COVID-19 and Environmental Peacebuilding in Colombia (A Road to Geneva Event, Colombia Arc)

Aug 27, 2020 | Duke University Center for International and Global Studies/Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Law Institute, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association Disaster and Resilience Interest Group
online

This event was held in Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation in English.  Recordings of the event can be accessed via the following links: Spanish recording: https://youtu.be/qKflGIMDfH4English recording: https://youtu.be/YWGXM4DOp2s 

  When: 10:00-11:30 EST / 9:00-10:30 (BOG) The COVID-19 pandemic is complicating environmental peacebuilding in Colombia in multiple ways. It is eroding livelihoods and natural resource management overall, undermining dialogue and cooperation, and making communities more vulnerable as they face growing challenges to cope with the crisis. The webinar will explore the challenges to environmental peacebuilding during COVID-19; effects of the pandemic on social dynamics around land and the protection of environmental defenders; and ways that indigenous communities are comprehending and managing these threats.
It will bring together three distinguished panelists: 
  • Frank Pearl, Former Minister of Environment, Peace Negotiator with FARC/ELN, and High Commissioner to the President for Reintegration of Ex-combatants
  • Wendy Arenas, Former Senior Environmental Advisor to the Post-Conflict´s Presidential High Commissioner, Activist and Managing Director of Alysos (Alliance for Sustainability in the Amazon)
  • Jimena Puyana, Environmental Analyst, United Nations Development Programme
 The webinar will be moderated by Miguel Londoño, Senior Program Officer, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). This event is part of the Road to Geneva's Colombia Arc, a series of dialogues on environmental peacebuilding in Colombia. The Colombia Arc features events starting in August 2020, including a set of webinars organized by the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx), Duke University Center for International and Global Studies/Rethinking Diplomacy Program (DUCIGS/RDP), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). 
 The conversation will be hosted via Zoom at 9:00am (BOG)/10:00 (Eastern Time). The webinar will run for 90 minutes, with each presenter having a 10 minute intro, followed by a 30 minute discussion among the speakers, and finishing with an audience Q&A. The webinar will also feature simultaneous translation. The recording will be posted to the EnPAx website. Register Here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-covid19-and-environmental-peacebuilding-in-colombia-registration-115504185127