Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Events

Conflict Minerals: Lessons of First Year Reporting / Foundations for 2014 Reporting

Jul 23, 2014 | IHS, ECIA and iPoint
Webinar

IHS, ECIA and iPoint present a Conflict Minerals industry update. With the first SEC reporting deadline now behind us, this session will discuss recent developments…

The Process for Conflict Minerals Due Diligence

Jul 23, 2014 | Claigan Environmental Inc
Webinar

On 23 July 2014, Claigan Environmental Inc. will present a webinar on how to conduct due diligence for conflict minerals. One of the most fundamentally misunderstood…

3rd Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa (CCPOP)

Jul 22, 2014 | Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS)
University of Ghana, Legon - Accra, Ghana

This development knowledge conference is intended to break the huge barriers that have existed amongst potential stakeholders over the years. It represents a call for…

Forced Migration and Peace Conference

Jul 15, 2014 | International Association for the Study of Forced Migration
Bogotá, Colombia

The proposed conference seeks to create a space in which academic rigor engages with the compromises inherent in policy, as well as the challenges of…

Conference on Environmental Justice and Citizenship

Jul 13, 2014 | Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Mansfield College, Oxford

The 13th Conference of Environmental Justice and Citizenship will explore technological, political or economic solutions to problems impeding environmental justice and perspectives, inviting people working…

Workshop: Towards a Sustainable Society

Jul 13, 2014 | Cerana Foundation, Indian Youth Climate Network
Hyderabad, India

One-day workshop: Charting a course towards a sustainable, equitable and peaceful society

We face one tilting point–environmental degradation and two tipping points–climate change and peak oil.…

Conflict Minerals: Staying Current in a Changing Landscape

Jul 10, 2014 | IPC
Santa Clara, CA

Regardless of whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) conflict minerals disclosure rule applies directly to your company, you will have to provide information…

Accountability and the Environmental Legacy of Armed Conflict

Jul 3, 2014 | IISS
London, UK

The provisions of international humanitarian law for the protection of the environment during conflict are notoriously lacking. However, peacetime environmental norms and standards, and developments…

Report launch: Pollution Politics: Power, Accountability and Toxic Remnants of War

Jul 2, 2014 | The Toxic Remnants of War Project
Amnesty International UK, London

Our new report Pollution Politics examines where responsibility lies for reducing the health and environmental risks from military and conflict pollution. Where are the weaknesses in the…

Russia, Ukraine and Energy Security

Jul 1, 2014 | The Wilson Center
Washington, DC.

This event will focus on energy and its potential impact on future solutions to the Ukraine crisis, as well as overall relations among Russia, other…

Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Recovery: Learning From Post-Conflict and Disaster Response Experience

Jun 25, 2014 | Wilson Center
Washington, D.C.

This panel will present and discuss selected findings from a joint project by the American University’s School of International Service and World Wildlife Fund to bring…

Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Recovery: Learning from Post-Conflict and Disaster Response Experience

Jun 25, 2014 | Woodrow Wilson Center
6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

Crises, including complex emergencies, war, and natural disasters, create high-stakes environmental and natural resource management choices for communities, governments, and non-governmental organizations. If managed properly,…

Course: Economic Dimensions of Peacebuilding (Deadline: 11 June)

Jun 24, 2014 | Peacebuilding and Development Institute in Sri Lanka
Jaffna, Sri Lanka

The course is designed for organisations and individuals involved in peacebuilding and development efforts in post-conflict contexts in order to help participants combine ‘economic’ dimensions…

UN Environmental Assembly of UNEP

Jun 23, 2014 | United Nations Environment Programme
Nairobi, Kenya

The next meeting of the UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which has replaced the UNEP Governing Council, is tentatively scheduled…

14th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference

Jun 23, 2014 | Network of European Peace Scientists
International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

The Network of European Peace Scientists have invited scholars from an interdisciplinary community to present recent research related to peace at their 14th annual meeting. The…

Political Geography and the Environment

Jun 19, 2014 | University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

The theme of the conference will be Political Geography and the Environment. The meeting will consist of two days of sessions, followed by an optional…

Summary of Conflict Minerals Reports

Jun 19, 2014 | Claigan Environmental, Inc.
Webinar

On 19 June 2014, Claigan Environmental Inc. (www.claigan.com) will present a webinar on the summarized content of the conflict minerals reports submitted to the SEC…

IAFOR: Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment

Jun 12, 2014 | The International Academic Forum
Osaka, Japan

Conflict within communities and societies is inevitable given that these groups are based on commonality of geography, values, attitudes, and beliefs that help to differentiate…

20th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management

Jun 9, 2014 | Leibniz University of Hannover
Hannover, Germany

For centuries, one of the visible signs of the interdependence of natural resource management and societal processes was the relationship between urban and rural areas.…

Peace Event Sarajevo

Jun 6, 2014 | Network for Building Peace
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Peace Event Sarajevo will serve as an acknowledgment for all peace initiatives which have been flourishing for decades and a reminder that peace still needs to…

Natural Resource Management in Post-Conflict Situations: Challenges and Opportunities

Jun 2, 2014 | United Nations University, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations
Belgian Mission, New York

Natural resource exploitation can offer opportunities and present challenges for resource-endowed countries, in particular in post-conflict situations. If effectively managed, natural resource exploitation offers countries…

"Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential" Report Launch Party

May 26, 2014 | The Permanent Mission of Finland, Permanent Mission of Canada, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Permanent Mission of the United States in Geneva
Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG), Room #4, Geneva, Switzerland

PROGRAMME1. Welcoming remarks by Ms. Päivi Kairamo, Permanent Representative of Finland to the UN and to the WTO2. Introductory remarks by Ms. Alison LeClaire Christie,…