Events

Sustainable Development in the Lower Mekong: Prioritizing Environmental Security

Dec 8, 2016 | US-Asia Institute
Washington, DC

This will be a discussion on sustainable development in the Lower Mekong Delta region in Asia. The United States launched the Lower Mekong Initiative in…

Planetary Security Conference 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - Dec 6, 2016 | Planet Security Initiative & Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
The Hague, Netherlands

The Planetary Security Initiative is glad to announce the (tentative) dates for the second edition of the Planetary Security conference: 5 and 6 December, 2016.…

Training Course on Gender Integration in Food and Nutrition Security

Dec 5, 2016 - Dec 9, 2016 | Indepth Research Centre
Nairobi, Kenya

Women in developing countries play a crucial role in meeting the food and nutrition needs of their families through the three pillars of food security…

Training Course on Shelter & Settlement Planning

Dec 5, 2016 - Dec 9, 2016 | Indepth Research Centre
Nairobi, Kenya

Shelter & settlement planning in emergencies helps you understand strategies and practices that are intrinsic to the shelter sector and humanitarian sector in general. The training…

Conflict Minerals Supply Chain Compliance & Transparency Forum

Nov 30, 2016 - Dec 2, 2016 | Business Intelligence Services
Berlin, Germany

This exclusive BIS forum showcases the best strategies and approaches to optimize conflict minerals supply chain transparency while developing resilient business driven ethical and sustainable…

Climate Change Interventions as a Source of Conflict, Competing Claims and New Mobilities

Nov 24, 2016 - Nov 25, 2016 | NWO Conflict and Cooperation in the Management of Climate Change, LANDac, IDS-Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands

LANDac in collaboration with NWO’s Conflict and Cooperation in the Management of Climate Change (CCMCC) programme and IDS-Utrecht University, is pleased to announce a 1.5 day conference to…

Water Security and Sustainable Development for our Common Future

Nov 22, 2016 - Nov 23, 2016 | EcoPeace Middle East
Dead Sea, Jordan

The conference will uniquely bring together high level national decision makers from Jordan, Israel and Palestine, residents and mayors from cross-border communities, international stakeholders and media.…

Webinar: Land Tenure in Kosovo

Nov 9, 2016 | USAID and LandLinks
Online

Join USAID to learn more about land tenure and property rights country by country, starting with Kosovo. In this 30 minute webinar we will examine…

Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative Conference 2016

Nov 7, 2016 - Nov 10, 2016 | Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
Santa Clara, CA

Once a year, experts and practitioners from industry, governments, and civil society from around the globe and across 3TG supply chains gather to discuss key…

The Hugo Conference: Environment, Migration, Politics

Nov 3, 2016 - Nov 5, 2016 | Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium

The year 2015 has been a crucial year for the people displaced as a result of environmental changes: in March, the Sendai Framework for Disaster…

Fourth Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding: Ambassador Marie Jacobsson

Nov 3, 2016 | American University, ELI, and UNEP
Washington, DC

For the last three years, Ambassador Marie Jacobsson has served as the International Law Commission’s Special Rapporteur for the topic Protection of the Environment in…

Fourth Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding: Ambassador Marie Jacobsson

Nov 3, 2016 | American University, ELI, and UNEP
Washington, DC

For the last three years, Ambassador Marie Jacobsson has served as the International Law Commission’s Special Rapporteur for the topic Protection of the Environment in…

Combating Violent Kleptocracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Oct 27, 2016 | Enough Project
Washington, DC

Please join distinguished experts on the Great Lakes region of Africa as they discuss how to address the crises of democracy and conflict in the…

Mining in the Colombian Páramo: The Ongoing Struggle to Halt Eco Oro's Angostura Project in Santurbán

Oct 26, 2016 | Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurbán Páramo, the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense, and the Center for International Environmental Law
Washington, DC

The Colombian páramos (high altitude wetlands) are unique and sensitive ecosystems that provide the country with 70% of its potable water. The case of Eco…

Oil and Gas Operations in Areas Disputed Between States

Oct 24, 2016 | American Society of International Law
New York, NY

Where which State is entitled to control oil and gas resources in a particular area is disputed, companies wishing to exploit those resources face risks…

