Climate change is high on the international agenda these days. During the
UN Climate Change Talks in Bonn (1 - 12 June) politicians, experts and activists aim to make progress in the preparation of a Post-2012 Climate Change Agreement. Obviously, the toughest task remains to find a compromise between industrialized countries, emerging economies and the developing world.
Within our diverse Euforic network several of our members are very active in the field of climate change. This is a good opportunity to present an overview of their activities.
Advocacy on climate change aims to influence the ongoing climate change negotiations on the regional and global level. Organisations involved wish to influence policy processes in a strategic way and make sure that the interests of the developing world are heard.
CIDSE is mainly engaged in the campaigning activities towards climate justice and a comprehensive new Climate Change Agreement. During the Bonn Climate Change Talks the network presents its report on the importance of adaptation technology for the Post-2012 Climate Agreement and - amongst other activities - organizes a video conference between Southern experts and conference participants on the issue of disaster risk reduction and adaptation.
APRODEVs Working Group on Climate Change and
Concord are focusing on strategically influencing EU policies aiming to ensure that they are coherent with stated poverty eradication and development policies.
Research on climate change focuses on the impact of the phenomenon on the environment and livelihoods as well as on adaptation strategies to cope with these effects.
A research program of
IDS is looking at cross-cutting issues between climate change and adaptation, policy, low carbon growth, building of networks and knowledge sharing as well as at training, teaching and mentoring. During the Bonn conference IDS organizes a panel discussion on 'Strengthening knowledge sharing on climate change adaptation in Africa'.
Also the Danish Development Research Network (
DDRN) prioritizes climate change in its research. As well as the Danish Institute for International Studies (
DIIS) whose research activities focus on the issue of climate change from a number of different perspectives ranging from security and international politics to trade, development, and livelihood.
ISS looks at the effects of climate change on resources, the environment and livelihoods. And
ODIs research is trying to identify how increasing knowledge of the science of climate change impacts can be used to understand potential implications for developing countries, particularly in social, economic and political terms. Secondly it looks at how to ensure that emerging climate change mitigation and adaptation policies work for the poor.
Training courses provide services for policy makers to increase their knowledge on climate change and the international policy processes and negotiations.
DIPLO, the training institute for diplomacy, recognizes the importance of climate change negotiations on the global and regional level and developed a training course for diplomats and government officials involved in climate change policy processes.
Latest
news, research and policy documents on Climate Change and related topics are provided by several Euforic members:
- EADI - Information portal on climate change and energy
- ECDPM - Newsfeed on climate change and development
- IPS - News alert on climate change
- ILEIA - Dossier on climate change, rural development and agriculture
Policy perspectives are given by the public institutions among our membership.
FINNIDA focuses on the Clean Development Mechanism and its political dimension as well as on the nexus between gender and climate change.
The
Annual General Meeting which Euforic organizes alongside the meeting of EADIs Information Management Working Group takes place in Copenhagen from the 10 - 12 June. The meeting will shed light on the challenges of climate change and communication. See Mike Shanahan (
IIED) talk about this issue:
by Martin BehrensSee also Euforic newsfeeds on
climate change;
information/knowledge, and from the
2009 annual workshop
This autumn there are a number of meetings organised by MDF Training & Consultancy, the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and Vice Versa to contribute to the discussions for the formulation of new policies for Dutch development policy from 2010 onwards. It is a continuation of the conference 'Understanding Development Better' of last August and related to the DPRN process on the future architecture of the Dutch development cooperation.
