{"id":1128,"date":"2015-01-14T08:36:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hw54cbnnbd.preview.infomaniak.website\/event\/conference-adressing-the-vulnerability-of-the-poor-to-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2015-01-14T08:36:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:36:49","slug":"conference-adressing-the-vulnerability-of-the-poor-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/transition-europe.eu\/en\/event\/conference-adressing-the-vulnerability-of-the-poor-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference “Adressing the vulnerability of the poor to climate change”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The presentation aims to explore the interrelationships between poverty and climate change<\/strong> from three angles.<\/p>\n

First, we present our broad conceptual framework of the co-evolution of poverty alleviation and climate change in growth trajectories, with as background the economic literature in the matter.<\/p>\n

Then, as development practitioners in India, we present our insights, garnered through personal experience and observations over time, at two levels:<\/p>\n

(i)  accompaniment of a set of rural poor as a social entrepreneur<\/strong>. After the tsunami of December 2004, Shyama Ramani founded <\/em>Friend in Need, a NGO active on the Bay of Bengal coast in Southern India. Over time it has evolved to become a rural incubator<\/strong> for training qualified personnel to man local micro-enterprises active in sanitation coverage<\/strong> and waste management<\/strong> in rural India;<\/p>\n

(ii)  accompaniment of public agencies<\/strong> by planning and implementation of designs for climate mitigation<\/strong> and adaptation as a consultant (based on inputs from Dr R. Venkataramani, Executive Director, ICF International).<\/p>\n

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Speakers<\/h3>\n