If you’re in DC on 2nd September, the environmental change and security program at the Woodrow Wilson Center is organising an event on resource scarcity and integrated analysis with me and the National Intelligence Council’s Mat Burrows as speakers and New Security Beat‘s Geoff Dabelko, who’ll be guesting on GD this autumn, as chair – invitation below. The event will also be webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org at 12pm EST / 5pm UK time (you’ll need Windows Media Player to watch).
Integrated Analysis for Development & Security: Scarcity and Climate, Population, and Natural Resources
Alex Evans, Head of Program, Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and Multilateralism, Center on International Cooperation, New York University and Writer and Editor, Global Dashboard
Mathew J. Burrows, Counselor and Director, Analysis and Production Staff, National Intelligence Council (NIC)
Geoffrey D. Dabelko (Moderator), Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
Thursday, September 2, 2010, 12 noon – 2:00 p.m.; 5th Floor Conference Room, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA. Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Alex Evans thinks energy, climate, food, natural resources, and population trends are mistakenly considered separate challenges with a few shared attributes. He suggests instead that scarcity provides a frame for tying these sectors together and better understanding of the collective implications for development and security. As a regular advisor to the United Nations and national governments, Evans will outline practical policy conclusions that flow from a focus on scarcity and integrated analysis.
As counselor and director of the analysis and production staff, Mathew J. Burrows manages a staff of senior analysts and production technicians who guide and shepherd all NIC products from inception to dissemination. He was the principal drafter for the NIC publication, Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, the NIC’s flagship, long-range integrated analysis assessment that prominently featured natural resource, climate, and demographic trends. Burrows will share insights on producing and presenting integrated analysis for practitioners and policymakers.
