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Water affects everything. From the ruined towns of Banda Aceh to the cracked plains of Africa, water has staggering impacts on health, ecosystems, agriculture, global climate change, population and economic dynamics--even war and peace.

ECSP programs and publications—including the Navigating Peace Initiative, supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, seek to reframe stale debates and generate fresh thinking on critical water problems in three areas:

  • Expanding opportunities for small-scale water and sanitation projects;
  • Analyzing water's potential to spur both conflict and cooperation; and
  • Building dialogue and cooperation between the United States and China using lessons from water conflict resolution.

    Key Resources

    Report: The Navigating Peace Initiative's Water Stories: Expanding Opportunities in Small-Scale Water and Sanitation Projects examines the success of small-scale, community-based water and sanitation efforts.

    Video: The Water Playlist includes "Water 'Wars' or Water 'Woes'? Water Management as Conflict Management" by Geoff Dabelko.


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    News
    Asia's Future Report Released
    SEPTEMBER 2009- The Woodrow Wilson Center’s ECSP and China Environment Forum received a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to investigate Asia’s most serious environmental challenges by bringing together global experts to hold discussions that will enable us to identify trends and opportunities to improve Asia’s future environment. The report is now available online.

    Running on Empty: Pakistan’s Water Crisis
    SEPTEMBER 2009--Pakistan, already plagued by widespread water shortages, is expected to become water-scarce by 2035--though some experts project this may happen as soon as 2020, if not earlier. This new publication examines Pakistan's water pressures, focusing on both rural and urban angles, and suggests ways forward.

    Improve Development Programs by Linking Population, Health, and Environment, Says Expert
    JUNE 2009--The Sierra Club's Roger-Mark De Souza Explains the Integration Imperative in the Latest Issue of Focus




    Events
     The America's Energy Coast Policy Forum
    Wednesday, November 04 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
    Sidney Coffee, America's WETLAND Foundation; Ted Falgout, Port Fourchon, LA; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; John Gillen, Texas General Land Office; Garret Graves, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; Jody Henneke, Texas General Land Office; Mark Hurley, America's Energy Coast Industry Council & Shell; Tanner Johnson, Office of Senator Mary Landrieu; Ken Koposis; U.S. House of Representatives, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Valsin A. Marmillion, America's WETLAND Foundation; R. King Milling, America's WETLAND Foundation; Karla Raettig, National Wildlife Federation; Tina Shumate, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
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    And on the Last Day, Plant a Tree: Photography Exhibition by Prince Hussain Aga Khan
    Friday, October 23 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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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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    Climate Change and Water: Challenges and Responses in Australia and California
    Monday, June 15 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    Jon Barnett, Associate Professor, Department of Resource Management & Geography, University of Melbourne; W. Michael Hanemann, Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, and Director, Cal Climate Change Center
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    Confronting the Crisis of Sustainability and Resource Scarcity
    Thursday, May 14 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
    Hilary Benn, U.K. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Member of Parliament
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