Environment/Climate change

Umeå kommun – Chan-ba
December 16, 2019
The project energy saving innovation in Urban housing will tackle the joint challenges of raising awareness/knowledge, engagement and participation in the perspective equality and democracy and how that can be a driver regarding energy saving actions and sustainable indoor environment in urban housing. By gathering project implementers linked to this field and relevant stakeholder we aim…
Sjuhärad and Da Nang, Vietnam
September 10, 2019
Project: Making Da Nang an Environmental City Globally targets and agreement are developed without clear instruction on how to strategically implement and measure the improvements. The consequence is that for example Agenda 2030 is not fully implemented in the local context. There is a need to increase the understanding and knowledge on how to strategically…
Is there a win for conservation, livelihoods and governance?
December 18, 2018
This study compares previous biodiversity data from these sites with current forest measurements and data gathered through social science methods including semi-structured interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions in two communities adjacent to the forest reserve. Results show that although still controversial for conservation efforts, Broussonetia papyrifera can support the regeneration of indigenous…
In the eye of the storm
November 26, 2018
A gendered study on climate change adaptation in small-scale farming in Thái Bình, Vietnam. Vietnam is one of the countries in the world that is projected to be most impacted by climate change. Extreme weather events such as storms and floods are predicted to increase with the changing climate. As such, climate change adaptation is…
Outmigration, Development, and Global Environmental Change. A Review and Discussion of Case Studies from the West African Sahel
October 16, 2018
This working paper gives an overview over literature on emigration from the West Sahel, with a selective focus on resource-dependent livelihoods and how they are connected to outmigration from the Sahel, especially regarding Senegal and Niger. To complete the picture, we also cover some studies on urban population groups and regions beyond the Sahel, although…
Malmö and Lusaka, Zambia
July 12, 2017
Project: Youth for Change Lusaka and Malmö are two cities with a young population. Together we have identified a need to develop better strategies for youth participation to make use of the potential and perspectives that young people possess. Inclusive processes will provide us with better policies, better decisions and increase local democracy. This is…
Umeå kommun – Kajiado County
January 10, 2017
The city of Umeå and Kajiado County Government have established a collaboration in an inception phase financed by the ICLD. The project described in this application aims at strengthening the capacity within the Kajiado County Government in the area of integrated environment systems for waste and water management. The application is based on a thorough…
Sustainable Kota Palu
September 20, 2016
The overall objective is to help the city of Palu in undergoing a rapid development and change. The urbanization is rapid and will explode in the future, related to the changes of the status of the city of Palu to one of two economic zones in Indonesia. Palu has to face a fast growing population…
Renewable Energy Pilot
September 20, 2016
The overall objective of the project is improved organizational structures and preparedness for energy-related issues. With the help of this project we see that in 10-15 years the following has happened: When the project is finalized, both Gävle Energi and Buffalo City will have exchanged methods for improving energy efficiency, established pre-requisites for implementation of…
Solid Waste Management
September 20, 2016
The local governments of Åmål and Manafwa municipalities have identified environmental management as one of the priority areas for municipal partnership. The key area of the cooperation is capacity building in the field of environmental planning, including elaborating on appropriate methods and tools for administration and management of environmental strategies and actions and this is…