Conclusions and Follow-up

As the conference concluded, several action steps were identified. As summarized by the Closing Session Chair, they are as follows: Revise the “Foundations for Effectiveness” document (previous version here) based on the conference inputs and circulate it to conference participants. Begin the process of creating an independent civil society advisory and auditing group to advise, [...]

Session 2: The role of land rights in facilitating adaptation and climate-resilient development

Jesse Ribot, Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Illinois, presented on Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation: Toward a framework of climate change action. He emphasized the different contributions of two analysis frameworks: impact, and vulnerability analysis. Impact analysis allows to identify the likely consequences of climate change under fixed conditions. It does explain the [...]