Globally, mountain areas are facing numerous social, economic, and ecological challenges. The interplay of natural and social factors makes them complex social-ecological systems. To investigate a mountain setting in the Austrian Alps, we developed the resilient livelihood framework (RLF), relying on the sustainable livelihood framework and integrating the community resilience and ecosystem services concepts. This
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13 October 2021
Social-ecological resilience in remote mountain communities: toward a novel framework for an interdisciplinary investigation
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13 October 2021
GGGI and Qatar MME sign an MoU and funding agreement to promote climate resilience and green growth in Qatar
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By External SourceSEOUL, Republic of Korea, Oct 12 2021 (IPS-Partners) The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) of the State of Qatar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their joint cooperation to promote climate resiliency and green growth in the State of Qatar. The MoU
12 October 2021
Indigenous activists march in Washington to demand action on climate crisis – live
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Protesters urge US president to declare climate emergency US marks federal holiday of Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email The dichotomy of themes this holiday is surely summed up by this headline from Chicago: “69th Annual Columbus Day Parade Kicks Off Downtown; Indigenous Peoples Day Rally
12 October 2021
Mental Health at a Cost, Inequality
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Women are nearly twice as likely as men to suffer from mental illness, including depression. Credit: Unsplash /Melanie Wasser. By External SourceOct 11 2021 (IPS) World Mental Health Day was on October 10, 2021. The theme for this year was “Mental Health in an unequal World”. This is an appropriate focus given the extreme inequities
10 October 2021
Capsule of 1765 air reveals ancient histories hidden under Antarctic ice
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Polar Zero exhibition in Glasgow features sculpture encasing air extracted from start of Industrial Revolution An ampoule of Antarctic air from the year 1765 forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition that reveals the hidden histories contained in polar ice to visitors attending the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow. The artist Wayne Binitie has spent
9 October 2021
Give us action on climate not just words, say developing nations ahead of Cop26
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Demand for G20 to ‘step up’ with tougher emissions reduction targets and financial aid for poorest Developing countries are calling on the G20 group of advanced economies to come forward urgently with stiffer targets on greenhouse gas emissions, and financial aid, to make this month’s UN Cop26 climate summit a success. Simon Stiell, climate and
8 October 2021
Pandemic Highlights Urgent Need to Improve Sanitation in Brazil
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Many people living on the banks of rivers in the Amazon rainforest live in stilt houses over the water. Water into which garbage and other waste is dumped – the same water that is used for human consumption, with important consequences on their health, whose magnitude was underlined by the Covid pandemic. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS
6 October 2021
Stop Calling the Military Budget a ‘Defense’ Budget
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Credit: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) By Norman SolomonSAN FRANCISCO, USA, Oct 6 2021 (IPS) It’s bad enough that mainstream news outlets routinely call the Pentagon budget a “defense” budget. But the fact that progressives in Congress and even many antiwar activists also do the same is an indication of how deeply the mindsets
6 October 2021
Australia must increase 2030 emissions target to help avoid ‘catastrophic’ heating, Samoan PM says
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Fiame Naomi Mata’afa says Australia needs to come ‘come back to climate financing table’ at Cop26 Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Australia needs to increase the ambition of its 2030 emissions reduction target and “come back to the climate financing table” at the looming Cop26 talks in Glasgow, according to
6 October 2021
Planning reform is tearing the Tories apart. But the system is fixable
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It is a truism that Britain needs more houses. As the population has grown, average household sizes have fallen—from four before the Second World War to 2.4 today, the result of greater longevity, more single parents and more independent lifestyles. Much of our housing stock is in the “wrong” place—too many people want to live