Events

AIAG's Conflict Minerals Industry Briefing IV: A Business Case for Reporting

Aug 4, 2015 | Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
Southfield, MI

Enough Project staff Annie Callaway and Sasha Lezhnev will join the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) for a briefing that will seek to provide insights…

Education for Urban Renewal toward Social and Ecological Justice: Peace Education in an Era of Globalization

Jul 26, 2015 - Aug 2, 2015 | International Institute on Peace Education and the University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

Peace education has an important role to play in addressing issues of urban decline and the interconnected dilemmas of poverty, violence, health, and environmental degradation…

Climate Security Roundtable

Jul 22, 2015 | Center for a New American Security
Washington, D.C.

Please join CNAS for an off-the-record roundtable discussion on climate security. This workshop will address the interplay of water, agriculture, and health in a changing…

Advanced Training for Company-Community Mediation in Complex Environments

Jul 19, 2015 - Jul 25, 2015 | ACCESS Facility and The Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town (GSB)
Cape Town, South Africa

With its focus on helping parties find common ground and a collective vision for moving forward, mediation can be a useful intervention for companies and…

CGD Film Screening: Big Men

Jul 16, 2015 | Center for Global Development
Washington, D.C.

As part of their Summer Film Series, The Center for Global Development will be showing the Nigerian oil documentary "Big Men." After the screening Todd Moss…

Meeting of Experts on the Formulation of Water Policies in the Context of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Jul 14, 2015 | Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Santiago, Chile

This meeting of experts, organized by the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)…

Free Webinar: Conflict Minerals Data Management and Audit Requirements

Jul 14, 2015 - Jul 16, 2015 | Douglas Hileman Consulting LLC
Online

Analysts are currently reviewing the Conflict Minerals SEC filings for 2014 – the last “transition year” in the SEC Final Rule for Dodd-Frank 1502. For…

Conflict Mining in Africa: A Critical Milestone

Jul 14, 2015 | Pact
Washington, D.C.

Pact is hosting a panel discussion on our work around conflict-free mining in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. This will detail the work…

Witness Peacebuilding in Action

Jul 9, 2015 - Jul 18, 2015 | Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
Sri Lanka

The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding announces a 10-day educational journey on “Witness Peacebuilding in Action” in Sri Lanka; the agenda is still under development and…

Water Security in the Middle East

Jul 9, 2015 - Jul 11, 2015 | Chatham House
London, UK

The speaker will outline critical water security issues facing countries in the Middle East, including the impact of a drying Euphrates on food production and…

Reframing the Arctic: Cooperation, Not Conflict Workshop Prospectus and Call for Abstracts

Jul 6, 2015 - Jul 7, 2015 | Institute for Environmental Security and Diplomacy, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

The two-day conference will address current areas where conflict is frequently presumed to exist in the polar regions: energy, sovereignty, securitization, and human rights, and…

6th Annual Responsible Extractives Summit

Jun 29, 2015 - Jun 30, 2015 | Ethical Corporation
London, UK

The Responsible Extractives Summit is now established as the meeting place for oil, gas and mining sustainability professionals looking to learn the latest in corporate…

Warden Ghislain Somba Discusses His Work Protecting Mountain Gorillas in Virunga and Garamba National Parks

Jun 29, 2015 | National Park Service and World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC

Warden Somba, having recently completed an exchange program at Everglades and Biscayne National Park, will speak about his US training as well as his work…

Toxic Legacies - Agent Orange as a Challenge

Jun 28, 2015 | Rachel Carson Center
Munich

Agent Orange, the most infamous of the defoliating herbicides used by the US military during the Vietnam War, offers a historical lesson and legacy. Various…

International Association for Conflict Management 2015 Annual Conference

Jun 28, 2015 - Jul 1, 2015 | The International Association for Conflict Management and the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Clearwater Beach, FL

The 28th annual conference for the International Association for Conflict Management will address – among other issues – how to manage disputes related to natural…

