Environment Events
Population Projections: Breaking Down The Assumptions
June 05, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Although the pace of world population growth has declined, it has not stopped and future projections remain uncertain. Further, the amount of uncertainty is significant: The difference between the United Nation’s high and low estimates for 2050 is 2.5 billion people. The assumptions that go into them are therefore very important to understand.
People and the Planet (Report Launch)
June 04, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Rapid and widespread changes in global population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption, present profound challenges to human health and well-being and the natural environment. Although much is known about these linkages, they do not feature prominently in international debates about sustainable development. In the run up to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development this June, the Royal Society offers the results of a wide-ranging, international study on this interaction, in the form of its People and the Planet report.
Getting Past Megacities: How Peri-Urban Has Become the New City Center
May 15, 2012 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Comparative Urban Studies Project
Half of the world’s seven billion people currently live in cities, one billion in them in informal settlements; the United Nations projects that the global urban population will expand to as many as five billion over the next two decades. As a result of failing rural economies, conflicts, material inequalities, gentrification, and other urban development programs, people are moving into, out of, and through cities in search of profit, protection, and passage elsewhere.
Energy in the Americas
May 11, 2012 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Mexico Institute
Ambassador Carlos Pascual offered a keynote address that placed the regional development of renewable energies in the context of U.S. global energy policy. The Mexico Institute’s Senior Advisor for its Renewable Energy Initiative, Duncan Wood, then launched a series of new reports entitled, "RE-Energizing the Border: Renewable Energy, Green Jobs and Border Infrastructure."
Global Choke Point: Exploring the Water Energy Confrontations in China and the United States (In Seattle, WA)
May 10, 2012 // 9:30am — 11:30am
China Environment Forum
Global Water Security: The Intelligence Community Assessment
May 09, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Water wars are unlikely within the next 10 years, but other water challenges will increase the risks of instability, exacerbate regional tensions, and distract countries from working with the U.S. on important policy objectives, according to a U.S. intelligence community assessment.
Uninvited Guests: Invasive Species and the Threat to Ecosystems and Economies
May 08, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Canada Institute
Experts agree that ongoing trade, habitat destruction, and climate change will exacerbate the threat posed by invasive alien species throughout Canada and the United States. The invasive species threat has immediate and long-term implications for the ecology, biodiversity, economic prosperity, human health, and national security of both countries.
The 3rd Conference: Africa: 54 Countries, One Union
May 03, 2012 // 9:00am — May 04, 2012 // 5:00pm
Africa Program
"Africa: 54 Countries, One Union" is a follow up to last year's Conference in Washington, DC. This Conference aims to bolster African initiatives on infrastructure and development.
Nigeria Beyond the Headlines: Population, Health, Natural Resources, and Governance
April 25, 2012 // 8:30am — 5:30pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Media coverage and policy debates outside Nigeria rarely go beyond covering the latest crisis. This conference goes beyond the headlines to better understand key challenges and opportunities.
The Summit of the Americas: A Post-Summit Assessment
April 24, 2012 // 2:30pm — 4:00pm
Latin American Program
Latin America has weathered the worldwide recession admirably, and inter-regional trade and investment ties are becoming ever stronger, OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza said in a recap of last week's Summit of the Americas. Traditionally thorny issues, such as Cuba and its level of participation at the OAS, he added, shouldn't hold up a stronger inter-American system.
