Events
Reflection Paper - Pathways to Peace: Defining Community in the Age of Globalization
Paper contribution to January 2010 seminar on environmental peacebuilding.
Global Conflict Transformation: Lessons from the Field
Paper contribution to January 2010 seminar on environmental peacebuilding.
Former U.S. Representative Sherwood Boehlert Joins Wilson Center
JANUARY 2007—Public Policy Scholar Looks Back at 25 Years in Congress
ECSP Report 5: Special Reports (Part 1)
Special Reports: Environment and Security in an International Context: Executive Summary Report, by the NATO/Committee on The Challenges of Modern Society Pilot Study; and State Failure Task Force Report: Phase II Findings.
Linking Environment and Security in East Africa and the Horn
Heinrich Böll Foundation publishes reports by regional experts on environmental peacemaking
Demographic Security Comes of Age
Richard Cincotta highlights the role of demographic transition within a nuanced understanding of demographic security issues.
Beyond Disasters: Creating Opportunities for Peace
Beyond Disasters: Creating Opportunities for Peace examines the impact of natural disasters on conflicts by analyzing the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir.
Weathering Climate Change
Climate change poses fundamental economic, agricultural, political and security challenges to the United States, says former Congressman Lee Hamilton. The clock is running, and the world needs to act on what is perhaps the most complex item to ever appear on the international agenda.
Investing in Water Improvement
Improving water quality and quantity in developing countries is a daunting task, but the benefits could far outweigh the costs. An Environmental Change and Security Project staffer discusses strategies for reaching this UN Millenium Development goal target.
Choke Point: China's Provincial Water Resources and Use (2002-2010)
Nearly 70 percent of water withdrawn in China is for agriculture, while 20 percent is withdrawn to mine, process, and consume coal. By 2020, China’s water use — driven in large part by the 30 percent expected increase in coal-fired power production — will increase dramatically.
