Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Events

Climate and Peace in the Middle East: How Can Climate Action Support Peacebuilding Objectives?

Jun 25, 2024 | Berghof Foundation
online

Engage with leading experts as they share their perspectives on the parameters for climate mitigation and adaptation policies that simultaneously contribute to peace and stability.…

Countering Gender Apartheid & Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: Call for Global Action for Accountability and Codification

Jun 19, 2024 | Canada's Feminist Forum for Afghanistan
Room XXII UNOG Building – Palais des Nations Geneva

Since the Taliban seized control in 2021, women and girls in Afghanistan have been subject to ever more repressive restrictions on their fundamental rights and freedoms.…

Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Jun 18, 2024 - Jun 21, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University
The Hague, Netherlands and online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies at Leiden University are delighted to announce that the Third International Conference on Environmental…

Analyzing Ukraine Through the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

Jun 17, 2024 | New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy
1660 L Street Northwest Washington, DC 20036

Please join us for a panel discussion honoring the U.N. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Our event, Analyzing Russia's War…

Critical Minerals and Great Power Competition: Interactions and Implications

Jun 13, 2024 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Mistra Geopolitics
online

Critical minerals are vital for the transition away from fossil fuels towards cleaner energy but who has those minerals and who doesn’t is becoming a…

The Power of Women in Peacebuilding

Jun 13, 2024 | Search for Common Ground
online

Women around the world are a powerful force for peace, helping to generate more robust and sustainable solutions to violent conflicts. On June 13 at 1 p.m. EDT, join…

The Gender Pay Gap and Violence – Two Sides of the Same Coin

Jun 5, 2024 | Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa and Embassy of Canada in Reykjavík
online

The year 2023 was a year of conflict and empowerment in Iceland like in many other countries of the world with a reawakened feminist wave.…

Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Pro-Sociability (WESIPS) 2024 Conference

Jun 4, 2024 - Jun 7, 2024 | CICUS Center, University of Seville
Seville, Spain

Over millennia, warfare, environmental degradation, and social inequality have brought much suffering to humankind. In an effort to facilitate interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, WESIPS brings together a…

War and Climate Change

May 29, 2024 | Covering Climate Now
online

War and climate change are intertwined in ways that journalists need to understand. Violent conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere are not only causing terrible…

Women’s Leadership in Climate Action: Investing in Women as Change Agents and First Responders to the Climate Crisis

May 29, 2024 | Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund
Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda

Women and girls are indispensable to climate action. They are essential agents of change when it comes to sustainable solutions. At the same time, they…

Election Series | Gender Based Violence in Mexican Politics

May 29, 2024 | Wilson Center
online

The elections on June 2, 2024 will have a profound impact on the daily lives of the people of Mexico. In light of this, the…

Beyond Borders: Stories of Feminist Resistance From Palestine, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran

May 29, 2024 | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Salle Centrale de la Madeleine

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) invites you to a special evening of powerful celebration of feminist resistance and collective liberation. Artists…

Rethinking Climate Change Support in Violent Conflict-Affected States

May 29, 2024 | Danish Institute for International Studies
Copenhagen, Denmark and online

Areas of the world affected by violent conflict and state fragility are among the most vulnerable to climate change yet receive an extremely low share…

2024 Global Gender Equality Conference

May 20, 2024 - May 23, 2024 | USAID

USAID is accepting session abstracts for its 2024 Global Gender Equality Conference. Abstracts will align to three themed tracks and across all USAID sectors. The…

The Red Zone: The Crossfire between Conflict and Climate Change

May 15, 2024 | Center for Strategic International Studies
Washington, DC

Recurring heatwaves, water scarcity, shrinking crop yields, flash floods, and conflict are the primary climate-specific drivers for human insecurity in the Middle East and North…

Environmental Peacebuilding Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace: Ecosystem Restoration (A Path to The Hague Initiative)

May 8, 2024 | EnPAx Forest Interest Group
online

Join us to continue the “Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods, and Peace” in a critical session dedicated to Ecosystem Restoration. In the context of the…

Roundtable Discussion on Ecosystem Restoration (Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods, and Peace)

May 8, 2024 | Forest Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

Join the Forest Interest Group in a critical session dedicated to Ecosystem Restoration. In the context of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a…

Women’s Participation in Violent Non-State Armed Groups

May 4, 2024 - May 5, 2024 | The University of Waikato
online

Women’s Participation in Violent Non-State Armed Groups: Re-Thinking International Law

In 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross affirmed there were 524 non-state armed groups…

Conversation About — Competing Priorities and Emerging Conflict in the Arctic

May 3, 2024 | EnPAx Climate Change, Disasters, and Resilience Interest Group
online

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on competing priorities and emerging conflict in the Arctic. With accelerated climate change and sea ice melt, the Arctic…

Feminist Peace Summit

May 1, 2024 - May 4, 2024 | Feminist Peace Initiative
University of Denver; online

We are convening the Feminist Peace Summit in the face of intensifying militarization and climate devastation at home and abroad. A reorientation toward feminist principles…

Women’s Roles in Peacebuilding: The Power of Women Leading Peace in Mindanao

Apr 23, 2024 | The Asian Foundation
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW Root Room, 2nd floor Washington, DC 20036

Women are critical to achieving sustainable peace and can play a significant role in peacebuilding and security efforts globally. Women leaders are important actors in…

Exploring the Environmental Data Ecosystem for Citizen Science in Ukraine

Apr 17, 2024 | Conflict and Environment Observatory
online

This workshop will examine environmental trends before and as a result of the full-scale invasion, the current status of citizen science and civic monitoring in…

Apr 10, 2024 - Apr 10, 2024 | IPPNW
Zoom

The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza causes death, destruction, disease and hunger at a horrendous level. After 150 days, over 30,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis have…