You Are Invited, December, 19 2011:
New Research on Climate and Conflict Links
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Environmental Change and Security Program
Monday, December 19, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
6th Floor Auditorium
RSVP Agenda Directions Webcast
Joseph Hewitt, Technical Team Leader, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, U.S. Agency for International Development
Joshua Busby, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
Marc Levy, Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Solomon Hsiang, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Science Technology & Environmental Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University
Global climate change has the potential to significantly alter the relationship between people and their environments, as it could undermine the resource base upon which people have built their livelihoods and socio-political institutions. There are at least three ways by which climate change could potentially contribute to armed conflict or violent social unrest: by exacerbating existing conflict dynamics and patterns of grievance; by instigating new environmental or resource problems that overwhelm existing systems; or by leading to interventions for climate change adaptation or mitigation which themselves exacerbate or instigate destructive conflict dynamics or trajectories.
Marc Levy will assess research on climate change and conflict links. Joshua Busby will present new work from the Climate Change and African Political Security climate security vulnerability index for Africa. Solomon Hsiang will discuss his recent Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences study that links the global climate cycle to global patterns of civil conflict. Joseph Hewitt will speak to climate and conflict links in the context of wider conflict research.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC, USA ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th floor auditorium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
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