Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East (PDF)

2016); Marine Protected Areas in West-Africa: Scientific and Societal Challenges (IRD Editions, 2015 in French); Vulnerability of Agriculture, Water and Fisheries to Climate Change (Springer 2014); Science, Policy and Politics of Modern Agricultural System (Springer 2014); Sustainable Food Security in the Era of Local and Global Environmental Change (Springer 2013), Global Food Insecurity (Springer, 2011); Sustainable Agricultural Development (Springer, 2011); Health, Environment and Development (European University Editions, 2011 in French), and Climate Change, Energy Crisis and Food Security (Ottawa University Press, 2011 in French). He has also published numerous research papers and made presentations on these at international conferences. In addition, Dr. Behnassi has also organized many international conferences covering the above research areas in collaboration with national and international organizations and managed many research and expertise projects on behalf of various institutions such as the Royal Institute of Strategic Studies (IRES) in Morocco (Food and health security face to climate change in Morocco), GIZ (Mainstreaming climate risk in local development planning), etc.





Katriona McGlade





Katriona McGlade, MSc in International Development, is a Fellow and coordinator for International Development at the independent, not-for-profit think tank Ecologic Institute in Berlin, Germany. Katriona works on European environmental and international development policy, leading and contributing to a range of research and consultancy projects, both for the EU (European Commission, European Parliament) and for the German government (Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Federal Environment Agency, GIZ).





From 2010 until 2012, Katriona was engaged in a three-year European research project funded under the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security (CLICO) project examined the impacts of climate change on water resources in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Sahel region and the consequences for conflict and human security. Katriona's other research has included analysis of governance and policy in the areas of climate adaptation, marine and freshwater environments, biodiversity, sustainability and international development. Her particular research interests include the interactions and trade-offs between sectoral policies, the impact of EU policies beyond European borders and the use of participatory processes to produce legitimate and equitable policy outcomes.





Katriona is involved in a number of activities that foster exchange and dialogue on environmental issues, and teaches visiting students from Mexico at the ITESM Summer School on Environment and Sustainability. She is responsible for coordinating Ecologic Institute's role in the British German Environment Forum (BGEF), which facilitates exchange and discussion on issues of common environmental concern between the two countries. She has also coordinated stakeholder involvement in Cooperation across the Atlantic for Marine Governance Integration (CALAMAR), a transatlantic dialogue process on marine governance between the EU and the USA and is a member of the Ecoscholars Network that fosters regular professional and academic exchange on international environmental policy issues.