Countering climate-related security risks in the Sahel
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Promoting peace and climate resilience in post-conflict communities
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From Eviction to Empowerment: How beekeeping helps Ogiek youth reclaim their agency and land rights in Kenya
by Nyang’ori Ohenjo and Amina Yusuf Maalim, Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE) Kibet Kipsang is a youth activist and beekeeper. He comes from an indigenous community of forest-dwellers from Kenya known as the Ogiek. Under the pretext of environmental destruction, his community was forcefully evicted from their ancestral lands in Eldama Ravine by the Kenyan authorities. They lost their
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En la COP16, Ubaldino García alza su voz en defensa de la vida y los territorios de las comunidades indígenas guatemaltecas
Escrito por: Randolph von Breymann, Iniciativa de Investigación del CGIAR sobre Resiliencia Climática (ClimBeR) En un mundo donde los espacios para el debate y las negociaciones internacionales sobre el futuro de nuestro planeta han estado dominados por los intereses de grandes Estados y corporaciones, la voz y presencia de líderes indígenas es hoy más urgente que nunca. En noviembre de
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Ancestral Knowledge, Biodiversity and the Future: COP16 through the Indigenous Gaze
Ubaldino García raises his voice in defense of the lives and territories of the Guatemalan Indigenous Community at COP16 Written by: Randolph von Breymann F., CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) In a world where spaces for international discussions and negotiations about the future of our planet have been dominated by the interests of large states and corporations, the voices
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Kenyan counties invest in climate adaptation and peace
Future climate adaptation investments by Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) are poised to promote peace thanks to research-backed recommendations. The County Climate Change Fund (CCCF), first established in 2010, is one of Kenya’s most promising institutional responses to destabilizing climate change impacts, including frequent droughts and floods. Relying on principles of locally led adaptation, this climate finance mechanism enables
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Co-creating a vision for the production system of La Montañita 20 years from now: A territory of food, biodiversity and hope
By: María Claudia López (Michigan State University), Luz A. Rodríguez and Antonia Correal (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) The development of bioeconomy alternatives in Caquetá offers the possibility to transform a territory currently dominated by pastures into places where forests used to stand and demonstrate the value of local identities and “campesino” livelihoods in the Amazon. Developing bioeconomies in this Colombian region
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Promoting peace and climate resilience in a post-conflict region of the Philippines
Author: Marianne Gadeberg, Independent Communications Consultant In the post-conflict Mindanao region, Philippine authorities are working to reintegrate into society thosee communities living in former rebel strongholds. The CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR), in collaboration with Mindanao State University has conducted research, launched a community of practice, and put forward recommendations to ensure that new livelihood programs also foster