The University of Magdeburg and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek have issued a call for applications for the international summer school "Geopolitics of Resources" in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The summer school will take place from 10-24 July 2011. It aims to examine the multiple dimensions of conflict over water, oil, and gas in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, and how such tensions can be transformed into regional cooperation. The application is open to students from Central Asia and South Caucasus.

Yale Environment 360 has released a new video entitled "The Warriors of Qiugang: A Chinese Village Fights Back". It tells the story of villagers who take up the fight against escalating local industrial pollution. The 40-minute video was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category.

Beginning in fall 2011, the University of East Anglia will offer a one-year Master’s program in water security and international development. The program will cover both theoretical and practical facets of water security, and emphasize interactions with other security issues as well as livelihood implications.

The Earth Policy Institute has released a new book entitled "World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse". Authored by the Institute’s director, Lester Brown, whose prior work includes the "Plan B" book series, the book follows the question of how to avert the collapse of our society in a world faced with ever increasing water scarcity, food shortages, and declining oil reserves.

The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) has published a research paper entitled Resource Scarcity – A Global Security Threat? The authors aim to answer under what circumstances resource scarcity brings about conflict, and how such conflicts can be contained and regulated.

Published in: ECC-Newsletter, 2/2011