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 Shaun Martin, WWF-US © Zig Koch/WWF For the past two years, I have on occasion encountered the term “no regrets” being used to describe adaptation actions that will ostensibly solve everyone’s problems. Unfortunately, “no regrets” has led to many regrets when it comes to building understanding and buy-in for true adaptation. It is one [...]  Eliot Levine, Jonathan Cook, Sarah Freeman (WWF-US)
Click the image to download a copy of Shifting Course. “Adaptation is not a specialist issue — it’s an issue of how decisions are made, and how to utilize the information provided by specialists in the process of decision making”.
 Katharine Vincent, Kulima Integrated Development Solutions © Katharine Vincent With COP17-CM7 underway in Durban, agriculture has a high place on the agenda. The world’s population has just passed 7 billion people, and is due to reach 8 billion in 14 years’ time. As if the challenge of population growth is not enough, agriculture is [...]  By Jonathan Randall, Millennium Challenge Corporation © WWF-Indonesia/Harry Imagine you are walking down the street on your way to your favorite sandwich shop. You are dreaming about the amazing chicken sandwich you are about to order when all of a sudden an activist from Veggie Lovers Unite! hands you a flyer.On the front page [...]  By: Stacy Vynne, the Resource Innovation Group (TRIG) United States U.S. © Dept. of Commerce/National Climactic Data Center/NOAA Satellite and Information Service For the past four years, the organization that I work for, The Resource Innovation Group (TRIG), has been running a series of Climate Futures Forums in the Pacific Northwest region of the [...]  By Devyani Parameshwar, Intellcap A nighttime view of Shanghai city, China. © Brent Stirton / Getty Images / WWF-UK While mitigating the future rise in global temperature has received much attention worldwide, support to help those vulnerable adapt to the inevitable impacts of rising temperature has been limited. The estimated annual cost of [...]  By Shaun Martin, WWF-US © Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon It can be challenging to find climate change adaptation resources that explain complex concepts to lay audiences in easy-to-understand language. Academic journal articles, project case studies, vulnerability assessments, and the like often speak to the experts rather than newcomers. Providing these types of documents to [...]  By Jessica Frank, Twin Member of the Gumutindo Cooperative © Jessica Frank Twin works in partnership with over 50 farmer organisations world wide, facilitating market access and helping to build business and organisational capacity. We are currently developing our strategy to support smallholder producer organisations to effectively plan adaptation interventions with their members; an [...]  By Dr. Nathaniel Seavy and Tom Gardali, PRBO Conservation Science © WWF-Canon / Simon Rawles PRBO Conservation Science is a non-profit organization with a mission to conserve birds, other wildlife, and ecosystems through innovative scientific research and outreach. PRBO’s highest priority is to develop and promote conservation practices that address the challenges of rapid [...]  By Geoff Barnard, Climate and Development Knowledge Network Gaining perspective on climate knowledge portals ©Tim Woods, Green Ink. The symptoms are familiar. You seem to hear about a new climate information portal or knowledge platform being launched every week. You check it out and it seems impressive at first glance. Nice graphics. Promising headings. [...] |
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