Climate Futures Forums: A Participatory Approach to Adaptation Planning in the United States

By: Stacy Vynne, the Resource Innovation Group (TRIG) 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 United States. The Forums are essentially based on the principles of Community Based Adaptation (CBA) [...]

Notes from Copenhagen: Trust – Why Are We Here?

Sculptor Marc Coreth made this brass and ice polar bear, currently on display in Copenhagen

By John Matthews, CI Copenhagen is a very open city. For instance, it’s really rare to see a bike in a stand that’s been locked. This is amazing, given the actual number of bicycles here in Copenhagen. There are counters at some of the major intersections that show the number of bikes that have passed by [...]