Water as a Tool for Resilience in Times of Crisis

May 14, 2019 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC
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About 90 percent of USAID’s water priority countries are conflict-affected or fragile. Last year, over 60 million people around the world were affected by more than 280 natural disasters. Effective water resource management is complex in times of peace and prosperity. Effective water resource management in a time of crisis—whether war or disaster—can mean the difference between building resilience or compounding tragedy. Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program, USAID’s Sustainable Water Partnership, and Winrock International for a discussion on where the challenges lie and what practitioners and policymakers can do to bolster effective water management for the world’s most vulnerable communities.

Panelists

Cynthia Brady, Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor, Center for Resilience, USAID
David DeArmey, Director of International Partnerships, Water for Good
Basil Mahayni, Deputy Director, USAID Sustainable Water Partnership, Tetra Tech
Erika Weinthal, Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy, Duke University
Moderator: Abigail Jones, Water & Sanitation Advisor, Water Office, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, USAID

For more information and to register, please visit https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/onlineactions/zkhGBmzfJ0aBwS1ejXEd-Q2.

Where: Washington, DC

When: 14 May 2019

Organizers: Wilson Center