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By Barbara Fraser, originall published at Forests News It’s coming soon. And it’s time to act now. Imminent climatic changes challenge planners and policy makers to forecast likely impacts and launch adaptation plans a decade or more before the worst effects are felt. With more (and better) data and tools for exploring future scenarios, planners […]

Interview led by Global Donor Platform for Rural Development From landscapes skeptic to communicating integrated solutions: CIAT’s Director of Communications, Nathan Russel, outlines his take on landscape approaches, highlighting some advantages but also clear limitations. In contexts where violence prevails, dialogue between land use stakeholders is futile, argues Russel.    

Originally posted at Forests News Paul Polman, Unilever’s CEO, said natural disasters – many linked to climate change – cost his multinational consumer-goods corporation $300 million annually, and that left unchecked “climate change has the potential to become a significant barrier to our growth.” “Deforestation is not one of the great challenges in the fight against […]

           

“La cooperación y el compromiso de los actores principales representados en este Foro son fundamentales para el éxito y en el PNUD nos complace mucho ser socios en este viaje”. Fueron las palabras de  Helen Clark, Administradora del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), durante su discurso de apertura en una sesión […]