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 Bruce Byers, Bruce Byers Consulting Cruising through mangrove-lined channel opposite Angoche © Bruce Byers After wading across the low tide mudflats at the Port of Angoche, and into knee-deep water to climb into the fiberglass boat, the big Yamaha outboard wouldn’t start. While we bobbed lazily in the hot sun and I fretted about [...]  Eugenio Barrios & Sergio Salinas, WWF-Mexico Bart Wickel, WWF-US Climatic change and variability are presenting serious challenges to a country that already is experiencing serious strain on its water resources. © Edward Parker / WWF-Canon Freshwater ecosystems occupy approximately 1% of the earth’s surface yet possess about 12% of all known animal species. By virtue [...]  Stacy Vynne, The Resource Innovation Group Aerial view of Portland, © DubbaG (via Wikipedia) The question of how to design and implement effective adaptation measures is one that I think most adaptation practitioners are still struggling with, and will continue to struggle with, for many years to come. With hundreds of adaptation initiatives [...]  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”.
 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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