Frontiers: Global Opportunities for Strengthening Resource Security
Channel: New America
Date: 2023-06-08

Climate change is exacerbating competition over natural resources worldwide, leading to shifting and increased conflict. In the coming decades, global trends such as urbanization, displacement, rising resource demand, and environmental degradation are likely to make matters worse. 

Yet the shared use of land, water, and other resources is also critical for cooperation, peacebuilding, reconstruction, and long-term development generally. As a growing body of evidence makes clear, secure resource rights and strong local governance can help reduce the incidence and severity of disputes, boost resilience, and improve livelihoods.

Join USAID and New America on Thursday, June 8th to explore the challenges associated with natural resource management, climate change, and conflict, as well as the tools and approaches that practitioners can use to address these critical issues.


Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Karol Boudreaux, Senior Land and Resource Governance Advisor, USAID
Yuliya Panfil, Director, Future of Land and Housing Program at New America

Fireside Chat: The Challenges of Resource-Related Conflict 
Tegan Blaine, Director of Climate, Environment & Conflict, U.S. Institute of Peace
Peter Bergen, Vice President, New America (moderator)

Panel Discussion: Land, Water, and Peacebuilding Solutions 

Opening Remarks: David Alpher, Conflict and Violence Prevention Integrator, USAID
Daniel Abrahams, Senior Climate Security Advisor, Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention, USAID
Nikki Behnke, Program Specialist, Center for Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene, USAID
Jessie Anderson, Senior Conflict Advisor, Center for Resilience, USAID

This event is part of the year-long Frontiers event series, which explores the interface of conflict, climate change, and governance of land and natural resources. The Frontiers series is hosted by USAID’s Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention and USAID’s Land and Resource Governance Division and is made possible by USAID’s Integrated Natural Resources Management Project in partnership with New America.

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