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Climate & Water Security: Vulnerable Communities in Peri-urban India

There are many vulnerable communities around the world whose livelihood challenges are exacerbated by climate change. In this blog post, I would like to introduce readers to the problems of peri-urban communities. In India, peri-urban communities live at the fringes of highly concentrated urban centers, in high-rise apartment complexes and…
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February 3, 2020
Director’s Corner: The Oceans Cradle All Life on Earth & Require Immediate Protection & Restoration Director's CornerSDG14SDG6Updates

Director’s Corner: The Oceans Cradle All Life on Earth & Require Immediate Protection & Restoration

“It ought to be hard for a species that occupies roughly 10% of the earth’s land to mess up 70% of the planet’s entire surface. Yet humans are well on the way to wrecking the oceans.” Jennifer Duggan, Time, February 4, 2019 Life on Earth began in primitive seas about…
Mike Kensler
April 12, 2019
Director’s Corner: Water: The Common Heritage of All Life on Earth Director's CornerSDG6Updates

Director’s Corner: Water: The Common Heritage of All Life on Earth

  “Basically, each of us is a blob of water with enough macromolecular thickening to give us some stiffness and to keep us from dribbling away.”  David Suzuki, geneticist and Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia Wow!  I never thought of myself as ‘a blob of water with enough macromolecular…
Mike Kensler
October 3, 2017