I2UD Promotes Resilience to Climate Change in Latin America Research Trip to Condega and Cartagena Alejandra Mortarini and Carolina Morgan conducted research trips to cities in Nicaragua and Colombia to further their study of urban adaptation to climate change. They met with local partners and met with community members and...
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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Research Trip to Condega and Cartagena
By Carolina Morgan, Research Associate, Globally, the subject of climate change has risen to the top of the development research agenda. International conferences, agreements, and publications are filling the knowledge gaps and flooding the literature with creative and innovative ideas for mitigation, adaptation and resilience. But when we drill down...
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Board Meeting 2013
I2UD’s annual Meeting of the Board commenced on May 3rd 2013 with a dinner at the Harvard Faculty Club. I2UD staff was pleased to welcome Members of the Board and esteemed guests including Joe Brennan, Mary Jane and Jim Lawson, Clemens Sels, John Sanger and Maria Vela, and Rene Pantalone....
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Mona Serageldin presents international development cases at UN-Habitat workshop for GCC officials
On May 28 and 29, 2013 in Amman, Jordan, the Gulf States Regional Office of UN-Habitat held a regional workshop for municipal high-level officials to discuss challenges and priorities for urban development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Dr Mona Serageldin was invited to comment on each...
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Belize First National Workshop Launches Local Level Planning Exercises
A team from the I2UD convened in Belize for three weeks in May in order to lead introductory training modules on urban planning. The workshops are the first in a series of workshops for local officials and community members in Belize, as part of the I2UD’s ongoing assistance to seven...
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