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DESCRIPTION:Water\, Conflict\, and Peace Presentation Summary: Violence ove
 r freshwater resources is on the rise\, with water and water systems as tr
 iggers\, casualties\, and weapons of conflict. This talk will address the 
 long history of water from ancient Mesopotamia to the time of Leonardo da 
 Vinci and Machiavelli to the present violence in the Middle East and Ukrai
 ne\, as well as how we might move from water conflicts to peace and cooper
 ation over our most precious natural resource. Bio: Dr. Peter Gleick is a 
 leading scientist and communicator on water\, climate\, and environmental 
 security issues. He co-founded the Pacific Institute in Oakland\, Californ
 ia in 1987\, an independent research center creating and advancing solutio
 ns to the world’s most pressing water challenges. His work has focused o
 n the human right to water\, the consequences of climate change for the hy
 drologic cycle\, and water\, peace\, and security issues\, including defin
 ing\, categorizing\, and developing solutions for water-related violence a
 nd conflict. Gleick is a MacArthur Fellow and an elected member of both th
 e U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and S
 ciences. In 2018 he was awarded the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Populariz
 ation. Gleick is the author or editor of many scientific papers and fourte
 en books\, including the Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession 
 with Bottled Water\; The Three Ages of Water\; and his newest book\, When 
 the Well is Dry: How Water Fuels Violence and Shapes Peace (The New Press\
 , New York). 
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SUMMARY:Dr. Peter Gleick\, Ph.D.\, Water\, Conflict & Peace
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 "font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><strong>Water\, Conflict\, an
 d Peace</strong></span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><s
 pan style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><u>Presentation Sum
 mary</u>:</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span sty
 le="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">Violence over freshwater r
 esources is on the rise\, with water and water systems as triggers\, casua
 lties\, and weapons of conflict. This talk will address the long history o
 f water from ancient Mesopotamia to the time of Leonardo da Vinci and Mach
 iavelli to the present violence in the Middle East and Ukraine\, as well a
 s how we might move from water conflicts to peace and cooperation over our
  most precious natural resource.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font
 -size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><u>
 Bio</u>:</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helveti
 ca\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">Dr. Peter Gleick is a leading scienti
 st and communicator on water\, climate\, and environmental security issues
 . He co-founded the Pacific Institute in Oakland\, California in 1987\, an
  independent research center creating and advancing solutions to the world
 </span><span dir="RTL" style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\
 ; font-size: 14px\;">&rsquo\;</span><span style="font-family: arial\, helv
 etica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">s most pressing water challenges. 
 His work has focused on the human right to water\, the consequences of cli
 mate change for the hydrologic cycle\, and water\, peace\, and security is
 sues\, including defining\, categorizing\, and developing solutions for wa
 ter-related violence and conflict. Gleick is a MacArthur Fellow and an ele
 cted member of both the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the American
  Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2018 he was awarded the Carl Sagan Prize
  for Science Popularization. Gleick is the author or editor of many scient
 ific papers and fourteen books\, including the Bottled and Sold: The Story
  Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water\; The Three Ages of Water\; and h
 is newest book\, When the Well is Dry: How Water Fuels Violence and Shapes
  Peace (The New Press\, New York).</span></p>\n
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