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Water, Peace and Security: New Tools for a New Climate

6 December 2022, 9:20 ET/15:20 CEST
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC

On 6 December, the Wilson Center will launch a series of events focused on the centrality of water to global prosperity and security. To kick off the series, the Wilson Center is partnering with the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnership to feature transdisciplinary approaches to preventing water-related security risks.

6 December 2022

Agenda

Welcome

  • Lauren Herzer Risi, Program Director, Environmental Change & Security Program, Wilson Center

Keynote Remarks

  • Hon. Richard W. Spinrad, PhD., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

WPS Tool Launch

  • Alyssa Offutt, WPS Global Capacity Development Lead and Doctoral Candidate, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
  • Kitty van der Heijden, Director-General International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

WPS Tool Demonstration

  • Samantha Kuzma, Acting Aqueduct Director, World Resources Institute

"Early Warning Systems for All"

  • Roger Pulwarty, Senior Scientist, Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Alyssa Offutt, WPS Global Capacity Development Lead and Doctoral Candidate, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
  • Sara Hayat, Lawyer/Climate Change Specialist, Climate Change, Sustainability & Resilience Consultants
  • Moderator: Hon. Sharon Burke, President, Ecospherics; Global Fellow, Wilson Center

Fireside Chat on US Water Policy

  • Stephanie Epner, Special Advisor and Acting Senior Director for Climate and Energy, National Security Council, The White House
  • In conversation with Sherri Goodman, Global Fellow, Wilson Center

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This description was excerpted from www.wilsoncenter.org.

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