Water Events
Fishing for a Secure Future: Opportunities for Reforming Fisheries Governance
September 13, 2006 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Environmental Change and Security Program
ECSP and USAID launch a series of seminars on the key trends, threats, challenges, and opportunities that shape the management of fisheries. The inaugural seminar focuses on potential opportunities for interventions.
Environmental Vulnerability in Haiti
August 02, 2006 // 9:00am — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
A Stakeholder Workshop to Discuss Findings and Recommendations with USAID's Technical Assessment Team
Media Coverage of Climate Science: Broader Lessons for Science Journalism?
July 25, 2006 // 9:00am — 3:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Since 2003, a group of eminent scientists and media leaders have participated in a series of workshops to better understand the dictates of their respective professions and improve coverage of climate science. Participants discuss the issues reaised at the workshops about the roles of the media and the science community in relaying information to the public.
Film Screening: China's Sorrow - Earth's Hope
June 27, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
China Environment Forum
The film documents how the Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Project rehabilitated various areas of the plateau by engaging the local farmers and government officials in planting trees, shrubs, and grasslands on the majority of land; creating terraces for agricultural activities; planting of orchards and vineyards; and constructing sediment control dams and irrigation structures.
Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building
June 15, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Ken Conca presents research from his new book: "The core question of the book is ‘What's the relationship between this sort of contentious politics, this sort of extra-institutional disruptive politics, and our approaches to global environmental governance?'"
Understanding the Global Water Crisis: Insights from the GECHS Network
May 24, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Ken Conca, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, and Lyla Mehta discuss how water scarcity affects access and control to water during a two-day gathering by members of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security project.
Reception: Global Environment Change and Human Security
May 23, 2006 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Researchers from the GECHS network will be on hand to discuss the ways in which diverse social and environmental processes combine to affect human well-being, including people's health, economic opportunities, and political freedoms.
Climate Change Politics in North America (Part One)
May 18, 2006 // 1:00pm — 5:30pm
Canada Institute
The Wilson Center's Canada Institute and ECSP host a two-day conference in partnership with the University of New Hampshire to examine the rapidly evolving North American debate on climate change politics.
Rehabilitating the Jordan River Valley Through Cross-Border Community Cooperation
May 08, 2006 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Five mayors from municipalities along the Jordan River and Dead Sea, as well as representatives from Friends of the Earth Middle East, explore ways to use cross-border water and sanitation cooperation to restore the region's vitality and to build literal and metaphorical bridges.
Film Screening: Dam or Damned? Documentary on China's Nujiang River
May 04, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
China Environment Forum
In southwest China, the Salween River is named Nu Jiang, which means "River of Anger." It is one of the two rivers that still remains un-dammed in China. "Dam or Damned?" examines this pristine river delves into layers of dilemma and injustice in modern China.