CBA9 highlights: day one
Highlights from the first day of the 9th International Community-Based Adaptation Conference (CBA9) on measuring and enhancing effective adaptation to climate change, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 24-30 April 2015
- Welcome to #CBA9. We're all set up for the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation pic.twitter.com/bIwBIiMkRd
ICYMI: Here's a round-up from the three days of #CBA9 pre-conference field trips --> https://storify.iied.org/cba9-highlights-field-trips-and-pre-conference-act … pic.twitter.com/Api9KQwn79
BLOG: With #CBA9 under way, @katewilson55 outlines why our coverage is so important --> http://www.iied.org/how-be-heard-cba9 … #comms pic.twitter.com/UAqFsE0KyZ- VINE: The fantastic Nairobi choir sings as guests take their seats for #CBA9 opening session --> https://vine.co/v/eWdwzlVnYmi
The IIED comms team is ready & raring to go for #CBA9. @katewilson55 & @mattjobob will be providing coverage https://twitter.com/Dave_Steinbach/status/592566462826553344 …- The pre-#CBA9 welcome entertainment has really gone up a notch - in drama and volume! --> https://vine.co/v/eWdxuLg6hWd
- And we’re off! @SaleemulHuq welcomes guests to #CBA9 and asks for one minutes silence to remember friends and colleagues in Nepal
- Atiq Rahman now speaking & explaining that CBA to #Climatechange started as spontaneous actions from local communities #CBA9
There must be a 50/50 balanced distribution between #adaptation & #mitigation funds allocation - Atiq Rahman #CBA9 #climate @KenyaCIC
- Women's priorities and needs require special attention says Simon Carter @IDRC_ROSSA @IDRC_AFRIQUE at #CBA9
- Tom Owiyo @AfDB_Group says 2015 immensely significant in global development and #CBA9 couldn't have come at a better time!
“At @IDRC_CRDI we believe that if we are to accelerate impact and achieve scale we need to involve the private sector” @IDRC_ROSSA #CBA9- VIDEO: While the #CBA9 opening speeches continue, here's the first daily vlog from @SaleemulHuq --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjbbuxmfcWg …
- Why are we failing to attract the private sector to finance adaptation programmes? asks Tom Owiyo @AfDB_Group #CBA9
“I just want to be able to feed my family" Human face of #ClimateChange-Amb O’Neill quotes a Malawian farmer #CBA9 pic.twitter.com/pWV19IAsZ8- Powerful closing remark from @JPvanYpersele: Think about the children and their future in a warm climate #CBA9
- Next #CBA9 session about to begin, lead by @Susannahfisher. How can national frameworks support effective cba? Tweet us your thoughts!
- What does it really mean for communities to be resilient? asks @Susannahfisher in her #CBA9 plenary session
@Susannahfisher opens #CBA9 session on measuring linking & learning about #adaptation effectiveness across scales pic.twitter.com/OJmPqHmlVw
#CBA9 @DFID_UK cites #BRACED as model program for evaluation & learning @tommitchell_odi @RCClimate @endaenergylinks https://twitter.com/AdiBahadur/status/592616743606067202 …
PHOTO @Susannahfisher (left) leads the #CBA9 plenary session on what it really means for communities to be resilient? pic.twitter.com/82BnEKZsL5- Great 'fish bowl' session from @Susannahfisher where other participants are encouraged to take to the stage. @SaleemulHuq up first! #CBA9
- Great to see #CBA9 trending in Kenya. Important such community-based adaptation issues/debates get to wide audience https://twitter.com/trendinaliaKE/status/592608988136546304 …
- .@stephalidre now asks the panel questions sent in from the online community following #CBA9...#
#CBA9 presentation from the global twitter community, you dont need to be here at contribute @stephalidre @IIED pic.twitter.com/pJMRlhh4WV- .@CamillaIIED asks: "We know now that adaptation & building resilience needs local grounding, design and decision-making... (1/2) #CBA9
- (1/2) @CamillaIIED: "Can government & funders respond to this radical shift in where power and resources are needed?" #CBA9
- Interactive and thought provoking session from @Susannahfisher as she concludes and reminds that #CBA9 is just the start of the discussions
Talking #nutrition indicators at #cba9. Best quote: 1st must address historical nutritional inequality & its link to industrial agriculture.- We'll now be providing coverage of the @PlanGlobal session on gender and vulnerable groups. Starting with a game of life! #CBA9
Gender and vulnerable groups session- The voices of children need to be heard- example from @UNICEFZIMBABWE http://www.unicef.org/zimbabwe/media_15176.html … #CBA9
Excellent panelists & great interventions from the floor in session on gender, children & vulnerable groups at #CBA9 pic.twitter.com/uAp0DfxzBq
Evans Kituyi opens @CollabAdapt session at #CBA9 on climate information services for effective #adaptation @IDRC_CRDI pic.twitter.com/Sh9Q4RE2Bk
It's now story telling time at #CBA9! @RCClimate session encouraging participants to share and listen pic.twitter.com/s6PI985ERt- If you make eye contact shout 'jeepers'! Not the usual instruction given to conference participants! All part of @RCClimate session #CBA9
Bettina Koelle of @RCClimate doing session on learning from failure #CBA9 pic.twitter.com/Cqj0wnsh2J- Now back to Nairobi and the @RCClimate session where participants are sharing stories. Oh and whistling and stamping feet! #CBA9
- WATCH: Storytelling with a difference at #CBA9 --> https://vine.co/v/eWIV2bUXzx0
- Day one of the #CBA9 sessions drawing to a close as @SaleemulHuq thanks everyone for a great day
Great to see the local Maasai community visiting @SaleemulHuq at the @IIED exhibition stand #CBA9 pic.twitter.com/Xa9QQZdeJ8
I spoke at the opening of #CBA9 in #Nairobi today: here's the speech https://shar.es/1pjdLL via @ShareThis
Thanking all our co-sponsors for #CBA9 pic.twitter.com/U9MfhPVJZb
Dance show at dinner #CBA9 pic.twitter.com/wTwLwLzNni- Enjoying the official #CBA9 dinner with @IIED colleagues and new friends @mattjobob @Dave_Steinbach pic.twitter.com/tvvEudgjKQ
