The role of environment in conflict and peace-building

The Ministry of Environment invites you to an open seminar on the links between environment and conflict and on the importance of environment for peaceful development.

Time and place: Wednesday 8 December, 0900-1300 hrs. at "Gamle Festsal", University of Oslo. (02.12.04)

Presentations (08.12.04):

Environment - basis for peace and strategy for development
Norwegian Minister for the Environment, Knut Arild Hareide

The politics of security-definitions
Ole Jacob Sending, Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

The Case for a Green Peace Prize
David B.Sandalow, Environment Scholar at The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.
See also: A green peace prize, Washington Post, 18.10.04

Are the environment and conflict links overrated?
Astri Suhrke, Senior researcher, CMI - Presentation (PowerPoint/PPT-fil)

Environment and security – laying the foundation for peace
Øystein Dahle, Chairman, World Watch Institute

Early warning and post-conflict-perspectives in peacebuilding
Pekka Haavisto, Director of the UNEP Post-conflict-unit, Genève - Presentation (PowerPoint/PPT-fil)

Climate and security : How well can we predict the unpredictable climate?
Olav Orheim, Director of Norwegian Polar Institute - Presentation (PowerPoint/PPT-fil)

Good governance of resources
Olav Kjørven, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Water and security
Hans Olav Ibrekk, Senior adviser, NORAD - Presentation (PowerPoint/PPT-fil)

Forests and rights
Lars Løvold, Director, Rainforest Foundation Norway - Presentation (PowerPoint/PPT-fil)

Time and place:

Wednesday 8 December, 0900-1300 hrs. at "Gamle Festsal", University of Oslo,Karl Johansgate 47.

The seminar is inspired by this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai of Kenya, who will receive the Peace Prize two days after the seminar.

See programme for further details

For practical purposes we would ask that those interested in attending the seminar kindly register in advance with Marianne Kroglund, tel: 22 24 57 57

Questions can be put to Guri Sandborg, tel: 22 24 57 25