Past Events
Adaptation & Resilience
Capacity Building
Civil Society
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Private Sector
Sustainable Transformation
Technology & Innovation
Global Issues
10 May, 2016 to 13 May, 2016
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Adaptation Futures 2016

This conference is expected to lead to major progress in climate change adaptation, and fosters an exchange of innovative and practical ideas, experiences and insights among governments, businesses, researchers and civil society from around the world. The conference will examine and discuss the latest adaptation research, as well as have an Adaptation Practice Expo and Business Fair, which will include stands, matchmaking facilities and signing ceremonies, and showcase cutting edge adaptation projects.

Adaptation & Resilience
Capacity Building
Civil Society
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Co-Benefits
Development
Energy
Finance
Private Sector
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
05 May, 2016 to 06 May, 2016
University of Maryland, Washington DC, US

Climate Action 2016

Announced at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC, Climate Action 2016 will convene government, business and municipal leaders, civil society and academia to maintain momentum for multi-stakeholder climate implementation.

Adaptation & Resilience
Capacity Building
Climate Change
Finance
Sustainable Transformation
Technology & Innovation
Global Issues
28 April, 2016 to 29 April, 2016
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

3rd Global Climate Policy Conference (GCPC)

The aim of the GCPC 2016 conference will be to discuss actionable research ideas that can help advance the implementation of developing countries’ Paris pledges and to address other key issues in the climate arena.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Finance
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues

The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Mogens Lykketoft, will convene a high-level thematic debate on sustainable development, climate change and financing. This event is one of three high-level events the President will convene during UNGA 70.

Source: IISD.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Energy
Forests
Minerals & Mining
Security
Water
Global Issues
Asia
08 April, 2016 to 17 April, 2016
LH GB, Interact Lecture Hall Complex, Kasturba Medical College

ECC Exhibition at the Manipal University, Karnataka, India

The exhibition “Environment, Conflict and Cooperation” (ECC), supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, is shown at the Manipal University during 8-17 April 2016. The exhibition is accompanied by lectures and panel discussions.

Climate Diplomacy
Environment & Migration
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Europe
Global Issues

The main aim of the high‐level conference is to discuss and reflect upon the EU Global Strategy and related strategy processes against the background of the 2030 Agenda and to identify a concrete course of action, combining perspectives from foreign and security, development, climate, environment, migration and trade policies.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Sustainable Transformation
Asia

This workshop with Prof. Dr. Qui Ye discusses China’s international and domestic climate policies in the run-up to and aftermath of the 2015 Paris summit.

It aims to answer the question whether China has passed a “tipping point” in its committment to climate action, having played a crucial role in reaching the Paris Agreement. While China might achieve its target to peak CO2 emissions only by 2030, the countrie's investments in non-fossil fuel energy sources might already be a game changer.

Climate Diplomacy
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
16 February, 2016
Bonn, Germany

Fast Forward Conference 2016

The international year of 2015 saw an unparalleled degree of international decisions and norm creation. The summit outcomes of Paris and New York are major milestones in the international cooperation on solving the climate crisis, in addressing development patterns that undermine global and local environmental capacities, in fighting against poverty, hunger and inequalities.

Energy
Land & Food
Water
Global Issues
30 July, 2015
Security and Sustainability Forum

Webinar: Addressing the Food, Water, and Energy Nexus

Join the Security and Sustainability Forum and hosts – the National Council on Science and the Environment, the Willdan Group and the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University – in a free webinar that explores the challenges and opportunities in meeting food, water and energy goals in developed and developing nations on a changing planet. Panelists include Alan Hecht, EPA, Steve Cohen, the Earth Institute, Robert Engelman, Worldwatch Institute.

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