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Making sense of climate change – low carbon development
In my previous posts on climate change terminology, I wrote about mitigation and adaptation. Today’s post is about low carbon development.
Low carbon development involves social and economic development that does not add substantially to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It can involve similar activities as mitigation, such as investing in… Read more »
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Making sense of climate change – adaptation
In my last post I wrote about mitigation. In this post, I’ll talk about adataption.
Adaptation is more complicated. It involves strategies, an ongoing process, to ensure that people are not as affected by the climate hazards they face. For example, in places that are getting hotter and drier, capturing rainwater for… Read more »
Planting the seeds of climate change work
On my recent trip to Nigeria and Kenya I saw how VSO’s climate change work has a potential to deliver much greater assistance to those facing the impacts of climate change.
Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC) is the most comprehensive climate change programme we have undertaken. It was clear… Read more »
The best job in the world?
Sometimes I think I have the best job in VSO. Why’s that? It’s because I know that the work we do leads to long-term improvements on the lives of thousands of the worlds poorest people.
The Advocacy team here is at the centre of a web. We get news and stories from VSO staff from Read more »
