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Topic:Water
Water affects everything. From the ruined towns of Banda Aceh to the cracked plains of Africa, water—in abundance and scarcity—has staggering impacts on health, ecosystems, agriculture, global climate change, population and economic dynamics, and even war and peace.
More than one billion people lack access to clean and affordable water, and more than 2.5 billion live without basic sanitation. Each year waterborne diseases claim between two to five million lives—mostly children.
Despite these terrible statistics, analysis of water issues remains stuck in outmoded, 20th century paradigms. ECSP’s Navigating Peace Initiative, supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, seeks to reframe stale debates and generate fresh thinking on critical water problems. Bringing together experts and practitioners, the initiative focuses on three unique areas:
Key Resources
The full text of the Navigating Peace Initiative's report Water Stories: Expanding Opportunities in Small-Scale Water and Sanitation Projects, which examines the success of small-scale, community-based water and sanitation efforts, is available here.
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Washington, DC, Launch of Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
Tuesday, July 01 2008, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Daniel Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State; Hennie du Toit, Counsellor of Political Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, Washington, DC; Ashbindu Singh, Regional Coordinator, Early Warning and Assessment, UNEP Regional Office for North America (RONA)
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Troubled Waters: Anticipating, Preventing, and Resolving Conflict Around Fisheries
Thursday, May 15 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Richard Pollnac, Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island; Charles Barber, Environmental Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development
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Trans-Boundary Environmental Governance in Canada and the United States (Part Two)
Friday, May 09 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Carolyn Johns, Ryerson University; William Lowry, Washington University; Marc Gaden , Great Lakes Fishery Commission; Deborah L. VanNijnatten, Wilfrid Laurier University; Donald K. Alper, Western Washington University; Philippe LePrestre, Université Laval; Ian Rowlands, University of Waterloo; Barry Rabe, University of Michigan; Michael Kraft, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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Trans-Boundary Environmental Governance in Canada and the United States (Part One)
Thursday, May 08 2008, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Stephen Brooks, University of Windsor; B. Timothy Heinmiller, Brock University; Mark Sproule-Jones, McMaster University; Michael Kraft, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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POSTPONED Troubled Waters: Anticipating, Preventing, and Resolving Conflict Around Fisheries
Tuesday, April 01 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Richard Pollnac, Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island; Chip Barber, Environmental Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development
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Environmental Change and Security Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: ecsp@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4000
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