Ours: Creative Peacebuilding Responses to Extractive Violence
Jun 18, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Rami Khoucha, Association Cèdre pour la Protection de l'Environnement et le Développement Durable (Algeria)
Saara-Maria Salonen, Independent (Finland)
Ria Das, Justice.in.Every.Celsius (India)
Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Jesse Matas, University of Manitoba (Canada)
Understanding the Peace and Security Dimensions of Human-Environment Relations in East Africa
Jun 18, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Charly Facheux, African Wildlife Foundation (Kenya)
Yayo Mengesha, Aksum University (Ethiopia)
Philip Manyi Omenge, Sigtuna Consultancy Limited (Kenya)
Ali Ibrahim, Acacia Dialogue Center (Kenya)
Seeking Justice in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
Jun 18, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Mara Pusic, Environmental Law Institute (United States)
Dengiyefa Angalapu, Niger Delta University (Nigeria)
Allison Furniss, Carleton University (Canada)
Barbara Magalhaes Teixeira, Lund University (Sweden)