Events

Summer Academy on Land, Security and Climate Change

Jun 27, 2019 - Jun 30, 2019 | Initiatives for Land Lives Peace and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Caux, Switzerland

For six years global experts, practitioners and policy makers have met at Caux, and in other forums, to develop understanding and gather experience about land…

Land, Security, and Climate: Breaking the Silos to Safeguard the Future

Jun 26, 2019 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Geneva, Switzerland

Which solutions can address the nexus of threats?Climate change, environmental degradation, food insecurity, conflict, and migration can interact in negative feedback loops. Only integrated, cross-sectoral…

Webinar: Land in Post-Conflict Settings

Jun 25, 2019 | UN Environment, McGill University, and Land Portal
online

Post-war societies not only have to deal with continuing unpeaceful relations but also land-related conflict legacies, farmland and forest degradation, heavily exploited natural resources, land…

Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture and Rural Development Training

Jun 24, 2019 - Jun 26, 2019 | Versed Training Facilities
Nairobi, Kenya

Agriculture is central to the livelihoods of the rural poor and in the attainment of suitable development goals; gender equality further plays a crucial role…

Gender and Food Systems

Jun 24, 2019 - Jun 28, 2019 | Wageningen Centre for Development
Kenya

Are you interested in achieving gender equality through your programmes, partnerships and networks? Do you wish to rethink power relations in our food systems, and…

The Leadership of Women in Developing U.S. Environmental Law and Policy: What They Did, What It Meant, and Where It Is Going

Jun 20, 2019 | Environmental Law Institute
Washington, DC

As ELI celebrates “Gender and the Environment” month in June as part of its 50th Anniversary, join us for a panel discussion of how women have…

Sustainability Standards and Women's Rights to Land and Agricultural Resources

Jun 20, 2019 | International Institute for Sustainable Development
Online

Join us Thursday, June 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. CEST as we discuss how sustainability standards can contribute positively to women’s rights…

EITI Global Conference 2019

Jun 18, 2019 - Jun 19, 2019 | Government of France
Paris, France

The 2019 EITI Global Conference will be hosted by the Government of France at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, on 18-19 June.

The conference will…

Women's Participation and Voice in Decision Making About Mining

Jun 18, 2019 | Swedish Environmental Protection Agency - UNDP Environmental Governance Program, Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Metals
Online

Gender equality is emerging as an important theme for many stakeholders involved in the mining sector, including those working to fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals…

Women, Health & Environment

Jun 18, 2019 | Soroptimist International East London
London, UK

What's being a woman got to do with the environment? And what can women do about climate change? The answer is - a lot! Want…

8th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations

Jun 17, 2019 - Jun 18, 2019 | Wilson Center, US Arctic Research Commission, US National Ice Center, Arctic Domain Awareness Center, Patuxent Partnership, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Wilson Center, Washington DC

The Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations symposium will be held this year on July 17 and 18 at the Ronald…

Casualty or Catalyst: Gender Equality and the Future of Mining

Jun 12, 2019 | Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development
Ottowa, Canada

We are pleased to invite you to our workshop on June 12, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at Carleton University to discuss gender…

Discussion: Mining Local Procurement – A Necessary Lever to Overcome the Resource Curse

Jun 10, 2019 | International Institute for Environment and Development
London, UK

The creation of a global standard on local procurement reporting for mining companies will be discussed in the latest IIED seminar on 10 June, featuring…

Women, Conflict, and the Future of Economic Empowerment

Jun 5, 2019 | Women for Women International
Vancouver, Canada

A Women Deliver concurrent session bringing together donors, NGOs, and a youth leader. This session will explore women's economic empowerment in conflict-affected situations.

Who: Women for Women…

National Security Implications of Climate Change

Jun 5, 2019 | US House of Representatives
Washington, DC

The US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will convene an open hearing about the national security implications of climate change. During this hearing, the…

A Key to Combating Climate Change: Empowering Girls and Women

Jun 5, 2019 | BSR, UNFCCC, and Women’s Environment and Development Organizatio
Vancouver, Canada

Women bear the brunt of climate change, yet they are the world’s best bet in the fight for a clean, healthy, and sustainable planet. This…

Harnessing the Power of Research to Effect Gender Transformative Change

Jun 4, 2019 | American Jewish World Service
Vancouver, Canada

Around the globe, women and girls remain uncounted, undervalued and underrepresented in policy and programs—including in data used by the international development community to set…

OSCE Security Days

Jun 4, 2019 | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The OSCE has traditionally been active in promoting initiatives and creating platforms for many different forms of dialogue at various levels as a means of…

Berlin Climate and Security Conference

Jun 4, 2019 | German Federal Foreign Office, adelphi, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Berlin, Germany

Germany has made the link between climate change and security policy a top priority for its two-year term (2019-2020) as a UN Security Council (UNSC)…

Gender and Climate Change: Climate Justice Solutions

Jun 4, 2019 | BSR, UNFCCC, Women's Environment and Development Organization
Vancouver, Canada

This session explores the linkages between gender equality, women’s empowerment and climate change by highlighting the differentiated impacts of climate change, and how they exacerbate…

Women Building Power: African Feminist Efforts on Energy & Climate Justice

Jun 3, 2019 | Global Justice Now
London, UK

Organised peasant and working-class women impacted by extractives industries in African countries are defending their communities and their own gender-specific interests against insatiable extractives industries.…

Women Deliver 2019 Conference

Jun 3, 2019 - Jun 6, 2019 | Women Deliver
Vancouver, Canada

The Women Deliver 2019 Conference will be the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women in…

Deconstructing the Gendered Causes of Malnutrition

Jun 3, 2019 | World Vision
Vancouver Canada

Women and girls face unique challenges to attaining good health and nutrition. What are we doing to challenge these, and what can we do better?…

Resilience in Global Food Systems: What Does This Look Like and What Will It Take?

Jun 2, 2019 - Jun 4, 2019 | Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD)
Washington, DC

Nourishing the world’s population in an era of increasing strain on planetary resources and boundaries requires a more resilient global food system. Yet how do…

Creating a Gender Equal World: the Transformative Power of Women's Rights to Land

Jun 2, 2019 | Landsea
Vancouver, Canada

Cocktail reception where guests will learn how to break down the barriers to gender-equal land rights, about a new global advocacy campaign to ensure women…

Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Pro-Sociability Biennial Conference

May 23, 2019 - May 25, 2019 | Winthrop University and James Madison University
Seville, Spain

For over a millennia, warfare, environmental degradation, and social inequality have brought much suffering to humankind. In an effort to facilitate interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, WESIPS brings…

Dark Commerce and Corruption: Undermining a Sustainable Future

May 23, 2019 | World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC

The global trade of goods has drastically and fundamentally changed in recent years. The illicit trade of natural resources and associated corruption threatens both biodiversity…

Border Regimes, Territorial Discourses and Feminist Politics

May 22, 2019 - May 24, 2019 | Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, University of Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland

The NORA conference 2019, on critical feminist cross-disciplinary research and activities relying on contemporary and/or historical perspectives, focuses on the theme of material and symbolic…

Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks

May 21, 2019 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

From glacier melt in the Andes and hurricanes in New York and Hawaii, to hybrid disasters, cyber operations, and geoengineering, the US military and intelligence…

2019 Pacific Environmental Security Forum

May 21, 2019 - May 24, 2019 | US Indo-Pacific Command and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Wellington, New Zealand

Germany will host a high-level ‘Conference on Climate and Security’ in Berlin. It came as a strong statement of intent as the link between climate…