Environmental Change and Security Program
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We must ask whether investments to protect biologically rich areas are effective and sustainable if they don’t respond to the many needs of the people who live there, writes ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko in a column for Momentum magazine. more
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Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has explored the connections among environmental, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.
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The Latest from the Environmental Change and Security Program
Environmental Film Festival: Transcending Boundaries
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March 14, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
The Environmental Film Festival comes to the Wilson Center to highlight the work of International Peace Park Expeditions. Join Saleem Ali, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont; Todd Walters, Founder, Executive Director, International Peace Park Expeditions and filmmaker Cory Wilson as they discuss Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and transboundary conservation in the Central Albertine Rift Valley. more
Women's Health: Key to Climate Adaptation Strategies
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February 27, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Please join the Wilson Center as experts discuss the importance of including women's health, particularly family planning and reproductive health, on the climate change adaptation agenda. more
Emerging Scarcity in a Land of Plenty: Water and Water Policy in Canada
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February 27, 2012 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Canada is a state blessed with the world’s largest supplies of fresh water. While other natural resources (oil, grain, timber) figure largely in Canada’s economic and international profile, water is rapidly becoming recognized as a core of these other resource-based industries, and a resource that is increasingly challenged both in terms of supply and quality. more
Rio+20: A New Agenda for Sustainability – or More of the Same?
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February 22, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
A discussion on the Rio+20 global sustainability agenda. more
Reaching Out at Rio: Population Growth, Family Planning, and Environmentalists
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February 22, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
While recognition of the connections between population growth and environmental impact is growing, they are still poorly understood by both the environmental and family planning communities. Join us for a panel, composed of expert communicators well-versed in both reproductive health and environmental "languages," that will conduct a frank but nuanced discussion of the linkages and the challenges of communicating them. more
