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Topic:Environmental Security
Environmental challenges—such as land degradation, deforestation, climate change, and water scarcity and pollution—can threaten our security.
But managing these environmental challenges can also build confidence and contribute to peace.
ECSP events and publications seek to cover all the aspects of the “disarmament policy of the future”—environmental security.
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News
Climate Change Is a Critical Security Issue for United Nations
OCTOBER 2009--ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko speaks at UN General Assembly special event, urging UN and member states to adopt a comprehensive institutional approach to climate's security threats.
Climate Security Heats Up
The effects of climate change have become increasingly linked to global security issues. The October cover story of Centerpoint looks at how the Environmental Change and Security Program has explored the threats and opportunities posed by the problem of climate change.
Experts Find the Human Face of Environmental Security
More than 150 researchers and policymakers debated the focus on people in discussions of global environmental change at the capstone conference of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project. ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko reports from Oslo.
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Events
How To Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change
Thursday, November 12 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tom Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Climate Strategies; Julian Portilla, Director, Master's in Mediation and Conflict Studies, Champlain College; Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Strategic Energy Opportunities for the Department of Defense
Wednesday, October 28 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
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China and Climate Security
Tuesday, October 06 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Linda Jakobson, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Murray Scot Tanner, China Specialist, Center for Naval Analyses
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The International Watersheds Initiative: Implementing a New Paradigm for Transboundary Basins
Thursday, July 23 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Charles Lawson, Secretary, U.S. Section, International Joint Commission; Willem Brakel, Senior Adviser, International Joint Commission
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Trends and Best Practices in Environmental Dispute Resolution in Latin America
Wednesday, June 03 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Pablo Lumerman, Director, Fundacion Cambio Democrático; Mara Hernández, Director, Centro de Colaboración Cívica, A.C.–México; Carlos Salazar, Director, Socios Peru: Centro de Colaboración Cívica
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Environmental Change and Security Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: ecsp@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4000
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