36 min listen
Building Climate Resilience in Pakistan’s High Mountain Regions
FromThe Bright Idea
ratings:
Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Nov 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The high-altitude mountainous regions of Pakistan are experiencing unprecedented changes in snowpack and water delivery due to climate change. Stanford’s 2019 Bright Award winner, Aisha Khan, implements on-the-ground projects to strengthen the adaptive resilience of unserved and underserved communities in these remote mountain regions.
Listen to Professor Buzz Thompson’s discussion with Ms. Khan to hear about how she empowers communities by helping them to plot their own development trajectories and build capacity for local stewardship, while also promoting gender equality by requiring that women make up at least 40% of the community decision-making board. Ms. Khan will also discuss her work at the national and international levels through her position as executive director of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change, a network of organizations and individuals working to promote climate related adaptation in Pakistan.
Listen to Professor Buzz Thompson’s discussion with Ms. Khan to hear about how she empowers communities by helping them to plot their own development trajectories and build capacity for local stewardship, while also promoting gender equality by requiring that women make up at least 40% of the community decision-making board. Ms. Khan will also discuss her work at the national and international levels through her position as executive director of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change, a network of organizations and individuals working to promote climate related adaptation in Pakistan.
Released:
Nov 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (8)
Can Environmental Cooperation Pave the Way Toward Peace in the Middle East?: Over 25 years ago, Gidon Bromberg and Munqeth Mehyar co-founded EcoPeace Middle East (ecopeaceme.org), a singularly unique organization that brings together Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians to advance regional peace and security through environmental sustainability. EcoPeace Middle East is the only collaborative organization of Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians, not only in the environmental field, but in any field. Mr. Bromberg has served as its Israeli co-director and Mr. Mehyar has served as the Jordanian co-director, spearheading resoundingly successful initiatives on water conservation and conflict resolution on the Jordan River, Dead Sea, and Gaza water and sanitation crisis. Join Professor Buzz Thompson in conversation with Mr. Bromberg and Mr. Mehyar on the persistent and new challenges they face in their efforts at cross-border conservation and why, even with tensions between the nations r by The Bright Idea