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Karen is an Adaptation Specialist at GCAP, currently working on climate information services, client-specific adaptation frameworks and GCAP’s Adaptation Academy. She writes about a variety of topis for the blog, among others Ecosystem-based Adaptation, GCAP's projects, events, and the Academy.

Jul
10

Adaptation Academy Alumni Feature: An Employer’s Perspective from Paul Watkiss & Our Alumna Adriana Quevedo

Adriana-Quevedo Adaptation Alumna Adriana Quevedo. Photo credits: A. Quevedo
Adriana exploring Oxford during the Adaptation Academy. Photo credits: A. Quevedo

In this small blog series, we want to give room to some of GCAP's Adaptation Academy graduates, to highlight their professional development in the fie...
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Jul
03

Adaptation Academy Alumni Feature: Cooperation to Enhance Indigenous Communities’ Adaptive Capacity

S-Africa-team-photo-23-Feb-17---Richtersveld-1 Some of the project team who all met with the Nama Tribe in Kuboes February 2017. From left: Karl Van Orsdol; Igshaan Samuels; Lesego Khomo (University of the Western Cape); Emily Harwit; Mmoto Masubelele and Melvin Swarts (grad student, UWC)
The inception phase with the Blood Tribe in Standoff, Canada. Photo by Igshaan Samuels

Academy alumnae and project team member Laura Shay Lynes. Photo rights: L. S. Lynes

  In this small blog series, we want to give room to some of GCAP's Adaptation Academy graduates, to highlight their professional development in ...
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Jun
27

3 Takeaways from the European Urban Resilience Forum in Bonn


This past Tuesday, 25 June, GCAP's newest team member, Karen, attended the European Resilience Forum in Bonn. A mix of representatives from municipali...
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Jun
14

Adaptation Academy Alumni Feature: Alvaro Fonseca

Alvaro Fonseca (photo owner)

In this small blog series, we want to give room to some of GCAP's Adaptation Academy graduates, to highlight their professional development in the fie...
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May
09

Successes in climate and sustainable development action: GCAP's role in supporting Ethiopia's Climate Resilient Green Economy initiative

Ethiopia_Lisa_Sollberger Photo Credit: Lisa Sollberger
From 2012-2013, GCAP, commissioned by the Global Green Growth Institute, supported the development of the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) initi...
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