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July 2020 Webinar Series on Climate Change, Environmental Security and Political Risk (CCS MAHE, PRISM & COVINTS)

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The first webinar in the series (2 July 2020), ‘Climate Change, Environmental Security, and Political Risks’, organised by the Centre for Climate Studies (CCS), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), in partnership with Political Risk & Intelligence Services Management (PRISM), COVINTS. In an engaging and interactive session, Dr. Sujatha Byravan and Dr. Sudhir Chella Rajan will share their insights on the topic, “A Time for Planetary Solidarity: Learning Lessons and the Need for Fundamental Change”. The session is moderated by Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram, Co-coordinator, CCS. For the second webinar in our series (9 July 2020) ‘Climate Change, Environmental Security, and Political Risks’, the Centre for Climate Studies, MAHE, in collaboration with COVINTS and Political Risk & Intelligence Services Management (PRISM), COVINTS hosted Cleo Paskal and Ulka Kelkar for a session on ‘Geopolitics, Geo-Economics, and the Post-COVID-19 Green Recovery’. The event took place on July 9...
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Science Diplomacy and Environmental Peacebuilding: Oceans Governance and Dispute Management

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*Sunitha Anup, Carla Elliff and Dhanasree Jayaram In the third and final webinar of the three-part webinar series concerning science diplomacy and environmental peacebuilding, the focus was on oceans governance.Our planet is mostly covered by water and while we have tried to divide this territory geopolitically, our ocean resources do not recognize borders. This means that to sustainably exploit our marine environment, we need strong and integrated management. The session was joined by Dr. Leandra R. Gonçalves, postdoctoral researcher at the Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil, and James Borton, faculty associate at the Walker Center, University of South Carolina, United States; and it was moderated by Dr. Dhanasree Jayaram, Co-Coordinator, Centre for Climate Studies (CCS), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India and Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project.  Dr. Leandra Gonçalves, who has been working on science diplomacy, started h...
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