Launch Meeting of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association's Interest Group on Water

Nov 10, 2018 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Geneva, Switzerland

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association will hold the kick-off meeting for its Interest Group on Water titled "Protecting Water Before, During and After Armed Conflict". The Environmental Peacebuilding Association provides a multidisciplinary forum to address issues related to environment, conflict and peace. The kick-off meeting will aim at discussing current topics of research and future of activities of the Interest Group and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association.

This launch meeting follows on the High-Level Conference on “Water Diplomacy: Building Bridges for Lasting Peace” that will take place on November 9, 2018, during the Geneva Peace Week.

The Interest Group on Water seeks to enhance the multidisciplinary knowledge, research, and practice on the use of water as an incentive for peace. Members will discuss and examine the different scales of cooperation on shared water resources ranging from the global and regional to the basin and local levels. The strengths and weaknesses of different models of water management and protection will be considered with a view toward preventing and resolving water disputes, and to helping countries manage water to recover after conflict.

BRAINSTORMING MEETING ON WATER AND PEACE:PROTECTING WATER BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER AN ARMED CONFLICTSaturday, 10 November 2018From 10:00 to 12:00University of Geneva, Carl-Vogt Building66, Boulevard Carl-Vogt, 1205 Geneva (Room 1, ground floor)(Tram 15, bus stop: Uni Mail)AGENDA 
  • Welcome and introduction of the objectives of the Interest Group on Water
 Mara Tignino, Co-Chair, Interest Group on Water, Environmental Peacebuilding Association; Reader, Faculty of Law and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva; Coordinator of the Geneva Water Hub’s Platform for International Water Law Marie-Laure Vercambre, Co-Chair, Interest Group on Water, Environmental Peacebuilding Association; Director, Green Cross International’s Water for Life and Peace Programme 
  • Introduction of the participants
 
  • Current and future projects of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
 Erika Weinthal, Board Member, Environmental Peacebuilding Association; Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University 
  • Brainstorming on current research activities conducted by Interest Group’s Members
 
  • Proposals for future activities of the Interest Group on Water

All are welcome to the meeting.  Ultimately, only members of the Association can participate in the Interest Group. If you would like to participate in the meeting, or if you would like to participate in the Interest Group but are unable to attend, please contact Mara Tignino (Mara.Tignino@unige.ch).

Where: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

When: 10 November 2018

Organizers: Environmental Peacebuilding Association