Climate, Conflict, Cities, and Contraception

 

Climate, Conflict, Cities, and Contraception:

World Watch Magazine's Population Issue

 

featuring

 

Robert Engelman

Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute

 

Karen Hardee

Vice President for Research, Population Action International

 

Thomas Prugh

Editor, World Watch magazine

 

Sean Peoples

Program Assistant, Environmental Change and Security Program

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

 

 

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

5th Floor Conference Room

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org

 

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

 

Until recently, demographic issues such as population growth, age structures, and youth bulges did not generate much interest among environmental audiences. World Watch magazine's September/October 2008 issue, the Population Forum, is one sign that this is changing. Contributions highlight how population issues affect environmental degradation and climate change, as well as poverty, security, and the well-being of women and children.

Thomas Prugh will provide an overview of the September/October 2008 issue of World Watch, and Robert Engelman will present a short history of population trends. Karen Hardee will discuss the intersections of population, urbanization, and the environment, and Sean Peoples will comment on the security impacts of demographic factors such as population growth and migration. Several other authors will be in attendance to field questions during the discussion portion of the event.

If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.