SEI Affiliated Researcher
The primary purpose of this project is to inform national-level policy debates on the role of the natural environment within challenges of development, poverty reduction and climate change adaptation in Nepal, Tanzania and Belize.
National governments, donors and civil society are increasingly seeking guidance for the support and delivery of climate adaptation.
Given previous failures to integrate environmental concerns into national development planning and with MDG 7 being far off track, there is a critical need to provide early and consistent country-driven recommendations for integrating environmental and poverty concerns into emerging initiatives on climate change adaptation.
The primary purpose of this research, commissioned by WWF UK and working with WWF staff in 3 countries, is to inform national-level policy debates on the role of the natural environment in meeting the inter-related challenges of development, poverty reduction and climate change adaptation – with a focus on Nepal, Tanzania and Belize.
Undertaking this research is to help strengthen WWF’s understanding of the need to shift from the traditional ‘restore-and-maintain’ approach, commonly taken in conservation, to a ‘managing-for-change’ approach under adaptation – recognising what differences in approach are needed to deliver under a dynamic climate.
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