Environment Events
Film Screening: Weathering Change
September 22, 2011 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Population Action International will screen the documentary Weathering Change, which follows four women from around the world - Ethiopia, Nepal, and Peru - as they struggle to care for their families in the face of increasing crop failures and water scarcity.
Is the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline in the National Interest?
September 22, 2011 // 8:30am — 12:15pm
Canada Institute
Panelists discussed whether the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is in the national interest. The discussion took place as federal agencies and the public submit comments in the 90-day review period, following the State Department's release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
Perfect Storm? Population Pressures, Natural Resource Constraints, and Climate Change in Bangladesh
September 19, 2011 // 1:30pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Few nations are more at risk from climate change’s destructive effects than Bangladesh.
The Environment and Human Rights: the International Community’s Responses to Emerging Local and Global Challenges
September 14, 2011 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
European Studies
This event will address the interrelation between environmental damage and
human rights, and examine how the international community—and in particular
the UN—has approached this issue at a local and global level and discuss
possible ways to optimize approaches and processes.
Book Launch: Water: Asia's New Battleground
September 12, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Brahma Chellaney, one of India's most prominent strategists, discusses the threat posed by water tensions in Asia.
Digging Deeper: Water, Women, and Conflict
August 29, 2011 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Speakers explore the dynamics between water access and gender-based vulnerability in conflict-affected areas in an effort to identify what opportunities exist through water-related programming to reduce women’s vulnerability.
Collaboration with Taiwan to Address Regional Environmental Challenges
August 11, 2011 // 10:30am — 11:30am
China Environment Forum
Come join the Wilson Center's China Environment Forum and Asia Program for a conversation with Taiwan's Minister of Environmental Protection, Dr. Stephen Shu-Hung Shen, to learn about work the EPA and Taiwan have been doing since 2010 to engage regional partners to advance global capacity in the remediation of contaminated sites, e-waste recycling and management, and reduction of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from ports.
International River Basins: Mapping Institutional Resilience to Climate Change
July 28, 2011 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Aaron Wolf, Matt Zentner, and Jim Duncan identify significant gaps in institutional capacity to cope with water variability and map basins at risk for future tensions.
Dams and Sustainability in China
July 26, 2011 // 9:00am — 11:00am
China Environment Forum
Dams, dams, and more dams! China is home to roughly half the world's large dams, and hydropower is set to play a key role in helping China meet its 2020 carbon intensity reduction commitments. Dozens of new large hydro projects are underway across the southwestern part of the country, where steep mountains and big rivers mean great hydro potential. Yet many of those projects are in culturally or ecologically sensitive areas that are home to large concentrations of ethnic minorities, and may involve trans-boundary rivers – all of which bring the long-term sustainability of the projects to the fore.
Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons From U.S. and Japanese Assistance
July 20, 2011 // 8:30am — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
This symposium celebrates the development of Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from U.S. and Japanese Assistance. Several contributors discuss lessons for development and security practitioners on the roles of natural resource management in conflict and peacebuilding; lessons on conflict dynamics and power structures in post-conflict situations; and, development challenges in post-conflict natural resource management programs.