Expert Consultation on Pro-poor and People Centered Climate Change

• Workshop Summary (PDF 128K)
• Agenda and Participants List (PDF 120K)
• International Conference on Rights, Forests and Climate Change

The effect of climate change on poor people is an area of serious concern for many organizations in the development and environment fields. But addressing this requires going beyond technical factors to developing a much greater understanding of the effects specific adaptation and mitigation measures will have on the livelihoods of the poor. These, in turn, are heavily influenced by institutions at the global, national, and local level. Much of the emphasis has been on global‐level institutions, but there is a need for much greater attention to developing or adapting institutional frameworks at the national and local level, and how institutions from different levels are connected.

The consultation aimed at unpacking the concept of pro‐poor climate change and discussing possible collaborations and ways forward to ensure that both social and environmental concerns are addressed when devising responses to climate change.

The participating organizations presented summaries of their activities in this area:

Amazon Alliance
Trevor Stevenson, and Juanita Cabrera-Lopez
Full Text (PDF 99K)

CGIAR Systemwide program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi)
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Full Text (PDF 108K)

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Kris Genovese
Full Text (PDF 108K)

Forest Trends and The Katoomba Group
Carina Bracer
Full Text (PDF 159K)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Cheryl Morden
Full Text (PDF 116K)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Claudia Ringler, and Gerald Nelson
Full Text (PDF 104K)

Rights and Resources Initiative
William Sunderlin
Full Text (PDF 109K)

World Bank, Social Development and Agriculture and Rural Development
Nicolas Perrin
Full Text (PDF 159K)

World Resources Institute (WRI)
Heather McGraw
Full Text (PDF 100K)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Full Text (PDF 81K)

Oxfam America
Full Text (PDF 99K)