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A meeting of community members in Bangladesh. Similar meetings will feed into an international network of government planners sharing strategies on how to mainstream climate change into development planning (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire)
Government group network on climate change mainstreaming
… and strategy meetings Sponsoring participation to key international events and conferences, and Producing knowledge products written by the … Climate Change Focal Point (7th Five Year Plan 2015-16 to 2019-20); General Economics Division; Planning Commission; Government of the …
Project, 29 September 2014
A month with the wastepickers
… focusing on how wastepickers perceive these incentives, including general questions on how things could be done better. Informal … movement members can improve understanding of what happens at various events. Overall my experience working with the Chilean wastepickers was … de ser un gringo cualquiera, yo también era un “técnico”, un término general que utilizan para describir a la multitud de académicos …
Insight, 27 May 2011
A sign near Kathmandu, Nepal, warns of the dangers of landslides (Photo: Doug Letterman, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Nepal: Measuring resilience to climate change from the community up
… and landslides that killed more than 60 people. Scientists say such events are likely to become more common as the world warms, so … rather than just at climate resilience projects, helped us identify general factors that helped build community resilience. This broader …
Insight, 07 February 2014
View of a forest with a volcano in the background
2021 Barbara Ward Lecture: Rebeca Grynspan says nothing is ever so small that it cannot make a difference
Article, 16 December 2021
There was an 'atmosphere of suspicion' at the climate change talks in Warsaw in November (Credit: DrabikPany, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Climate diplomacy can build the trust needed to secure our common future
… will present several opportunities to engage in climate diplomacy. Events such as the UN Secretary General's Climate Summit in September will pave the way toward the …
Insight, 14 January 2014
Collins Ade (washer, 17)
Voices from artisanal mining communities in Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Ghana
… I am also saving to give my children a better life.  Samuel Anku (general manager, Dakete Mines) I am a chemical engineer by profession. I … Distilleries for 12 years, and resigned in 2012 to take over as the general manager of Dakete Mines, which is more or less a family …
Article, 19 January 2016
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
… socially inclusive green growth will be the subject of several major events taking place during the forthcoming Global Green Growth Week in … extreme poverty – and finally feel included. Yvo de Boer is director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute and served as executive …
Insight, 11 August 2016
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
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Earth Summit 2012: Crucial opportunity that needs broader buy-in
… and how to deal with trade-offs. Janos Pasztor, the UN Secretary General’s advisor on sustainable development, shrugs his shoulders …
Insight, 20 December 2011
A mango tree frames views of a forest in Mozambique in the distance.
China in Africa’s forests
Insight, 20 March 2013