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 | Feb 2, 2015 | Books and reading, climate change policy, climate governance, climate justice, Uncategorized
Image source: http://www.climate-energy-college.net/ As we move rapidly forward into 2015, how do we turn the sagging saga of climate change into a compelling narrative that demands action? There are three main structures for the tension that drives a good story,...
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 | Dec 1, 2011 | environment
“In the negotiations, people are reading the same old statements that we have heard for two years” said Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at IIED, at a SADC networking dinner in Durban last night. As he spoke, my heart sank – it was back, that wave of...
