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Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
Insight, 12 August 2014
Headshots of four people over a treelined housing area
Loss and damage – recognising the costs of climate change: Make Change Happen podcast episode 10
Article, 02 March 2021
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Prioritising support for locally controlled forest enterprises
… In a finite biosphere there is a limit to what a growing human population can do and still survive. A safe operating space …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Woman farming
Enhancing governance of community-based natural resource management in Zambia
… since governance interventions contribute to non-material aspects of human wellbeing – for example dignity, voice, security, social capital – …
Project, 03 February 2021
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Guidance note on opportunities to influence the amendment of the Uganda Wildlife Act (2000)
… livelihoods. Of particular importance are measures to minimise human-wildlife conflict and to improve and increase revenue and benefit …
Publication, 01 November 2014
Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant
Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers
… implementation. The speakers included Evelyn Bahn, policy advisor on human rights and business at INKOTA ; Pauline Zei, director of … include deforestation, sustainability, child labour and respect for human rights. Countries have begun to adopt due diligence regulations to …
Insight, 23 August 2021
Resilience Academies to connect climate change research, policy and practice
… Independent University, Bangladesh, the Institute for Environment and Human Security at the United Nations University in Bonn, Germany and the … livelihoods and this fundamentally challenges the ability of human systems to deliver on development goals," says David Wrathall of the Institute for Environment and Human Security at the United Nations University. "Without livelihoods, …
News, 10 September 2013
Close up of a man speaking to a microphone and his hand raised. Behind him a sign says "climate hearing".
Why we need more leaders like Desmond Tutu to champion action for climate justice
Insight, 12 January 2021
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Following the money: an advocate’s guide to securing accountability for agricultural investments
… the actors involved in agricultural investments accountable for human rights violations and all sorts of malpractices. It is informed by …
Publication, 01 August 2015
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Meaningful community engagement in the extractive industries: Stakeholder perspectives and research priorities
… industries, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011) and the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises …
Publication, 01 February 2016