Climate, Resource Security, and the Struggle for Water and Land

Event date
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 09:00 - 14:00
Nagarjuna sagar dam december 2010; Bapi

On January 12, 2012 the Transatlantic Academy hosted a workshop on land and water scarcity in cooperation with Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.

AGENDA

9:00-9:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephen Szabo, Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy
Ton Manders, Deputy Director, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

9:15-9:45 am Scarcity in a Sea of Plenty: The Governance of Resource Scarcity
Stephan Slingerland, Senior Advisor, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

9:45-11:15 am Climate Change and Water Management: Policy Options for the Future
Moderator: Raimund Bleischwitz, Research Fellow, Transatlantic Academy
Willem Ligtvoet, Deputy Senior Director/Senior Policy Researcher, Water and Climate, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Farhana Sultana, Assistant Professor, Geography, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

11:15-11:30 am Coffee Break

11:30-1:00 pm Global Land Use and Food in a Finite World
Moderator: Stacy VanDeveer, Research Fellow, Transatlantic Academy
Ton Manders, Deputy Director, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Ephraim Nkonya, International Food Policy Research Institute

1:00-2:00 pm Working Lunch

Theme
Natural Resources
Presentations
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint iconScarcity in a Sea of Plenty
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint iconWater Management
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint iconLand Use and Food
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint iconClimate and Resource Security
Event images
Farhana Sultana gives a presentation at GMF on January 12.
Raimund Bleischwitz, Stephan Slingerland, and Willem Ligtveot listen to a presentaiton during the workshop.
Ton Manders gives a presentation on Land Use and Food Security.