International Conference on "Environment and Security"

The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is holding a conference in Washington DC in which it shall "provide a forum to explore the connections between environment and security issues, their common underlying scientific threads, and the policy and governance needed to address security risks posed by a rapidly changing environment."

This is the 12th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Environment and Security. It will be held on January 18-20, 2012 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

According to the press releases, the conference is expected to bring together over 1,000 attendees from the scientific, business, academic and environmental communities, as well as international, federal, and regional government officials.