How To Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change
Latin American and North American experts analyze policy changes and inter-sectoral cooperative efforts to better manage local environmental disputes and mitigate contentious issues.
Overview
Latin American and North American experts discussed policy changes and inter-sectoral cooperative efforts to better manage local environmental disputes and mitigate contentious issues. Julian Portilla explored adaptation strategies in Mexico. Tom Peterson focused on his fieldwork implementing mitigation strategies on a sub-national level. Geoff Dabelko discussed how mitigation and adaptation may induce conflict in already unstable communities.
Speakers
Geoffrey D. Dabelko, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Associate Senior Fellow, Environment of Peace Initiative, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Julian Portilla
Tom Peterson
Hosted By
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
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