Breaking the 4th wall of climate migration

Developing policy and education capacity of local climate justice organizations in Somalia and Kenya GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorAli Watson SchoolsInternational Relations ODA countriesEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 9, Goal 16 Contrary to what is often conveyed in public discourse, climate migration is more than coastal communities being displaced by rising sea levels; climate … Read more

Beyond the Frontier

Towards sustainable livelihoods across the forest-agricultural interface of the Selva Maya in Mexico and Guatemala GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorRehema White SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesMexico, Guatemala Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 15 The Selva Maya forest of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala is of global importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well … Read more

Amazonian sustainable biological resources

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorProfessor Thomas Meagher SchoolsBiology ODA countriesAmazonian countries Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 4, Goal 15 The first aim of this project was to develop a stakeholder network to promote uptake of work supported through several stages of SFC GCRF funding to develop novel technology for biodiversity and land-use monitoring. Stakeholder engagement supported by … Read more

Integrated energy solutions in Malawi

Mitigating climate change and creating business innovation at intersections of the Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, and Entrepreneurship industries GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorDr Tim Raub SchoolsEarth & Environmental Sciences, Geography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesMalawi Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 9, Goal 13 In recent years, the World Bank has funded a number of data collection and feasibility … Read more

Valuing Intact Tropical Peatlands

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorKaty Roucoux SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesPeru Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 13 This work is studying the social, economic and cultural values of peatlands in the Peruvian Amazon to complement existing scientific research on the carbon content, ecology and formation of tropical peatlands in the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland Basin. It … Read more