The World's Water 2008-2009: Feb. 4, 2009

Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program for a discussion of

The World’s Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

featuring

Peter Gleick, Co-founder and President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Reception to follow
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org

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

Peter Gleick, one of the world's leading authorities on water issues, will present his newly released biennial report The World’s Water 2008-2009, the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. Issues explored in this volume include peak water and how to meet human water needs sustainably; adaptation measures for a changing climate; updates on Millennium Development Goals methods, data, and reporting; and water threats and solutions in China. Copies of The World’s Water 2008-2009 will be available for purchase at the event.

Peter Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. His research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health; the hydrologic impacts of climate change; sustainable water use; the privatization and globalization of water; and international conflicts over water resources. Gleick is an internationally recognized water expert and was named a MacArthur Fellow in October 2003. In 2001, he was dubbed a "visionary on the environment" by the British Broadcasting Corporation. In 1999, Gleick was elected an academician of the International Water Academy, in Oslo, Norway, and in 2006, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. In the fall of 2008, Wired magazine called Gleick “one of 15 people the next President should listen to.” If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th Floor Flom Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Photo identification is required to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through security.