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Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate: African Perspectives
June 05, 2012 // 10:00am — June 07, 2012 // 4:00pm
Join the Africa Program and Leadership Project as we welcome 9 distinguished African scholars in our upcoming conference series, "Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate: African Voices." They will be presenting on a number of major international issues affecting the African continent from their own research, perspectives and experiences in hopes of better informing the Global North on what works and what doesn't in policy towards Africa. more
Taiwan's Energy Conundrum
May 22, 2012
Explore the complex set of opportunities and challenges inherent in Taiwan’s energy profile in the latest Asia Program Special Report. more
Uninvited Guests: Invasive Alien Species and the Threat to Ecosystems and Economies
May 08, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Experts agree that ongoing trade, habitat destruction, and climate change will exacerbate the threat posed by invasive alien species throughout Canada and the United States. The invasive species threat has immediate and long-term implications for the ecology, biodiversity, economic prosperity, human health, and national security of both countries. more
Ma Jun wins The Goldman Environmental Prize
Apr 19, 2012Ma Jun won the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize for his work on air and water pollution in China. Through an online database and pollution map, Ma Jun exposed over 90,000 air and water violations and brought an unprecedented amount of environmental transparency to Chinese who can now demand more justice. To see more about Ma Jun, click here: http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ma-jun.
Four Takeaways from the Global Water Security Intelligence Assessment
Mar 27, 2012The just-released unclassified National Intelligence Council report on water and security is a positive contribution to understanding these complex and interconnected ecological, social, economic, and political issues around water.
Geoff Dabelko on Finding Common Ground Among Conservation, Development, and Security at the 2011 WWF Fuller Symposium
Mar 15, 2012Bridging the divide between the conservation and security communities “requires that we check some stereotypes at the door,” said ECSP’s Geoff Dabelko at the World Wildlife Fund’s Conservation Forward: Ideas That Work and How Science Can Effect Change symposium.
Call for Papers: Reducing Urban Poverty
Jan 25, 2012The Comparative Urban Studies Project, USAID’s Urban Programs Team, the International Housing Coalition, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance are teaming up a third time to co-sponsor an academic paper competition for graduate and PhD level students focused on different challenges facing urban centers in the developing world.
Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate: African Perspectives
June 05, 2012 // 10:00am — June 07, 2012 // 4:00pm
Join the Africa Program and Leadership Project as we welcome 9 distinguished African scholars in our upcoming conference series, "Southern Voices in the Northern Policy Debate: African Voices." They will be presenting on a number of major international issues affecting the African continent from their own research, perspectives and experiences in hopes of better informing the Global North on what works and what doesn't in policy towards Africa.
Uninvited Guests: Invasive Alien Species and the Threat to Ecosystems and Economies
May 08, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Experts agree that ongoing trade, habitat destruction, and climate change will exacerbate the threat posed by invasive alien species throughout Canada and the United States. The invasive species threat has immediate and long-term implications for the ecology, biodiversity, economic prosperity, human health, and national security of both countries.
The Evolution of Sulfur Dioxide Pollution Control in China's Power Sector
September 15, 2010 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Energy, Climate Change, and Security: Connecting the Dots
Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs; Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti , the UK's Climate and Energy Security Envoy; and Geoff Dabelko, Director of the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program
