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Scaling sustainable agriculture: multiplying the Farmer-to-Farmer Agroecology movement in Cuba

15/01/2021

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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This is the inspiring story of the Farmer-to-Farmer Agroecology Movement (MACAC) in Cuba. The movement has spread across Cuba and inspired over 200,000 farmers to take up agro-ecological farming practices. The story shows that it possible for a social movement to take sustainable agroecological farming systems to scale. Their experience counters the logic of conventional top-down approaches of agricultural extension and shows that locally specific solutions developed and disseminated by farmers themselves can provide […]

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Education resource

Stories of Climate Change: Learn and think about the impacts of the climate crisis on people’s lives

02/12/2019

3 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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Climate change isn't a looming crisis -it's a destructive force affecting millions of lives right now. And the people who have contributed the least to the climate emergency are suffering most. Life is already a struggle for poor communities. But climate change is making things so much harder. Droughts and floods are becoming increasingly frequent, […]

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Briefing note

Powering the Transition: World Bank and other IFI energy lending in Asia

10/10/2018

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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This year, the World Bank is holding its Annual Meetings in Asia. This is a region that will be key to the success of the global energy transition, and at the same time has much to lose if it does not happen fast enough, because its people are so vulnerable to climate change. The most […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2018: Assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment

03/05/2018

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate finance efforts by developed countries are at a critical juncture. There are only two years before the deadline by which developed countries have committed to jointly mobilize $100bn per year to support climate action in developing countries. This $100bn commitment has a pivotal role to play in supporting developing countries to reduce their emissions […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2016: Lifting the lid on progress towards the $100 billion commitment

03/11/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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In the global push to tackle climate change, international climate finance is essential. Climate finance, both public and private, helps developing countries adapt to climate extremes and develop in a low carbon way. This briefing examines reported international public climate finance flows, taking into account the funding commitments of developed countries under the United Nations […]

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Scaling sustainable agriculture: multiplying the Farmer-to-Farmer Agroecology movement in Cuba

Stories of Climate Change: Learn and think about the impacts of the climate crisis on people’s lives

Powering the Transition: World Bank and other IFI energy lending in Asia

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2018: Assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2016: Lifting the lid on progress towards the $100 billion commitment