Navigating Complexity Across the Peace-Sustainability-Climate Nexus- 
Promoting peace and sustainability in human development and security while accounting for the risks associated with climate change has become more imperative than ever at different scales ranging from the local to the global. A nexus approach to the linkages between peace, sustainability, and climate security is more appropriate than considering each sector in isolation.  

Dr. Amadei is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his PhD in 1982 from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Amadei is the past Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities at CU Boulder and holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering. He is also the Founding President of Engineers Without Borders - USA and the co-founder of the Engineers Without Borders-International network. Among other distinctions, Dr. Amadei is the 2007 co-recipient of the Heinz Award for the Environment; the recipient of the 2008 ENR Award of Excellence; the 2015 OPAL Award from ASCE; the 2015 Washington Award; an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering; and a senior Ashoka Fellow. He holds five Honorary Doctoral Degrees (UMass Lowell, Caroll College, Clarkson, Drexel, and WPI). In 2013 and 2014, Dr. Amadei served as a Science Envoy to Pakistan and Nepal for the U.S. Department of State.