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  • Backdraft #7: Janani Vivekananda on What Renewable Energy Projects Can Learn From Oil, and Future-Proofing Humanitarian Responses

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  April 21, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    Janani-smallAs more and more development and humanitarian programs contend with climate-related problems, there are important lessons learned from past experience that should not be forgotten, says Janani Vivekananda, formerly of International Alert and now with adelphi, in this week’s episode of “Backdraft.”

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  • Backdraft #6: Jesse Ribot on Why It’s So Important for Climate Interventions to Work Through Local Democracy

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  April 7, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    Ribot2-smallIn a research project spanning more than two dozen case studies on environmental governance in 13 sub-Saharan African countries, Jesse Ribot, professor at the University of Illinois, and colleagues found that while many forest management projects claimed to be working with communities, they were in fact undermining local democracy in various ways.

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  • Backdraft #5: Ken Conca on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Water Conflict and Cooperation

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  March 24, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    Conca-smallIn international development, conflict is often used as shorthand for violent conflict, and avoiding conflict is considered a priority. But “it’s important to recognize that conflict is not always bad and cooperation is not always good,” says Ken Conca in this week’s episode of “Backdraft.”

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  • Backdraft #4: Edward Carr on Climate Response, Motivations, and the Value of Ethnographic Research

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  March 10, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    Carr-smallUnintended consequences from climate interventions are often the result of not understanding decision-making at a granular enough level, says Edward Carr in this week’s “Backdraft” episode.

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  • Backdraft Episode #3: Kimberly Marion Suiseeya on Voice, Justice, and Representation

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  February 24, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    kim-small“If we think sustainable development is the goal we want to achieve, we have to be radical in elevating those who have been traditionally excluded,” says Northwestern University’s Kimberly Marion Suiseeya in this week’s “Backdraft” episode. “We have to approach conservation and global environmental governance from the perspective of the invisible and the marginalized people.”

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  • Backdraft Episode #2: Stacy VanDeveer on the New Energy Economy and the Fate of Petro States

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  February 10, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    stacy-smallA “green economy,” an energy sector composed entirely of renewables, is the goal of many. But we haven’t thought out the full implications of that change, says Stacy VanDeveer, professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, in this week’s “Backdraft” podcast.

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  • New “Backdraft” Podcast Series, on the Peace and Conflict Consequences of Climate Responses

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    Backdraft podcast  //  Friday Podcasts  //  January 27, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi

    geoff-43The science is clear: To prevent major disruption, the global community must take steps to address climate change. But it is also increasingly clear that efforts to address climate change can have major effects on societies that are not always anticipated.

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  • Backdraft Revisited: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

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    From the Wilson Center  //  January 12, 2017  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi
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    Whether or not we respond to climate change – and the security implications of that decision – is a major public policy question. But increasingly experts are paying closer attention to how we respond.

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