Environmental Conflict and Climate Change

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.