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Hope from action
Insight, 09 December 2011
Keeping the forests we've got
… is not a priority for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Yet forest people suffer enormously from the effects of … developing countries, instead of making more expensive reductions at home. They gain carbon credits: the developing countries can earn money … Climate change …
Insight, 30 April 2009
A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why social inclusion matters for green growth
Insight, 11 August 2016
The Up in Smoke coalition is a unique and diverse network of development and environment organisations
Up in Smoke
Project, 21 August 2008
Thank you for the days...
Insight, 10 December 2008
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
Article, 25 May 2016
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
Global warming will push Asia into reverse says new report
… Chairman of the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - says that without immediate action, global warming is set to reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, home to over 60 per cent of the world’s population. The report is … Climate change …
News, 19 November 2007
Prakash Mathema speaking at the opening ceremony of the 8th annual conference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA8) held in Kathmandu, Nepal in April 2014 (Photo: IIED)
Q&A: Helping the poorest nations with development goals
Article, 19 September 2014
View of Monterrey, Mexico
New coalition to transform cities – and lives
… At the same time, cities are deeply affected by the current climate crisis. Extreme heat events, water stress, deterioration of … implemented in a top-down manner, they will fail to create lasting change, and they will not reach major parts of the city’s population. … as a top priority, and the government’s goal is to offer a home to as many people as possible, so quantity often takes precedence …
News, 10 May 2021