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There is an oft cited fact that migration as a result of climate change could figure anywhere between 150 million to 2 billion. What you don’t hear in the media quite so often is the fact that there will be as much internal migration within a country, as there will be external. This puts enormous […]

Joseph Otim was just two years old when the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency began in Uganda. Military groups were engaged in extensive deforestation and there was widespread lumbering to produce income-generating charcoal.  Forests and local landscapes had become yet another casualty of the conflict. Once the war was over however, a new struggle had […]

Agriculture may have been overlooked at the recent UN climate talks in Warsaw, but the world’s farmers are not ready to stand down. Drawing on the momentum built at the Global Landscapes Forum and the unity with which the agriculture community now speaks – attention could now shift to another UN process that could allow […]

During the Global Landscapes Forum, reporters from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) attended many sessions and discussions, producing a final report featuring photos, videos and summary articles. “The first Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) convened on Saturday and Sunday, 16 and 17 November 2013, at the University of Warsaw in Poland, on the sidelines […]

Climate change threatens one of the most important sectors of countries’ economies: agriculture. In some parts of Africa, agriculture directly employs nearly 80 percent of the population. Most countries are aware of this and are taking steps to prepare themselves for climate change impacts. Nevertheless, developing a plan for policy action and intervention measures across […]

On Saturday I gave a talk at COP19 about empowering youth to overcome challenges. During the talk I introduced Connect4Climate (C4C) and their work over the past two years to engage the global community in climate change conversations. I also told a story about my experience meeting a group of teenage rappers through C4C and […]