How To Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change

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November 12 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Event Details

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

Moderator: Anne Devero, Director for International Programs, Center for Climate Strategies

Latin American and North American experts will come together to discuss policy changes and inter-sectoral cooperative efforts to better manage local environmental disputes and mitigate contentious issues. Julian Portilla will explore adaptation strategies in Mexico. Tom Peterson will focus on his fieldwork implementing mitigation strategies on a sub-national level. Geoff Dabelko will discuss how mitigation and adaptation may induce conflict in already unstable communities.