Environmental Peacebuilding Assessment in the Middle East

Universalia Senior Consultant Dr. Eric Abitbol was in Washington, DC on September 12, 2016 for the launch of the graduate practicum report on environmental peacebuilding. Universalia supported the students in undertaking an environmental peacebuilding assessment of a cooperative Israeli-Palestinian water-energy-food nexus project in Summer 2016. Partners on the project include the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES), Palestinian Wastewater Engineers Group (PWEG), American University School of International Service/Global Environmental Politics program and American University’s Centre for Israel Studies. The report is available at: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/upload/Finding-Common-Ground-Amid-Conflict.pdf