Agronomist researchers in Italy with a traditional approach to research wanted to raise awareness of nitrate levels in eco-systems. A “nitrate emergency” was declared in the 1990’s where levels of nitrates in drinking water were above safe levels. The response was compulsory reduction of the use ...
Harvey, Blane
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Ensor, Jonathan
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Garside, Ben
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Woodend, John
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Naess, Lars Otto
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Carlile, Liz
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[Shifting from a top-down research approach to ecosystem wide social learning and governance in managing nitrate levels]
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Shifting from a top-down research approach to ecosystem wide social learning and governance in managing nitrate levels
The potential for social learning to address complex, interconnected social and environmental challenges, such as climate change adaptation, is receiving increasing attention in research and practice. Social learning approaches vary, but commonly include cycles of knowledge sharing and joint acti...
Ensor, Jonathan
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Harvey, Blane
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[Social learning and climate change adaptation: evidence for international development practice]
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Social learning and climate change adaptation: evidence for international development practice
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and
Food Security (CCAFS1) is challenging its own community of scientists and partners to understand the importance of co-created knowledge in finding solutions to local climate change issues. Local communities dealing with the daily reali...
Carlile, Liz
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Ballantyne, Peter G.
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Ensor, Jonathan
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Förch, Wiebke
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Garside, Ben
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Harvey, Blane
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Patterson, Zachary
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Woodend, John
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[Climate change and social learning (CCSL): supporting local decision making for climate change, agriculture and food security]
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Climate change and social learning (CCSL): supporting local decision making for climate change, agriculture and food security
CARE International launched the five-year Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP) for Africa in 2010, implemented in Ghana, Niger, Mozambique and Kenya, in partnership with local civil society and government institutions. The programme seeks to identify successful approaches to Community-Based Adapt...
Global Futures aims to improve the capacity of the CGIAR centres to evaluate and prioritise research investments, and to support the decision-making of international development partners and national policymakers by giving those who work in agricultural development the kinds of information they n...
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) was established as a programme in 2009 by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) as a way to synthesise research and policy lessons from Latin America and discuss them with a global audience – as part of a responsible exit strategy fr...
Harvey, Blane
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Ensor, Jonathan
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Garside, Ben
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Woodend, John
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Naess, Lars Otto
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Carlile, Liz
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[Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA)]
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Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA)
Africa Adapt is an online/offline knowledge sharing platform that was designed to share local African knowledge and experience on climate change. It was set up after a scoping of partners, through a number of regional forums in Africa, to discuss the idea of a knowledge hub and to identify what w...
A website that informs and empowers practices on household energy, by addressing knowledge gaps, facilitating partnerships and fostering information sharing. The website tries to be a place where practitioners, policy-makers, funders, and business-owners actively pursue a cleaner, affordable and ...
Harvey, Blane
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Ensor, Jonathan
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Carlile, Liz
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Garside, Ben
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Patterson, Zachary
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Naess, Lars Otto
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[HEDON, the Household Energy Network]
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HEDON, the Household Energy Network
This working paper offers an overview of current theory and practice on climate change communication and social learning in the global South with a view of informing CCAFS strategy in this area. It presents a theoretical framework for understanding social learning and communication approaches and...
Harvey, Blane
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Ensor, Jonathan
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Carlile, Liz
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Garside, Ben
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Patterson, Zachary
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Naess, Lars Otto
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[Climate change communication and social learning - Review and strategy development for CCAFS]
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Climate change communication and social learning - Review and strategy development for CCAFS