The World Food Programme (WFP) launched this week a food voucher programme in Burkina Faso. This is an intelligent step from the WFP, as it will help strengthen the local food markets rather than creating a dependency on foreign food to meet local demand. While this is only a first step on what should become [...]
The 4th meeting of the AWGLCA will be hosting a workshop on “Risk management and risk reduction strategies, including risk sharing and transfer mechanisms such as insurance.” The item was listed in the Bali Action Plan, and this will be first meeting that considers specific adaptation issues.
In preparation to the discussion, it is important to [...]
A brief note to link to a summary of the side event I presented during the climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany on June 5th, 2008. The presentation highlighted lessons from the field demonstrating how community-based adaptation can contribute to the Bali Action Plan.
SustainUS organized the side event and offered the opportunity to present. You can [...]