Period: June – December 2021 Partner: Centre for People and Forest (RECOFTC) Project Overview: This project focused on strengthening the capacity of universities in Southeast Asia to advance gender-inclusive forest landscape governance. Covering seven countries—Lao...
By Basundhara Bhattarai | 18 September 2023 It was a fine day in July 2023 when I (along with my team members) was in a village in Timor Leste, situated northeast of Aileu town, a two-hour drive from the capital city of Dili. The road we travelled on was mostly...
Gender inequality is a serious global problem that is deeply rooted in our society, where discrimination starts before a child is even born. Gender biases have continuously created barriers for women throughout their lives and are usually internalised in a way that...
By Priyanka Gurung, Purnima Banjade | 5 Mar 2023 Water has been an essential aspect of human life throughout history, and the looming global water crisis is one of the most pressing issues humanity faces today. Despite access to clean water being recognised as a...
By Anusha Ojha | 03 Feb 2023 Knee-deep in seawater a few metres away from the shore, Tuvalu’s foreign minister Simon Kofe, gave an emotional and gripping speech in his address to COP26, with the hopes of drawing the world’s attention to the...
Priyanka Gurung | 9 November 2022 A lived reality “I lost my own son in this water a few days ago” (Mansoor, 2022). “Before the floods, we were busy farming and earned a decent living, but now, we have lost everything except our lives,” she said. “We are depressed and...
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Messages for Action Recognise the urgency of addressing losses and damages and expedite the pace of action. Look no further than the events of 2022 and 2023 to recognise the urgency. For example, the 2022 Pakistan floods displaced 7 million people and caused around...
Key Messages Mitigation and adaptation are at the center of global climate negotiations. However, as climate change impacts become more frequent and more severe, these two well-accepted pillars of climate policy are not sufficient. Burgeoning damage and loss from...
On 19 December 2024, a virtual knowledge sharing and feedback session was organised by IFSD for the awardees of grants from the Strengthening Loss and Damage Response Capacity in the Global South (STRENGTH) project. In this project funded by IDRC and...
Events
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. IFSD, in collaboration with its partners, including the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the International Development Research...
The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30th November 2023 to 12th December 2023. IFSD along with our partners International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), International Development Research...