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Taking a ‘whole of society’ approach to tackling climate change
The scale of the global climate change emergency that is emerging in 2020 has already made it clear that nothing short of a “whole of society” approach is needed if we are going to be able to tackle it effectively over the coming decade, which is the crucial time window we have left. While this…
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IntoAction Gibika
Securing livelihoods against climate change
Overview – Gibika | Securing livelihoods against climate change All key drivers of risk are present in Bangladesh: natural hazards, rapid urbanisation, demographic changes and poverty in many regions of the country. With Gibika the project partners aim to increase resilience of people affected by disasters and climate change and to secure livelihoods also during…
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Dharavi, India: Local women help where government agencies will not
In Dharavi, an informal settlement in Mumbai, India, two women leaders are drawing on their past experience to feed the most vulnerable and extend essential services to tackle the impacts of COVID-19. Shweta Sundar and Bharat Gangurde report. This is the nineteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD…
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Ethics as negotiated and emergent in a study of liveability in small cities
This Reflections Article published on SENTIO JOURNAL, Issue 2: Theory and Practice in Research Ethics [btn btnlink=”https://sentiojournal.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sentio_Issue_2_complete.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#23840B” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″]Article Link[/btn] Authors: Alexandra Halligey, Istikh Ahmed, M Feisal Rahman, Hanna A Ruszczyk and Sumaiya Binte Selim Sudha Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view…
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DEADLINE FOR GLOBAL ACTION
Can countries deliver on their climate change pledges?The historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which was agreed by all the countries that were part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, had two major outcomes. The first was to try to keep global atmospheric temperature to below 2 degrees Centigrade and, if possible, below 1.5 degrees.…
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Adaptation finance at the conflux of climate crisis, Covid-19 and debt distress
Covid-19 has hit all countries of the world, both rich and poor, but the low income countries (LICs) are hit hardest, and half of them are at high risk of or are already in debt distress. Although in April this year, the G20 Finance Ministers endorsed a Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) to grant temporary…
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Belhar, South Africa: How a non-profit organization is leading the way to sustainable solutions
In Belhar, South Africa, a non-profit organisation is providing immediate support to children and youth and exploring sustainable solutions to tackle COVID-19 and future uncertainties. Beauty Bokwani reports. This is the eighteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Grandle Opperman, the President and Chief Executive Officer…
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We must agree on a global goal for adaptation to climate change
The historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change, agreed at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, France in 2015, was a major outcome that all vulnerable developing countries, including Bangladesh, strongly fought for. We achieved an important target for the mitigation agenda with the…
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Climate Adaptations Talks – Episode 1: Professor Saleemul Huq
The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) hosted a podcast series “Climate Adaptation Talk”, in their first episode they are talks to Prof. Saleemul Huq. In this podcast series, which features episodes in English and French, we want to explore the strategies that different countries are using to adapt to an increasingly volatile climate.…
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Satkhira, Bangladesh: Young people demonstrate initiative during crises
This story is the second part of last week’s story from Satkhira, Bangladesh and will highlight youth-led initiatives in the region. This is the seventeenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Youth groups in Satkhira have been at the forefront of supporting the impoverished, climate-vulnerable communities…
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Developing multiple strategies as part of the National Adaptation Plan for Bangladesh
In last week’s column, I proposed that the Bangladesh National Adaptation Plan (NAP) that is now being developed should be innovative and not just a business-as-usual (BAU) report that will gather dust on a shelf, as many such plans have done in the past. I argued that we should focus on constructing the foundations for…
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Call for a robust mechanism to ensure the effective implementation of Locally-led Action
How to frame and strengthen an effective MEL of LLA on the ground? Most of the dynamic and innovative adaptation solutions around the world are developed by people and communities living at the forefront of climate change. These solutions are generally locally-grounded and context-specific as local people remain in the main driving seat of action.…