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Climate Change, Gender Vulnerability and Zimbabwe
Claire Tighe ’13 Some quick thoughts and on the relationship between gendered vulnerability and climate change in Zimbabwe, as stated through the Heinrich Boll Stiftung report entitled, “Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Preparedness in Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Country Report 2010.” Download the report here. In 2010 the German Green Party published the aforementioned document outlining and evaluating the present state of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe. The report claims that current gender inequalities are compounding effects of climate change, “A deliberate and extensive effort is needed to integrate gender issues into Zimbabwe’s response to climate change. Gender disaggregated data on vulnerabilities is needed at both micro and macro levels. The accentuated vulnerability of women to climate change should be acknowledged, researched, and integrated in plannig and strategy building. Policy … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Environmental Politics, Key COP17 Issues
Just another acronym?
By Dani Thompson In 2002, the World Resource Institute published the report, “Building on the Kyoto Protocol: Options for Projecting the Climate.” Within this 250+ page document, there is a chapter by Harald Winkler, senior researcher at the Energy and Development Research Centre at the University of Cape Town, entitled “Sustainable Development Policies and Measures”. Like so many other climate change issues, this term was lovingly given an acronym, SD-PAM. The document, available here, looks at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change
“Top-Down” and “Bottom-Up”
By: Maggie Rees Often spoken about in climate negotiations is “top-down” and “bottom up” models for climate policy. Such models are included in overall approaches for climate negotiations. As COP17 reaches nearer and nearer, I am attempting to have a complete understanding of as many negotiation terms, models, lingo, articles, and any other information to be in full-awareness while in Durban. My focus on “top-down” and “bottom-up” models first started this past weekend spent in Washington, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change
“You have to celebrate nothing happening.” – Vajjhala
By Emily Bowie ’14 This past week the Global Mosaic students had the valuable opportunity to talk to government officials and scientists from Washington, DC about their jobs, experiences and their perspectives on both Climate Change and December’s COP 17. One of these delegates was Shalili Vajjhala, the Deputy Assistant Administrator to the Office of International & Tribal Affairs in the EPA. Vajjhala was one of the few women we heard from over the two days, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Politics, Featured, Key COP17 Issues
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