Environmental Change and Security Program - ECSP

Environmental Change and Security Program - ECSP Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program and Partners for Democratic Change for a discussion of

How to Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change

featuring

Sylvia Aguilera, Acting-Director, Socios México - Centro de Colaboración Cívica (Partners-Mexico)

Tom Peterson, President and Chief... Executive Officer, Center for Climate Strategies

Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

Moderator: Anne Devero, Director for International Programs, Center for Climate Strategies


Thursday, November 12, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 20004, USA

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Latin American and North American experts will come together to discuss policy changes and inter-sectoral cooperative efforts to better manage local environmental disputes and mitigate contentious issues. Sylvia Aguilera will explore adaptation strategies in Mexico. Tom Peterson will focus on his fieldwork implementing mitigation strategies on a sub-national level. Geoff Dabelko will discuss how mitigation and adaptation may induce conflict in already unstable communities.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th Floor Conference Room. 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.