MyanmarWater 2016

Oct 20, 2016 - Oct 22, 2016 | UBM Asia
Myanmar Event Park (MEP)

MyanmarWater 2016 is one of the flagship water event of UBM Asia and it is expected to bring together more than 200 participating companies from…

Water and Security in an Uncertain World

Oct 19, 2016 | Environmental Change and Security Program (Wilson Center)
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004

As our climate changes, the uncertainty of water availability and access threatens to become one of the major challenges to national security. But much like…

Environmental Peacebuilding Working Group Meeting

Oct 13, 2016 | EPWG
Washington, DC

The Environmental Peacebuilding Working Group is pleased to announce that its next meeting will take place on Thursday, October 13 from 3:00PM-5:00PM. Following introductions and…

Environmental Peacebuilding 1-Week Executive Training at Columbia University: Environment, Peace and Security

Sep 26, 2016 - Sep 30, 2016 | Earth Institute, University of Columbia
Columbia University in the City of New York

Evidence is accumulating that linkages between environment and security dynamics are more important than previously thought. Governments, the public, corporations, and other organizations around the…

The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Backdraft Revisited

Sep 26, 2016 | Wilson Center Environmental Change & Security Program
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004

2015 was a banner year for international commitments to address climate change. However, as countries take steps to implement National Adaptation Plans and cut emissions,…

24th Annual Conference on Taiwan Studies panel on Environmental Security: A Crucible in the South China Sea

Sep 23, 2016 - Sep 25, 2016 | Walker Institute & Center for Asian Studies Program
Inn at USC Wyndham Garden, 1619 Pendleton St, Columbia, SC 29201

The 24th Annual Conference on Taiwan Studies will this year include one session on environmental security and the South China Sea. The event will be…

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Conflict Minerals: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Sep 22, 2016 | The Office of Global Public Health (OGPH), School of Nursing, William Davidson Institute, LS&A Human Rights Program, Global REACH, and the Panzi Foundation USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Global Crossroads Lecture: Dr. Denis Mukwege, OB/GYN and Director of the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is world renowned for his…

Climate and National Security Forum 2016

Sep 14, 2016 | Center for Climate and Security, Center for the National Interest, George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs
Washington, DC

The Center for Climate and Security, in partnership with the Center for the National Interest and the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs,…

Watch Live: Sentry Investigations, Clooney, and Cheadle

Sep 12, 2016 | The Sentry
Webinar

The Sentry, which George Clooney and I co-founded, has been conducting a two year investigation into the links between mass corruption and armed conflict in…

IUCN World Conservation Congress: Planet at the Crossroads

Sep 1, 2016 - Sep 10, 2016 | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Hawai'i

Our planet is at a crossroads. The ecosystems that underpin our economies, well-being and survival are collapsing. Species are becoming extinct at unprecedented rates. Our…

Integrating Climate Governance and Water Diplomacy

Aug 30, 2016 | German Federal Foreign Office, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and Adelphi
Stockholm, Sweden

Climate change will significantly impact water flows, including in geopolitically unstable regions. With a new paper and a side event in Stockholm, adelphi sheds light on how…

Talk to Focus on Dangers of Climate Change & Water Scarcity

Aug 4, 2016 | Leavenworth Public Library
Leavenworth, Kansas

Dr. Wendell King is Dean of Academics, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He will speak about the impact of climate change and water…

Hiroshima and the DMZ: The Ethnology of Environmental Peacebuilding in Korea and Japan

Jul 26, 2016 - Aug 9, 2016 | Peace Park Expeditions and Ohio University
South Korea and Japan

Experience the power and beauty of East Asian culture, language and ecology in the Hiroshima and the DMZ program. This summer will take students back…

Best Practices in Conflict Minerals Compliance

Jul 26, 2016 | Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA (ST&R) and Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services (STTAS)
Online

Compliance with conflict minerals reporting requirements is of increasing concern to federal authorities, making it critical for affected companies to fully understand those requirements and…

2016 Conflict Mineral Compliance Webinar Series

Jul 14, 2016 | Assent Compliance
Online

Assent is hosting a 2016 conflict mineral compliance webinar series entitled "Your Conflict Mineral Program For 2016 – Changing Service Providers and Using a Compliance Partner"…