National Resilience In The Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
In partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, the EastWest Institute convened a retreat on “National Resilience in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula” from Oct. 17–21, 2011
This retreat was supported by a series of other consultations on the same subject which ran from mid-September until the end of October. These discussions engaged some 40 recognized leaders in global and regional policy, high-level private sector actors, and world-renowned research specialists in Brussels, London and Washington DC. The main outcome of the retreat was the shaping of a set of recommendations for G20 governments available with the event report here:
- “Egypt Addressing Climate Change”, Climate Change Central Department, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
- “Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa: Environmental Considerations”, Regional Office for Africa, Division of Regional Cooperation, UNEP
- “Strategic Alliances for Increasing Climate Resilience in Critical Localities”, Western Province, Rwanda
- “Energy Situation in Egypt”, Ministry of Environment, Egypt
- “Dust Storms in Saudi Arabia: Facts & a Strategy to Cope with”, King Saud University
- “New Science and Technologies to the Rescue of the Horn of Africa”, Nile Valley and Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- “Country-Level Governance of Climate Adaptation Finance for Building Resilience in the Developing World”, Ethiopian Civil Society Network on Climate Change (ECSNCC) hosted by Forum for Environment (FfE)
- “Assessment of Selected Development Policies and Strategies of Ethiopia from a Climate Change Perspective and Cross Border Cooperation”, Ethiopian Civil Society Network on Climate Change (ECSNCC) hosted by Forum for Environment (FfE)
- “Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, King Saud University
- “Cross-Border Cooperation versus Local Initiatives – Assessment of Existing Policy Approaches to Natural Resources Management”, Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources, Development and Management (INWRDAM)
- “Promoting Sustainable Desert Development as a Means for Reducing Effects of Global Warming in Regions Suffering from Scarcity in Water & Food Production”, Friends of Environment and Development Association (FEDA)