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Alec Crawford

Alec Crawford

Author at IISD Reporting Services at International Institute for Sustainable Development

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    Recent Articles

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    The NAP Process and Peacebuilding

    This briefing note explores the importance and difficulties of bringing adaptation planning and peacebuilding agendas together in contexts of fragility and instability. It will also highlight some of the countries that have already begun to integrate conflict considerations into their adaptation planning processes.
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    The Environmental Consequences of COVID-19 in Fragile States

    The world now faces the risk of a dramatic rise in hunger, barely 12 years after the devastating food price crisis. What can be learned from the past?
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    Paying For It: How governments can help the private sector overcome...

    Private sector engagement will be essential to the success of the NAP process, whether through direct financing or active participation in adaptation actions. Governments can play a key role in enabling this private sector engagement by promoting a number of enabling factors.
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    Climate Change and Conflict: Lessons from community conservancies i...

    This report is based on the findings of research carried out in two community wildlife conservancies in northern Kenya, demonstrating how climate change is affecting the distribution and prevalence of natural resources in Kenya.
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    Migration and Conservation: A toolkit for conservation and developm...

    This toolkit helps conservation practitioners assess the impacts of human migration on critical ecosystems.
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    Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action in Uganda

    This report summarizes the climate risks and vulnerable sectors in Uganda, providing an overview of its current and upcoming efforts to implement climate change adaptation policies and initiatives at the national and sub-national levels.
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    Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation Planning Processes

    This study aims to offer guidance to governments and their partners on how to engage the private sector in the NAP process.
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    Innovation in Mining: Report to the 2018 International Mines Minist...

    This report highlights the pressing need for innovation in the mining sector, as productivity has decreased by 30 per cent, commodity price fluctuations are squeezing profit margins and costs continue to rise.
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    Migration and Conservation in the Lake Albert Ecosystem (Policy Brief)

    Migration is playing a significant role in the deterioration of the Lake Albert ecosystem in Buliisa District, as migrants, mainly coming from neighbouring provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are pulled to the region by the economic opportunities.
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    Biodiversity Is in Crisis—Here's one way to fix it

    A growing movement of projects and partnerships is using locally driven and gender-responsive nature-based solutions to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Scaling up this work to match the urgency and reach of the crises will be a challenge—but it’s one we must embrace.
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    Canadians benefit when we invest in nature and resilience abroad

    As Canada unveils a spring economic update, its international support of climate action and nature protection is under growing strain—and scrutiny.