IDRC grantees to convene at the 2024 Global Development Conference in Fiji
IDRC partners building climate resilience in the Pacific and beyond
The Pacific Islands are in the region of the world that is most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as sea-level rise, flooding and storms, making environmental change the single greatest risk to Pacific people’s wellbeing.
Building resilience to climate change is the focus of the 2024 Global Development Conference taking place on November 26-28, 2024, in the small island state of Fiji. At the event, IDRC-supported research teams will showcase innovative climate solutions. Several IDRC grantees will also engage in shaping the dialogue on climate programming in the Pacific region and beyond.
Anshu Sharma, co-founder of STS Global and SEEDS and a team member in an IDRC-funded project on climate migration, will be a keynote speaker at the conference.
Three distinguished research fellows from the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4DM) initiative have been selected to participate in the conference. K4DM, a partnership between IDRC and Global Affairs Canada, aims to nurture a new generation of young actors to promote inclusion, gender equality, respect for diversity and prosperity for all in Myanmar.
The participating research fellows are:
- Zar Chi Oo, a co-author of the book Triple Crisis in Myanmar: Coup, Covid & Climate Change
- Akib Jabed, research and capacity development coordinator at the Asian University for Women’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Health, for the project Capacity building in cross-border areas of India and Bangladesh: Canada-Myanmar IDRC fellowships for ethnic Myanmar groups
- Saktum Wonti, research awardee for the Highland Institute’s Earthkeepers project.
As part of the conference, on November 28, government officials, private sector representatives and researchers from the Nature-based Climate Solutions in Aquaculture Food Systems in Asia-Pacific (AQUADAPT) initiative will gather for a panel discussion on aquaculture solutions in the Pacific region. AQUADAPT is a research partnership between IDRC and the Government of Canada. IDRC Senior Program Specialist Mélanie Robertson will moderate the panel discussion.
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