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UEA Water Security and ICID seminar: Water security meeting (Water Security as UK Foreign Policy)
Plus announcement of follow-up UEA/ICID seminar on Water Security Friday 4 November 2011 also at ICE from 10.30 am. Call for presentations – please contact b.lankford@uea.ac.uk
The “Water and UK Foreign Policy” seminar organised by ICID.UK and the UEA Water Security Research Centre will examine water as a UK foreign policy issue distinguishing this from overseas development policy. This will be the first of two related seminars on water security held at the Institution for Civil Engineers in 2011, the second being on 4th November starting at 10.30 am. The programme and guidance on attendance and fees for Friday 11th Feb meeting is given below.
Friday 11th Feb, 1:45 pm Arrival and register (for a prompt 2.00 pm start)
2:00 pm Welcome by Bruce Lankford (ICID.UK and UEA Water Security Research Centre)
2:05 Dave Tickner (WWF). ‘The Foreign Policy Centre Initiative and update.’
2:30 Mark Zeitoun (UEA): ‘The UK’s Web of Water Security: why equitability matters.’
2.55 Alan Nicol (IDS) ‘The human securitization of water -- taking forward a rights-based agenda in foreign policy’
3:20 Coffee, tea, biscuits
3.45 Ben Zala (Oxford Research Group, London) ‘Water Insecurity in an Environmentally Constrained and Economically Divided World: Implications for UK Foreign Policy’
4.10 Rob Hope (University of Oxford) ‘Water Security, Conflict and Migration’
4.35 Bernice Lee (Chatham House) - to be confirmed.
5.00 pm Panel discussion to 5.30 pm finish. (Then all invited to the Westminster Arms).
| Contact information |
Lankford Bruce Dr (DEV)
(email: b.lankford@uea.ac.uk ; icid@ice.org.uk ) |
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| Event type | Seminar |
| File link | n/a |
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| Subject(s) | FINANCE-ECONOMY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND |
| Geographical coverage | United Kingdom, |
| Address | INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, ICE, LONDON |
| Organizer | ICID.UK and UEA Water Security Research Centre |
| Target audience | International |
| Duration | 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm |
| Period | 11/02/2011 |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
