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On President Biden’s Climate Summit and John Kerry’s visit to Dhaka
US President Biden’s first act upon being sworn in as President on January 20, 2021, was to officially notify the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that he was withdrawing former President Trump’s withdrawal letter from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and that the United States was rejoining the Paris Agreement. He…
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El Alto Fucha, Colombia: Community gardens as a means to ensure food security
In El Alto Fucha, an informal settlement in Bogota, Colombia, a community based organisation is assisting the communities to start agro-ecological gardens to ensure food security during Covid-19. This is the forty-first in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. As Latin American cities like Bogota continue to…
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Finance is vital for the success of COP26
The United Kingdom—as the incoming President of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November—held a ministerial meeting on March 31 to discuss the issue of raising adequate funds for enabling developing countries to tackle climate change. The COP26…
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Mbarara, Uganda: An informal community uses collective savings to deal with Covid-19
The slum dwellers in Mbarara city, Uganda are using collective savings to deal with the global pandemic and investing in new businesses. Sarah Nandudu reports This is the fortieth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Mbarara city, located in south western Uganda, is the main municipality…
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Priorities for the 31 March Ministerial Meeting on Climate and Development
On the 31st March 2021, the UK government will convene the Climate and Development Ministerial meeting to discuss practical next steps on priority issues for climate vulnerable countries and communities ahead of COP26. Professor Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, provides his insights on priorities in conversation with Professor Fiona Nunan. Which major…
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Cochabamba, Bolivia: Community savings and access to formal banking reducing hardships of women
In an informal settlement in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, people are relying on community savings and using formal banking services to deal with the economic impacts of Covid-19. María Eugenia Torrico Ferrufino reports. This is the thirty-ninth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Cochabamba, lying…
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Women Champions in the Face of Climate Adversities
Climate Tribune | March 2021 List of Articles “The critical roles played by the women climate champions” by Dilruba Haider and PriodarshineAuvi “Celebrating women climate champions of the global south” by Farah Kabir “Making LLA workable for the urban poor and cities” by Celine d’Cruz “WASH and gender: The human rights perspective” by Rifat Saifee…
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Science and solidarity are key for tackling climate change
As we are now well into the second decade of this century, it is widely acknowledged that this coming decade is our last opportunity to keep the increasing rate of the global atmospheric temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius and prevent the catastrophic impacts of human-induced climate change from occurring around the world. This is a…
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Siaya, Kenya: The “Covid Women” making the difference
This story is the second part of last week’s story from Siaya, Kenya and will highlight women-led initiatives in the county. Rosemary Atieno reports This is the thirty-eighth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Ngiya and Nyabera, two villages in Siaya County, are located along the…
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How can the most vulnerable have a say in governing climate-altering approaches?
Watch C2G Talk: An interview with Saleemul Huq, Hosted by C2G