Community-Based Adaptation

Listening to women's voices in Vietnam's energy debate

Stories from the field Author: Rina Chandran Posted on May 08, 2018

Vietnamese activist Khanh Nguy Thi knew early on that depending on coal to meet the country's growing demand for energy would be a disaster for its people and the environment. "Energy is important for economic development, and it also has a huge impact on the environment and the people. But there was very little involvement of the civil society in the government's energy plans," said Khanh.

Farraz Theda
May 8, 2018 . 2 min read

Building national capacity to tackle climate change

Opinion Author: Saleemul Huq Posted on May 08, 2018

According to Article 6 of the the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), countries are supposed to ensure awareness, education and capacity building to tackle climate change with the developed countries while also support these efforts in the developing countries. It challenges the prevailing paradigm under which nearly a billion dollars had been invested in supporting capacity building.

Saleemul Huq
May 8, 2018 . 3 min read

The Urgency to Unearth Creative Ways to Finance Resilience

Member Interview Author: Farraz Theda Posted on October 18, 2017

A report released by the World Bank in 2016 stated that, each year, urban areas are growing by an average of more than 75 million people – which is a number greater than the population of the world’s 85 smallest countries combined. However, cities and urban dwellers have received too little attention in discussions about climate change impacts and adaptation, especially in relation to financing. It is apparent that the current levels of international funding are insufficient to meet current and future adaptation needs.

Farraz Theda
October 18, 2017 . 4 min read

The Urgency to Unearth Creative Ways to Finance Resilience

Anna Brown, former Senior Associate Director of The Rockefeller Foundation. She earned her Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shared her lessons learned from her 15 years of experience in sustainable development, and financing resilience practice in Asia and globally.

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