Second Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference

Jun 27, 2015 | Kisii University
Kisii, Kenya

Particular topics of interest include: East and West in Energy, Water, Agriculture and Development, East and West, Urbanization and Rural Development, East and West, Peace,…

6th International Meeting on Conflict Management, Peace Economics, and Peace Science

Jun 24, 2015 - Jun 26, 2015 | Manas Chatterji, Binghamton University
Bangkok, Thailand

The 6th International Meeting on Conflict Management, Peace Economics, and Peace Science will take place from July 24th through 26th in Bangkok, Thailand. Several sessions…

Conflict Minerals Reporting and Supply Chain Transparency Conference

Jun 23, 2015 - Jun 25, 2015 | Marcus Evans
Chicago, IL

The 3rd Conflict Minerals Reporting and Supply Chain Transparency Conference will examine the SEC regulations that require all the U.S. public companies to disclose the…

Roundtable on the Renewable Energy Sector: Lessons from the Extractive Industries

Jun 22, 2015 | The Fund for Peace
Washington, D.C.

The renewable energy sector faces many of the same operational challenges and complexities as other large scale development projects operating in fragile environments. These renewable…

Shared Water Resources in a Warming World: Conflict and Cooperation

Jun 22, 2015 | The Stimson Center
Washington, D.C.

Growing populations, rising resource demands, and mounting environmental pressures are putting increasing strains on global water supplies. From the Middle East to the Sahel and South…

A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action on Climate and Fragility Risks (Report Launch)

Jun 22, 2015 | Woodrow Wilson Center
Washington, DC

The ultimate “threat multiplier,” climate change is increasing the challenges facing the U.S. development, diplomatic, and security communities.  “A New Climate for Peace: Taking Action…

Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 25

Jun 22, 2015 - Jun 23, 2015 | Chatham House
London, UK

This meeting will address a range of emerging issues central to discussions on the trade in illegal timber, including the interactions between Forest Law Enforcement,…

Investing in Stability: Can Extractive Sector Development Help Build Peace?

Jun 19, 2015 | Chatham House
London, UK

This event coincides with the launch of a new Chatham House research paper entitled, "Investing in Stability: Can Extractive Sector Development Help Build Peace?" The…

Webinar - Review of 2015 Conflict Minerals Reports

Jun 18, 2015 | Claigan Environmental Inc.
Online

On 18 June 2015, Claigan Environmental Inc. will present a webinar reviewing the errors and surprises in this year's conflict minerals reports filed with the SEC. This webinar…

Climate Security: The Next 'Battle Ground'?

Jun 17, 2015 | Atlantic Council and the EU
Washington, DC

As the international community heads to COP21 in Paris this December, much of the public discourse focuses on the relationship between climate and the environment.…

Business and Human Rights in Eritrea: Lessons from the Mining Sector

Jun 17, 2015 | Chatham House
London, UK

Eritrea’s economy is increasingly reliant on international business. The development of the country’s extractive sector holds particular potential with gold, silver, copper and zinc proving…

The 15th Meeting of Partners (MoP) of the Congo Basin Forests Partnership

Jun 17, 2015 - Jun 19, 2015 | Congo Basin Forests Partnership (CBFP)
Yaoundé, Cameroon

The 15th CBFP Meeting of Partners (MoP) will hold in Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon, from June 17 to 19, 2015, under the theme “Congo Basin Ecosystems: a…

Transatlantic Climate Security Dialogue

Jun 16, 2015 | Global Governance Institute
Brussels, Belgium

This event will bring together around 30 high level experts from the climate, security and foreign policy community. The security and defense community has long…

Workshop: Water Conflict Management and Transformation

Jun 14, 2015 - Jun 19, 2015 | Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

How can we move debates about water resource issues beyond entrenched positions? What are some less confrontational approaches that bring conflicting interests and institutions together…

Workshop: Wicked Problems in Natural Resources: Negotiations, Decision Making and the Public

Jun 14, 2015 - Jun 19, 2015 | Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

Offering an advanced course in negotiations for the first time, instructors Gregg Walker will focus primarily on conflict assessment, negotiation, decision-making and public participation in…