Past Events
Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Development
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
28 August, 2016 to 01 September, 2016
Davos, Switzerland

6th International Disaster and Risk Conference 2016

Under the topic "Integrative Risk Management - towards resilient cities" the IDRC Davos 2016 addresses researchers from the various disciplines, experts and practitioners, policy and decision makers, representatives from UN, IGOs, NGOs and the private sector. IDRC Davos 2016 contributes to the post-Sendai process and will cover different risk and disaster areas and cross cutting themes such as resilience, urban risks, mega catastrophes, sustainable development, climate change adaptation, underlying risks, and more.

 

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Energy
Forests
Minerals & Mining
Security
Water
Global Issues
Oceania & Pacific
18 July, 2016 to 04 August, 2016
Venue: Advanced Engineering Building (49), Foyer Area

ECC Exhibition at the University of Queensland, Australia

The exhibition “Environment, Conflict, Cooperation” (ECC), co-organised by The University of Queensland and adelphi, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, is shown in Brisbane during 18th July and 4th August. The exhibition is accompanied by a public talk as well as a closing panel discussion:

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Development
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Energy
Environment & Migration
Gender
Private Sector
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Europe
15 June, 2016 to 16 June, 2016
Brussels, Belgium

European Development Days 2016

The European Development Days (EDD) 2016 will convene under the theme ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Action and Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'. The Forum will bring together over 5,000 participants from the development community in over 120 main sessions and side events.

Conflict Transformation
Development
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Energy
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues

International Alert, together with the Grantham Insitute on Climate Change and the Environment and the King's College London organise this one-day workshop with the following objectives:

Adaptation & Resilience
Capacity Building
Civil Society
Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Private Sector
Global Issues
23 May, 2016 to 24 May, 2016
Istanbul, Turkey

World Humanitarian Summit

The first World Humanitarian Summit will take place in Istanbul on 23-24 May 2016. It is an initiative of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and managed by UN OCHA. Source: World Humanitarian Summit

Adaptation & Resilience
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Development
Land & Food
Sustainable Transformation
Water
Global Issues
23 May, 2016 to 27 May, 2016
UNEP Headquarters, UN Offices in Nairobi (UNON), Gigiri

Second Meeting of the UN Environment Assembly

The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene for the second time (UNEA-2) in 2016. The UNEA of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) represents the highest level of governance of international environmental affairs in the UN system.

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.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Capacity Building
Climate Change
Global Issues
14 December, 2015 to 16 December, 2015
Australian National University

2015 Canberra Conference on Earth System Governance

The Conference will bring 250-300 leading researchers, early career scholars and policy experts from around the world to the Australian National University to engage in discussions on critical issues in social science governance research on the environment and sustainable development.

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Global Issues
11 December, 2015
German Pavilion, Hall 2, Blue Zone, Le Bourget-Paris

Climate Diplomacy at COP21 - Side Event 12:00-1:30 pm

The COP21 side event Climate Security and Resilience – The Way Forward on Friday 11 December from 12:00 to 1:30 pm in the German Pavilion will discuss potential activities by governments, multilateral institutions and initiatives to effectively address risks of instability and conflict stemming from climate change.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Capacity Building
Climate Change
Land & Food
Global Issues
05 December, 2015 to 06 December, 2015
Palais des Congrès de Paris, France

2015 Global Landscapes Forum

As world leaders convene in 2015 to agree on Sustainable Development Goals and a new climate deal, the Global Landscapes Forum will leverage this historic opportunity to shape the world’s development agenda for decades to come.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Capacity Building
Civil Society
Climate Change
Global Issues
26 November, 2015 to 27 November, 2015
Paris, France

Resilience in a time of uncertainty: Indigenous peoples and climate change

As the world comes to Paris for COP21, UNESCO and the French National Museum of Natural History, together with Tebtebba and Conservation International is organizing an international conference on indigenous peoples and climate change.

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Asia
North America
Oceania & Pacific

As the United States reorients its foreign policy approach to the Asia-Pacific region, it must seriously consider the impacts of climate change, argues a new report from the Center for Climate and Security. How can the United States help improve the region’s climate resilience, and at the same time, strategically adapt to a rapidly changing security environment?

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Private Sector
Global Issues
17 November, 2015 to 20 November, 2015
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Understanding Risk and Finance conference

The Understanding Risk and Finance conference represents a global forum for policy makers and financial sector experts to discuss effective strategies and approaches in mitigating the socio-economic, fiscal, and financial impacts of disasters.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Capacity Building
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Minerals & Mining
Global Issues
16 November, 2015 to 20 November, 2015
Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva Peace Week 2015

Geneva Peace Week 2015 is the umbrella for 41 events organized by 50 institutions focussing on substantive and original contributions about building peace and resolving conflict. It is a collective action initiative facilitated by the United Nations Office at Geneva and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Capacity Building
Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Global Issues
02 November, 2015 to 03 November, 2015
The Hague, The Netherlands

Conference Planetary Security

The conference provides an international platform for high level policy makers and experts working on the threats posed to security, stability and development by climate change, environmental degradation and resource scarcity.

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Global Issues

This OSCE Security Days event will provide a forum  to discuss the security risks associated with climate change as well as the security benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation. It will also  identify successful approaches to integrating security considerations into climate change policies. 

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Global Issues
10 September, 2015
London School of Economics and Political Science, Old Theatre, Old Building, London, WC2A 2AE

Public lecture: Midnight in Paris: Will COP 21 make a difference?

The Grantham Research Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Environment (LSE), will host a public lecture featuring Professor Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia University. Professor Barrett is a leading scholar on transnational and global challenges, ranging from climate change to disease eradication. In this lecture he will examine the economics of the Paris Climate Summit in December.

Capacity Building
Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
02 September, 2015 to 04 September, 2015
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Building 4 (New Business School)

World Symposium on Climate Change Adaption

The “World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation” will focus on “innovative approaches to implement climate change adaptation”, and will contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field.

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Environment & Migration
Land & Food
North America

High-level U.S. launch of the report with Richard Engel (Director Environment and Natural Resources Program, NIC), Alice Hill (Senior Director, National Security Council, White House) and Christian Holmes (Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID). Leaders from the development, diplomatic, and security communities and the report’s co-authors Alexander Carius, Geoffrey D. Dabelko and Roger-Mark De Souza will take part in the event.

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