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'Our window to act is closing fast'
As UNDP’s Head of Climate Change Adaptation, Srilata Kammila works to support countries and communities’ efforts to build more resilient livelihoods, ecosystems, and economies in light of a changing climate. In an interview, she described what keeps her motivated and shares her hopes for the coming year as international negotiations gear up on ways to meet critical climate and nature goals.
Why is climate adaptation important to you?
Celebrating three decades of community leadership for the environment
Yoko Watanabe is Global Manager of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), which supports community-based efforts to address global environmental issues in developing countries. In an interview, she shared lessons from this work and reflected on her career path, which started with an internship at SGP when it was first established 30 years ago.
What do you enjoy most about your work?
'There is still hope for our planet'
Lauren Naville Gisnås is a Senior Advisor on environmental and climate-related issues at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and an Advisor to Norway’s GEF Council Member. In an interview, she reflected on the potential of global efforts to address marine litter, plastic pollution, and the impacts of climate change, and shared what inspired her from a recent visit to a GEF Small Grants Programme initiative in Indonesia.
'I work for the dignity of my community'
As an advocate for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, Joseph Itongwa works to ensure that planning around the Congo Basin’s natural resources involves those living in the forests. In an interview, he shared what his work as Director of the National Alliance for the Support and Promotion of Indigenous and Community Heritage Areas and Territories has taught him about community, leadership, adversity, and hope.
'We all learn from each other'
Gabriela Blatter is responsible for international environmental finance at Switzerland’s Federal Office of Environment, and represents seven countries – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan – on the Global Environment Facility’s governing body, the GEF Council.
'Why subsidize nature-negative behavior?'
Midori Paxton is a former journalist, humanitarian worker, and author who leads UNDP’s efforts to protect biodiversity and ecosystems in more than 130 countries. In an interview, she shared her motivations for working to place nature at the heart of economic and development planning and decision making, and to shift funding flows toward activities that help the environment rather than harm it. Her advice to young people who are passionate about these issues? Jump right in. “You can worry about a career path later.”
Building a space where finance and nature meet
Urs Dieterich is Managing Director of the Landscape Resilience Fund, a partnership of South Pole and WWF which supports climate-resilient sustainable farming and forestry projects in developing countries. In an interview, he reflected on his career path from student activist to conservation investor, and shared a roadmap for more climate-resilient food systems, supply chains, and economies.
What is the Landscape Resilience Fund and what does it aim to do?
Lessons from the long game of biodiversity conservation
Mark Zimsky wears two hats at the Global Environment Facility: he manages its biodiversity work globally, and its work in Latin America across all focal areas. In an interview, he reflected on how working on organic farms as a young man deepened and informed his interest in global environmental issues, and shared highlights from his more than 20-year career supporting GEF projects.
How did you get into this line of work?
Trabajando para marcar la diferencia generacional
Alba Verónica Vicenta Yacabalquiej Salanic es una defensora de la juventud, la igualdad de género y la gobernanza comunitaria de Xecam, un pueblo del altiplano occidental de Guatemala.
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