- Road to Geneva Event: Three-part symposia on Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins through Science and Environmental DiplomacyThis 3-part symposium will take place on 8:30am-10:30am ET on June 8th, June 16th, and June 24th 2021. Participants in this Road to Geneva symposium will deliberate upon ongoing community-based science and environmental diplomacy approaches to identify cooperative, yet feasible scientific, technological, legal, and policy solutions for securing clean water within and across four transboundary …
- Pre-registration Notice: Symposium with Three 2-Hour Meetings in June 2021 on Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins through Science and Environmental DiplomacyDeadline: 25 May 2021 Participants in this Road to Geneva symposium will deliberate upon ongoing community-based science and environmental diplomacy approaches to identify cooperative, yet feasible scientific, technological, legal, and policy solutions for securing clean water within and across four transboundary river basins: the Indus (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China), the Jordan (Israel, Palestine, Jordan), the …
- IEDS Director Asim Zia has been invited to the UVM Scholar Lecture Series!The Graduate College is pleased to present the Teams Live Event Computational Policy Analytics: Policy Modeling in the Age of Big Data & AI, a lecture by University Scholar Asim Zia, Ph.D. on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 4:30 pm. With advances in computer sciences as well as widespread availability of big data from government …
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- IEDS Director Asim Zia recipient of the Vogelmann Award at UVM will be giving a seminar on “Anticipatory Governance of Regime Shifts in Social Ecological Systems: Building Resilience to Climate Change from People to the Planet”“Anticipatory Governance of Regime Shifts in Social Ecological Systems: Building Resilience to Climate Change from People to the Planet” Watch the seminar via Microsoft Teams. Find it at: https://www.alumni.uvm.edu/s/1690/alumni/start.aspx?gid=2&pgid=61
- LEAD Pakistan: IEDS Director Asim Zia speaks on Water Conflict, Diplomacy and the Transboundary Water In-Cooperation NetworkLEAD Pakistan hosted an interactive session titled ‘Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network: Environmental Diplomacy for Resolving Persistent Transboundary Water Conflicts’. IEDS Director, Dr. Asim Zia, highlighted the numerous Track-2 (scientist to scientist) and Track-3 (citizen to citizen) environmental diplomacy interventions which have been implemented in the Indus, Jordan, Kabul, Kali and Missisquoi river basins, leading to …
- Workshop: Advancing Public Service through Big Data and Artificial IntelligenceMarch 7, 2019 Location: Room 222/226, Graduate School USA, 600 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20024. [2-minute walk from L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station ] Sponsored by the ASPA Section for Complexity and Network Studies, Social Ecological Gaming and Simulation (SEGS) Lab, and the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security at the University of Vermont This …
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- UNFCCC COP24 Side Event on Food, Energy and Water Security Early Warning Systems
- COP 24 Side Event: Implementing Food-Energy-Water Security Early Warning Systems for Adaptation to Climate ChangeDecember 8, 2018 Location: COP 24 Katowice, Poland This side event at COP 24 will highlight recent developments and outstanding challenges in the design & implementation of food, energy and water security early warning systems in developing countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America that are vulnerable to climate change induced variability & extremes. 13:15-13:20 …
- WATER DIPLOMACY SOWS SEEDS OF PEACE BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN IN THE KABUL RIVER BASINWater is the essence of life. As we commemorated World Water Day on March 22, 10 experts (five from Afghanistan and five from Pakistan) gathered online and in person at the Peace Centre at Dawson College in Montreal for a week-long in-depth dialogue to find effective solutions and opportunities for sustainably resolving conflicts generated by …
- IEDS Director Asim Zia speaks at UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn, GermanyDuring the ongoing UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn, Germany, Asim Zia, Director of Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (IEDS), spoke at a high-level meeting organized by South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) and Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (NRG4SD) on “Implementing NDCs: Coordination Across Regional, National and Subnational Levels”. Panelists included Ministers/Secretaries from …
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- IEDS Director Asim Zia presents in Pakistan and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SeminarA seminar was held on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Pakistan on Friday September 29, 2017 at the University of Vermont with IEDS Director Asim Zia. Pakistan is a large and strategically important country in south Asia. It is in the news frequently due to its tumultuous politics, volatile mix of ethnicities and religions, …
- Pakistan and the Sustainable Development Goals: IEDS hosted SeminarSeptember 21, 2017 Location: John Dewey Lounge, University of Vermont Pakistan is a large and strategically important country in south Asia. It is in the news frequently due to its tumultuous politics, volatile mix of ethnicities and religions, possession of nuclear weapons, proximity to Afghanistan, and strained relations with India. It also faces significant challenges …
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- SWARMFEST 2016: 20th Annual Meeting on Agent Based Modeling & Simulation at University of VermontSwarmfest 2016, hosted in Burlington, Vermont on July 31- August 2, was a low-key environment for researchers to explore new ideas and approaches, and benefit from a multi-disciplinary approach to complex problems. This year was an outstanding success with research presented from a wide range of disciplines utilizing agent-based modeling to further understand ecological systems, …
- Reframing the Arctic: Cooperation, Not Conflict WorkshopJuly 6, 2015 – July 7, 2015 Location: Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont USA Reframing the Arctic: Cooperation, Not Conflict Workshop This workshop is being organized by The University of Vermont (Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security and the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources), in partnership …
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- Gund Tea with Asim Zia- Broad But Shallow: Evolving International Climate Policy Architecture for the Paris TreatyJanuary 30, 2015 Location: Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the Johnson House UVM Recent US-China agreement on post-2020 climate policy targets spurred an unusual wave of optimism during the Lima round of negotiations mediated by UNFCCC in December 2014. While 2 degree Centigrade stability target is still elusive due to the lack of deep …
- An Evening with the Authors: Diplomacy on IceJanuary 23, 2015 Location: Chittenden Room Davis Center UVM Professor Asim Zia, UVM Lecturer Kathleen Osgood, and UVM alumna Rebecca Pincus will discuss their recent publication from Yale University Press. “Multifaceted and comprehensive, this volume looks at the array of issues from many perspectives…a serious and scholarly contribution to the rapidly changing polar regions.” –Thomas …
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- Climate Change and Islands: Evacuation as Adaptation? Talk by Ilan KelmanOctober 13, 2014 Location: Gund Conference Room (Johnson House 1st Floor) Climate change is stated as being likely to cause the forced movement of millions of people, especially from small island communities. In fact, in climate-induced migration discussions, islands are a populist icon, with the discourse tending to be that the blameless residents from those …
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- Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Grant-Writing WorkshopFebruary 17, 2012 Location: Champlain College Champlain College, UVM’s Institute for Environmental Diplomacy (at the James Jeffords Center for Policy Research) and Security and the United States Institute of Peace present: Conflict Management and Peacebuilding amid transitions in the Arab World Friday: Feb. 17, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Champlain College Alumni Auditorium, 246 …
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- DMZ Forum conference at American Museum of Natural History, New YorkNovember 21, 2011 Location: New York The DMZ Forum is pleased to have Korean War veteran and congressman Charlie Rangel as the keynote speaker at their annual conference at the American Museum of Natural History to explore ways by which environmental factors can play a role in peace-building on the Korean peninsula. IEDS director, Dr. …
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- Ecodiplomacy AcademyOctober 20, 2011 – October 21, 2011 Location: University of Vermont The Ecodiplomacy Academcy is an experiential learning program offered by IEDS at the University of Vermont. Open to professionals and students alike, this program will be co-taught by Dr. Saleem Ali, IEDS Director, and Julian Portilla, an experienced mediator and Director of the Master’s …
