Past Events
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Global Issues
02 December, 2016 to 17 December, 2016
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

UN Biodiversity Conference

The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 13), the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 8), and the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (COP/MOP 2) will be held concurrently. A High-Level Segment will take place from 2-3 December.

Adaptation & Resilience
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Sub-Saharan Africa
28 November, 2016 to 30 November, 2016
Nairobi, Kenya

African Soil Seminar

This seminar will focus on the theme 'Soil Restoration for Achieving the 2063 and 2030 Agendas in Africa: Linking Global Ambitions to Local Needs'. The seminar was organized following a call by African stakeholders attending the 2015 Global Soil Week to create a regional African platform for sustainable soil and land management.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Global Issues
17 November, 2016 to 18 November, 2016
Vietnam, Hanoi

Hanoi Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade

On 17 and 18 November The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam will host the Hanoi Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade, an international conference that will bring together global leaders to help eradicate illegal wildlife trade and better protect wild species from the threat of extinction.

Climate Change
Environment & Migration
Global Issues
03 November, 2016 to 05 November, 2016
Liège, Belgium

The Hugo Conference: Environment, Migration, Politics

As the human dimensions of climate change are expected to be central dimensions of COP22, the conference will address the case of the increasingly numerous people displaced as a result of environmental disruptions, many of them related to climate change. For this, the conference will gather the research, policy and advocacy communities together one last time before COP22.

Adaptation & Resilience
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Land & Food
Sustainable Transformation
Asia
18 September, 2016
Lecture Hall 514, the Building of Architectural Planning, Humanity and Foreign Languages, Beijing University of Technology

The ECC Exhibition Launch at the Beijing University of Technology

The exhibition “Environment, Conflict and Cooperation” (ECC) will be shown in Beijing starting from 18 September 2016.

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
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
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.

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.

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.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Environment & Migration
Security
Global Issues
12 February, 2016 to 14 February, 2016
Munich, Germany

52nd Munich Security Conference

The 52nd Munich Security Conference will take place from 12 to 14 February 2016. It will bring together heads of state and government, foreign and defense ministers, international and non-governmental organizations, as well as representatives of industry, media, academia, and civil society to discuss key security policy issues. Topics this year include the war in Syria, the refugee catastrophe and the crisis of the European security order.

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.

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.

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.

Conflict Transformation
Environment & Migration
26 August, 2015 to 28 August, 2015
University of New England

UNE Peace Studies Conference 2015

The conference invites supporting and opposing papers on defining peacebuilding, with a focus on environmental peace. Yet, the conference also questions whether peacebuilding, or 'peace infrastructure', as a concept, term and plan for implementation, is any different to previous, much-maligned concepts of 'tick-box peacebuilding' that prefers bureaucratic and economic 'solutions' to often social and cultural problems.

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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