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		<title>This is why (by Felix Peniche)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rizab85</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure to attend the fourth agriculture day. This was a high end event with the heads of FAO, IFAD, CIFOR, WFP, business and NGOs. There were some learning events and I chose to attend one which was &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/this-is-why-by-felix-peniche/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=409&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The city of trust (by Tatiana Sokolova)</title>
		<link>http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/the-city-of-trust-by-tatiana-sokolova/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is now embarrassing to recall, but on the first day in Rio I was too afraid to take the underground; I thought that if I went down, I would never emerge on the surface again; I thought that the &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/the-city-of-trust-by-tatiana-sokolova/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=403&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another world is possible, but we cannot expect multinational corporations or governments to do it for us! (by Gloria Gallardo Fernández)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rizab85</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a meeting on the environment in Chile, organized by Universidad Central of Chile last April, 23-24, Per Gahrton, president of the Green think tank COGITO and former member of the European Parliament for the Green Party of Sweden, highlighted &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/another-world-is-possible-but-we-cannot-expect-multinational-corporations-or-governments-to-do-it-for-us-by-gloria-gallardo-fernandez/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=395&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hopes and dilemmas for Rio20 (by Rishab Khanna)</title>
		<link>http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/hopes-and-dilmammas-for-rio20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rizab85</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking in the streets of Rio takes me back home in India. The energy is affectionate and warm, and the spirit is infectious. In between the pristine Amazon and the ocean, the streets are buzzing with the anticipation of the &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/hopes-and-dilmammas-for-rio20/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=389&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Land and Life: Human Security through sustainable development (by Marit Widman)</title>
		<link>http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/land-and-life-by-marit-widman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rizab85</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I gave a presentation in the IofC event Land and Life: Human security through sustainable development, on the issue of land grabbing (or large-scale land acquisitions if you wish..) I talked in particular about the impacts on livelihoods in &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/land-and-life-by-marit-widman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=378&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stepping Back &amp; Stepping Up: a personal reflection</title>
		<link>http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/stepping-back-stepping-up-a-personal-reflection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>firyalmohamed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COP17 climate talks in Durban ended with mixed reactions and emotions. The deal? To establish a new body, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, to negotiate a new global agreement for emissions reduction by &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/stepping-back-stepping-up-a-personal-reflection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=348&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Durban strives to set an example for the COP negotiators</title>
		<link>http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/community-ecosystem-based-adaptation-durban-strives-to-set-an-example-for-the-cop-negotiators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jfhelgeson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here I am in Johannesburg International airport on a long layover before I return to London.  It is unclear how this last COP negotiation day will proceed.  When I left Copenhagen (COP 15) two years ago at the same &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/community-ecosystem-based-adaptation-durban-strives-to-set-an-example-for-the-cop-negotiators/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=331&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Change?</title>
		<link>http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/what-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rizab85</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The challenges we see in the UNFCCC ( United Nations Climate Change Convention), are not very different from the challenges we see among civil society, or the challenges we, the IofC team, have with living in Maria&#8217;s ( Our sweet &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/what-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=284&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Save Our Ship COP17: Courage and Hope in a Time of Urgency</title>
		<link>http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/busting-out-our-big-guns-courage-and-hope-at-sos17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>firyalmohamed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflecting as a rookie at the Conference of Parties (COP), the end of the first week has evoked many conflicting feelings. There is an overwhelming sense of excitement, motivation and inspiration that has been perverted many times along the way &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/busting-out-our-big-guns-courage-and-hope-at-sos17/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=293&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reunion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rizab85</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some times the COP could  be a crazy maze of people, where we could  loose  our way both physically and metaphorically. This is what happened to Hugh Montgomery ( a physician and a professor at University College London, and championing  &#8230; <a href="http://iofcenvironment.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/reunion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iofcenvironment.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10664086&#038;post=278&#038;subd=iofcenvironment&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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