Past Events
Adaptation & Resilience
Cities
Climate Change
Energy
Environment & Migration
Finance
Global Issues
06 July, 2016 to 08 July, 2016

Resilient Cities 2016

The 7th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation is being organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. With over 400 participants from different expert and practitioner communities, it offers insights on current trends and good networking opportunities. More information on this year’s focus topics and registration is available online. Please also watch the video invitation from the Mayor of Bonn, Ashok Sridharan.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Energy
Finance
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East & North Africa
28 June, 2016 to 30 June, 2016
Kigali, Rwanda

Africa Carbon Forum 2016

The 8th Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) invites project developers and policymakers to exchange on the latest investment, finance and development opportunities relating to climate change.

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.

Civil Society
Climate Change
Energy
Private Sector
Sustainable Transformation
Europe
14 June, 2016 to 16 June, 2016
Brussels, Belgium

EU Sustainable Energy Week - Policy Conference

The Policy Conference is the most important European conference dedicated to sustainable energy policy issues. Sessions organised by the European Commission and energy stakeholders debate new policy developments, best practices and sustainable energy ideas, while networking events forge alliances. Awards for outstanding projects begin the week.

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
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.

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 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.

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
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.

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.

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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