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Conversation with Norman Solomon, War Made Invisible

Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political and media analyst Norman Solomon as they discuss Solomon’s important new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military…

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Domestic Violence Awareness in Cameroon: A Project by ICRIDEV

The international Centre for Research, Inter-Religious Dialogue and Development joins the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon to say “No to Domestic Violence”. It is an issue of concern…

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Project Tujenge: Solar-powered water purification

In 2022, the University of Pretoria's "Team Tujenge" earned second place in the international student competition “Universities for Goal 13” for their small-scale,…

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Case Study: Monitoring and evaluation of EbA actions in South Africa

This video presents a case study from Conservation South Africa, where they used the “Stewardship approach” to protect degrading rangelands and critical endangered ecosystems. The…

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Case Study : Charity-Based Microfinance - Islamic Relief Worldwide

Islamic Relief works in over 40 countries – fundraising in the global North and implementing humanitarian and development projects in the Global South, including microfinance in 10 countries in…

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Exclusion and inequality in South Africa

South Africa has generally experienced economic growth since its transition to democracy in 1994, but has not seen the type of attendant gains in welfare one might have hoped for. These have been…

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Broad-based growth in Ethiopia

This video introduces you to a real-world case of inclusive development using the growth experience of Ethiopia, with an introductory remark followed by an outline of key growth patterns and sources…

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Transboundary Water Agreements

On 19 January 2021, Global Water Partnership and Wuhan International Water Law Academy (IWLA) organized the first event of the "transboundary freshwater security governance train" session…

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Nature’s solution to landslides: a case study from Kenya

This video is the second video of unit 2.2 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are…

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Case study: Accessing Adaptation Fund for the Lake Victoria Transboundary Basin

This case study illustrates experiences of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission on how to access the Adaptation Fund. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Case study: Green Climate Fund: Programme for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (PIDACC) in the Niger Basin

In 2018, the Green Climate Fund approved PIDACC in the Niger basin. This video illustrates a story from the Niger Basin Authority that played a key role in developing this program. This video is…

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Case study: Transboundary Water Cooperation in SADC Region

This case study reflects on the policy and institutional framework in the South African Development Community (SADC) region. Most importantly, this video highlights the SADC Protocol of 2000, which…

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Case Study: Water Cooperation and Peace in West Africa

This case study presents two river basin organizations (RBOs) in West Africa, the Senegal River Basin Development Organization (OMVS) and the Gambia River Basin Development Organization (OMVG), and…

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Agricultural Intensification in Koutiala, Mali

Ken Giller presents an example of a region where sustainable agricultural intensification is key. This video was recorded in Koutiala, Mali, in early March 2019. This video is licensed under the CC…

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Q&A | Martin Visbeck & Jacqueline Uku | 2020 May 14

This live Q&A session took place on May 14, 2020, and answered questions related to the UN Decade of Ocean Science, ocean governance, ocean literacy, and the impact of COVID-19 on the ocean. …

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Voices from the Field | Claudio Acioly, Jr., UN-Habitat

Architect and urban planner Claudio Acioly, Jr., is the Head of the Training and Capacity Development Unit of UN-Habitat, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In this Voices from the Field video, Claudio shares…

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