Climate change
New Publication: Large-Scale Transdisciplinary Collaboration for Adaptation Research
Cundill, G., Harvey, B., Tebboth, M., Cochrane, L., Currie-Alder, B., Vincent, K., Lawn, J., Nicolls, R. J., Scodanibbio, L., Prakash, A., New, M., Wester, P., Leone, M., Morchain, D., Ludi, E., DeMaria-Kinney, J., Khan, A. S. and Landry, M. (2018) Large-Scale Transdisciplinary Collaboration for Adaptation Research: Challenges and Insights. Global Challenges doi: 10.1002/gch2.201700132. Abstract: An increasing […]
Tags: #Adaptation #Climate change #Collaboration #Transdisciplinarity #Transdisciplinary
Sustainable Solutions for Global Warming
Ever wonder where you might find a collection of the evidence-based solutions to address global warming, which are also feasible in the policy world? Paul Hawken’s edited volume “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” (2017) is just that. The book presents 100 of the most sustainable solutions, and in case […]
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New publication: Designing Knowledge Co-production for Climate and Development
Harvey, B., Cochrane, L., Van Epp, M., Cranston, P., and Pirani, P.A. (2017) Designing Knowledge Co-production for Climate and Development. CARIAA Working Paper #21. International Development Research Centre: Ottawa. Abstract: Climate change poses significant global challenges. Solutions require new ways of working, thinking and acting. Knowledge co-production is often cited as one of the innovations needed […]
Tags: #Climate change #Development Studies #International development #Knowledge coproduction
New Publication: Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia
Cochrane, L., Cundill, G., Ludi, E., New, M., Nicholls, R. J., Wester, P., Cantin, B., Murali, K. S., Leone, M., Kituyi, E. and Landry, M.-E. (2017) A Reflection on Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia. Regional Environmental Change 17(5): 1553-1561. Abstract: The reality of global climate change demands novel approaches to science that are reflective […]
Tags: #Adaptation #Climate change #Collaboration #Policy #Transdisciplinarity
How Change Happens: Climate Change
Naomi Klien believes in the power of the people, and of collective action, to change the world. As outlined in “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate” (2014), she writes: “Slavery wasn’t a crisis for British and American elites until abolitionism turned it into one. Racial discrimination want a crisis until the civil rights movement […]
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Capitalism vs The Climate
Naomi Klien’s “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate” (2014) is not a case for how climate change is real or important to consider, it is a call to action. From a research perspective, I was not overly impressed with the book. However, a few chapters into my reading I realized I had approached the […]
Tags: #Capitalism #Climate change #Democracy #How change happens #Naomi Klein
David Suzuki Fellowships (3)
The David Suzuki Fellowship program will empower emerging scholars to tackle complex environmental problems. It will reduce financial barriers, provide mentorship and foster leadership and creativity so fellows can conduct research and engage and inform the public and policy-makers. AWARD A total of three fellowships are available, one in Montreal, one in Toronto and one […]
Tags: #Climate change #Energy #Fellowship #Indigenous knowledge #Renewable Energy
Funded MA: Decarbonization
Two MA funding opportunity at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Anthropocene and Decarbonization: Mapping the Controversies) We invite applications for two MA positions on “Anthropocene and Decarbonization: Mapping the Controversies.” Decarbonization (through the shift to ‘green energies’ and the enhancement of ‘carbon sinks’ in the form of forest conservation) are among the most important strategies being […]
Tags: #Climate change #Decarbonization #Green Energy #Mapping
Research Fellow: Cacao and Climate Change
This position is only open to candidates who have completed their PhD studies within the past 24 months and who are US Citizens / permanent residents or cocoa producer country nationals including: Africa (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, & Nigeria); Latin America (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, […]
Tags: #Agriculture #Biodiversity #Cacao #Climate change #Food Security
Post-doc: Climate Change & Governance
This post-doctoral opportunity will support research on Canadian and international climate change and flood risk governance. Policymakers have started to explore the adoption of “risk-based” approaches to disaster management—such as the use of risk assessments as a condition for disaster mitigation funding—and the expansion of private insurance to replace government disaster assistance. The post-doctoral fellow […]
Tags: #Climate change #Disaster Management #Governance #Mitigation #Risk
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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