Felix Dodds, former executive director of the Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, will focus on the difficulty of bringing water to the forefront of global negotiations on climate change, and the role that water plays throughout the process of migration … Read more
Please join the Global Research Institute for an evening seminar and panel presented by 2010-11 research fellow Mac McCorkle, Associate Professor of the Practice at the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy. Included on the panel are: Rob Christensen, … Read more
Can coral reefs be saved? Chemical ecology as a Rosetta stone for effective conservation. Mark Hay, Professor and Harry and Linda Teasley Chair in Environmental Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology Coral reefs are in dramatic global decline, with losses of … Read more
Many Third World countries weathered the storm of the Great Recession much better than the traditional powerhouses of the First World. Why is that? Economist Peter Blair Henry, dean of NYU’s Stern School of Business, takes a novel approach to … Read more
Water and Security Tony Allan, King’s College London Who determines the demand for food and who manages water? Professor Allan, who has been credited with introducing the concept of “virtual water” into global water discussions, will highlight the role of … Read more
Water + Health Greg Allgood, Distinguished Visiting Senior Fellow What is the link between water and health? Dr Greg Allgood, who leads World Vision’s work to address the global water crisis, will highlight the critical link between provision of clean … Read more
Water + Food Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute Peak Water: What Happens To Our Food Supply When the Wells Go Dry? Mr. Brown will discuss the effect of limits on the supply of water, including the longer term effects of … Read more
Sterling Evans Louise Welsh Chair, Department of History, University of Oklahoma This presentation seeks to explore the water history of Sonora, Mexico (just south of Arizona). Every river in the state has been dammed, some more than once. The result … Read more
James McCann Chair, Department of Archaeology and Professor of History Associate Director, African Studies Center Faculty Fellow, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future Boston University Sub-Saharan Africa in now in the midst of two massive sets … Read more
David Biggs Associate Professor University of California Riverside As with many of the world’s largest rivers, the Mekong is slated for a host of mainstream and tributary dams. Besides flooding valleys and displacing communities, the dams upstream are likely to … Read more
