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Report from Kenya: The Nairobi Guiding Principles of 2009
24/04/09 12:35
So many critical
issues surround climate change adaptation (and so
much bad news keeps popping up from climate impacts
science), I sometimes find knowing where to focus
very difficult. But sometimes there is good news.
I’ve just returned from a very fast meeting in
Nairobi, Kenya, at the United Nations compound.
Under the sponsorship of the Danish government, a
new global framework and set of guiding principles
for climate adaptation has been created (available
as a PDF download). These principles are aimed
at three distinct audiences: participants in and
observers of the big UNFCCC CoP meeting in Copenhagen in
December 2009, those institutions that are
funding climate adaptation work
right
now,
and the international movement to define climate
adaptation theory, policy, and practice in
coming decades. Here, I will provide personal
reflections on my attendance on the discussions
leading up to, at, and beyond the Nairobi
meeting.
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