Regional Capacity Building and the Global Commons
Environmental security challenges frequently concern spaces extending
beyond the sovereign jurisdiction of nation states, including areas
such as the Arctic, the atmosphere, and the oceans. Stimson's work on
the global commons analyzes the national and international policies and
institutions that have evolved to address these issues, and considers
alternative possible policy regimes and collective institutional
architectures.
Publications
Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination seeks to build mutual understanding between Indian and Pakistani decision-makers of the common water risks they confront in the Indus Basin. Drawn from the combined input of 25 leading Indian and Pakistani water experts, climate change specialists, economists, and former ambassadors, the report provides a menu of practical steps to bolster Indian and Pakistani capacities to measure, evaluate, and address increasing strains on their shared water resources. Policy recommendations and ideas for cross-border research initiatives focus on five key areas: agriculture and food security, energy and economic development, climate change and environmental pressures, glaciology, and institutions, governance, and diplomacy..... Read More>>
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
"The Arab Spring and Climate Change" does not argue that climate change caused the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world over the past two years. But the essays collected in this slim volume make a compelling case that the consequences of climate change are stressors that can ignite a volatile mix of underlying causes that erupt into revolution.... Read More>>
Water Challenges and Cooperative Response in the Middle East and North Africa
Societies across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long balanced the competing water demands of households, industry, and agriculture. Careful management of water resources has been an absolute necessity in this region where annual renewable water supplies average about 623.8 billion cubic meters (BCM), compared to Africa's 3,950 BCM, Asia's 12,009 BCM, and the world total of 43,764 BCM... Read More>>
Scientific, Intellectual, and Governance Cooperation on Emerging Environmental Challenges in the Muslim World provides an overview of the challenges posed by environmental change in several regions where significant Muslim populations are found: Southeast Asia, South and Central Asia, Southwest Asia/Persian Gulf, North Africa, and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa... Read More>>
Analysis
Desert
Solitaire: Why India and Pakistan Should Collaborate to Combat
Desertification | April 10, 2012
By Sreya Panuganti
Adding
Foresight to the Emerging Arctic Regime | November 16, 2010
By Caitlyn Antrim
Reforming the IPCC | September 16, 2010
By Syed Iqbal Hasnain
More Signs of Warming, but United Nations Climate Change Negotiations Still Cold | February 10, 2011
By Syed Iqbal Hasnain
Events
Russia’s Arctic Development Strategy and Opportunities for Regional Collaboration | March 27, 2012
In March 2012, the Environmental Security Program at the Stimson Center and the Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans sponsored a presentation by Dr. Alexander Pelyasov, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces of the Russian Federation. Dr. Pelyasov presented highlights of Russia's Development Strategy for the Arctic Zone, emphasizing new approaches to Arctic policy based on innovation in technology; scientific research into the factors behind Arctic change; new opportunities for local communities and indigenous people; and regional partnerships and international cooperation... Read More>>
Can
the Gulf Be Green? Environmental Challenges and Opportunities in the
Persian Gulf | November 18, 2010
Dr. Mohamed Raouf is Program Manager - Environment Research at the Gulf Research Center, Dubai. Dr. Raouf, who has been a lecturer of Environmental Accounting and Economics, has worked on several sustainable development plans and been a consultant for the Egyptian Ministry of Industry, the Red Sea Sustainable Tourism Initiative in Egypt, DANIDA and the Federation of Egyptian Industries for the Clean Production Seed Project... Read More>>
The
Law of the Sea Convention at 16: Its Impact on the 21st Century Agenda
| November 16, 2010
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea entered into force 16 years ago on November 16, 1994. Since then the Convention has established the norms for the behavior of states at sea... Read More>>
Global
Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw
the World Map | June 14, 2010
Cleo Paskal is an Associate Fellow of the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. She is also Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India, and Adjunct Professor of Global Change, School of Communications and Management Studies, Kochi, India... Read More>>
A Green Technology Path for India | October 2, 2009
India faces daunting development and environmental challenges. Three quarters of the population live on less than two dollars a day and perhaps 600 million Indians lack access to electricity, requiring India to vastly expand energy services to power continuing economic growth. At the same time, India's coastlines, agriculture, and water resources are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change... Read More>>
Natural
Resource and Conflict in Pakistan | June 4, 2009
The Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges project cordially invites you to a conversation with Dr. Abid Suleri on the political conflicts related to natural resource use in Pakistan... Read More>>
Global
Warming and the Future of International Climate Negotiations: A View
From Southeast Asia | May 14, 2009
In December this year, Denmark will host the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Obama administration's avowed commitment to address global warming has raised hopes that negotiations in Copenhagen can hammer out an effective agreement to succeed the expiring Kyoto Protocol. But the ongoing economic crisis may cast a shadow on the prospects for greenhouse accord... Read More>>
Multimedia
Radio H20: Jay Famiglietti on Satellite Mapping the Earth's Fresh Water Resources
Jay Famiglietti of the University of California Irvine's Center for Hydrologic Modeling, on innovations in satelliite-based mapping of surface and groundwater resources, and NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiement (GRACE).
Erwinsyah on Forest Exploitation and Indonesia
Erwinsyah, United Nations Development Programme, Indonesia, on problems of forest exploitation and community-based solutions in Indonesia.
Vute Wangwacharakul on Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia
Vute Wangwacharakul, Kasetsart University, Thailand, on transboundary natural resource management in Southeast Asia.
Joshua Ho on Maritime Security and Terrorism in Southeast Asia
Joshua Ho, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, on trends in maritime security and terrorism in Southeast Asia.
Len Garces Speaks About Fisheries in Southeast Asia
Len Garces, WorldFish Center, Philippines, speaks about degradation of fisheries and conflict over fishing rights in Southeast Asia.