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Bill Breed and Children

Climatelinks Champion Bill Breed Reflects on 22 Years of the COP, Opportunities to Continue Building on the Momentum

November 9, 2016
Jamie Carson
Climatelinks Champions
With the 22 nd Conference of Parties (COP) ongoing in Marrakech, Bill Breed reflects on his COP involvement since its early days, having participated...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, climate policy, emissions, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, sustainable landscapes, Training
Geography: 
Global
Ashley King exploring the mountains of Tajikistan , while serving in the USAID Mission to Kazakhstan in 2012.

Climatelinks Champion King Traded Science for Policy and Chance to Explore

August 2, 2016
Anne Usher
Climatelinks Champions
Ashley King had spent the morning driving high into the Pamir Mountains with a friend and a driver when they came across a bustling bazaar on an...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, carbon, climate change integration, climate finance, Climate Risk Management, emissions, mitigation, resilience, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia, Global, Africa
Dani Newcomb on top of one of the 15 volcanoes she has hiked in Guatemala

Climatelinks Champion Newcomb Assists Communities, Explores Far-Flung Places

July 6, 2016
Anne Usher
Climatelinks Champions
Video games didn’t feature large in Dani Newcomb’s childhood. “I played a boardgame called Save the Whales,” she says with a laugh over coffee. It’s...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate change integration, Climate Risk Management, climate screening, disaster, forest/forestry, water
Geography: 
Asia, Latin America & Caribbean
Montserrat Acosta

Dominican Roots Make Country Climate Work More Meaningful for Acosta

May 3, 2016
Anne Usher
Climatelinks Champions
Growing up in the Dominican Republic , Montserrat Acosta was exposed to some families with great wealth and others that “barely have enough money to...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate policy, coastal, urban, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean
Ellen Dragotto

Engendering Utilities for a Better Tomorrow

March 8, 2016
Anne Usher
Climatelinks Champions
This blog (posted in March 2016) is in memory of Ellen Dragotto, who passed away peacefully on Thanksgiving Day, 2016, after a courageous battle with...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, gender, infrastructure, mitigation
Geography: 
Global