adaptation Archive
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Isaac Kabongo on Adaptation Challenges in East Africa
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=bORVd-KwkU6AvpjK-D0UPw] Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses adaptation challenges in East Africa. He describes how civil […] -
Pasha Carruthers on the Cook Islands and COP 17 negotiations
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=HgTHwZwbykS6DZwxYQ4Kzw iframe=false] Pasha Carruthers, the AOSIS Coordinator on Adaptation and a Cook Islands negotiator, discusses the various goals of the small island states, and in particular the Cook Islands. […] -
Isaac Kabongo on various approaches to the challenge of climate change
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=5e8cH-9n1UadhPo1C7Dhdg iframe=false] Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses the necessity for climate change adaptation to be […] -
David Cadman on adaptation and sustainable development
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=eKppb8hANUqFH-wwzRILCQ iframe=false] David Cadman, the president of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, discusses his organizations beliefs that an adaptation panel should be put together with a local representative […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on his expectations for the climate conference
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=qQHfgbn5VU-5Jz99af0t2A iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how his expectations for COP17 in the areas of REDD, funding, and adaptation have […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on adaptation and capacity building
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=MQ86DuTKb0CMVlRYVzo4VA iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how adaptation is going to take a lot of involvement at the local level […] -
Negash Teklu on Climate Change in Ethiopia
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=U-PzPfUffEqwBlKB-LXGGg iframe=false] Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses how climate change is affecting […] -
Negash Teklu on adaptation initiatives in East Africa
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=ZKHkkO4T5UWXVdqUJmo5mQ iframe=false] Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses the adaptation knowledge that local […] -
Negash Teklu on the activities of PHE-Ethiopia and funding
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=XxJAuyQd00mtg-M6KlWU3Q iframe=false] Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses the activities of PHE-Ethiopia including […] -
The Mayor of Lagos on the city’s and Nigeria’s position in COP 17 negotiations
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=Ep0FhkePa06o9TVYwFVuig iframe=false] Mayor Ayodele Adebowale Adewale of Lagos, Nigeria discusses Nigeria’s position within the negotiations and a multitude of sustainable initiatives occurring in Lagos, and calls for developed countries […] -
Anna Taylor on South Africa’s sustainable development situation
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsAnna Taylor of the African Center for Cities and the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses South Africa’s position as they move forward with sustainable development after COP 17. She notes poverty […] -
Anna Taylor on her work and her hopes for COP 17
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=KwNM8EzR-kuA3X9p5Cbskw iframe=false] Ms. Anna Taylor of the African Center for Cities and the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses her work through both institutions looking at vulnerability and adaptation initiatives. She […] -
Kevin C. Urama on adaptation initiatives and ATPS’s conference hopes
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=xXr5krhItkimYdn3-FQ68A iframe=false] Dr. Kevin C. Urama, Executive Director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), voices his desire for the government’s of the world to wise up and […] -
John Ward on international climate funding sources
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=sQ2lZGaFFkKYaRL-z5lILg iframe=false] Mr. John Ward, Director of Vivideconomics, discusses the difference between the Adaptation Fund, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), including purposes and […] -
John Ward on adaptation funding
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=pOKuIX8z2U-BPPa1NpCd-A iframe=false] Mr. John Ward, Director of Vivideconomics, discusses the different sources of funding reserved for adaptation and development initiatives. Development funding is meant to come from the Overseas […] -
Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on how to adapt to climate change
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=L7oehHzRYEGK49zfYM2zkw iframe=false] Mr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Democratic Republic of Congo Negotiator and Research Coordinator for the Southern Africa Development Community, discusses his belief that dealing with climate change locally […] -
Tony Nyong on Africa’s adaptation initiatives
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=UBgOvqZ_HU6Jg-ZCPAw_6g iframe=false] Dr. Tony Nyong, Principle Climate Change Expert at the African Development Bank, discusses how local communities have been adapting to climate forever, but that adaptation to anthropogenic […] -
Saleemul Huq on the role of vulnerable countries at COP 17
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=-SKdUaQJoE6Dxq8_YwwQOA iframe=false] Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development Climate Change Group, explains the role of vulnerable countries in the negotiations under three […] -
Deborah Roberts on Durban’s climate action initiatives
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=aHTf6kp8eEuU28X4cpB4xw iframe=false] Dr. Deborah Roberts from the Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department for the eThekwini Municipality in Durban, South Africa discusses Durban’s outlook on climate change action. She […]