by pennyurquhart | May 18, 2015 | adaptation, climate change, community-based adaptation
The Ninth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation – otherwise known as CBA9 – has come and gone, thankfully before the worst of the flooding experienced last week in Nairobi, where this year’s event was held. If the theme of CBA9 was...
by pennyurquhart | May 15, 2014 | adaptation, climate justice, community-based adaptation, Uncategorized
CBA8 – the 8th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation – has been and gone in Kathmandu. Concluding on 30th April 2014, it was a packed week of field visits and conference sessions involving over 400 participants that culminated in the...
by pennyurquhart | Feb 18, 2014 | 5 questions on climate change series, adaptation, climate change policy, climate justice, community-based adaptation
This is the first in a series of “5 questions” blogs in which I explore the same five key questions with a range of thought leaders working on climate change. In the interviews, we take a look at recent significant developments in the climate change arena, focus on...
by pennyurquhart | Apr 25, 2013 | Africa, climate change policy, community-based adaptation
“Livestock are dying from drought in the north, while it is flooding elsewhere in the country”. So spoke one of the participants at a recent workshop on climate change in Windhoek. Namibians have managed very well over the centuries with their highly variable climate....
by pennyurquhart | Apr 21, 2012 | community-based adaptation
Sitting in Hanoi at the 6th International conference on Community-based Adaptation, I am struck by how advanced the responses to climate change in Vietnam seem to be. The government has many plans and strategies, NGOs are doing solid work, and communities –...
