HC learning events

The learning events run by the Humanitarian Centre are seminars that bring together researchers and practitioners around key issues in international development.

Since September 2010 this has happened as part of the themed years that we run. See our current activity around Global Health for 2011-12.

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Past events…

Food Security in South Asia (Feb 2010)

South Asia has seen rapid economic growth and declining poverty, yet hunger rates remain high and in many parts are comparable to those in African countries such as Sudan and Ethiopia. The consequences of under-nutrition are severe – it constrains the cognitive and physical development of children, reduces human productivity and has adverse long-term impacts on poverty and economic growth. In the second seminar in a series organised by the Humanitarian Centre and hosted at Hughes Hall, academics from Cambridge and beyond came together with development practitioners and research students to discuss what has been dubbed the ‘South Asian Enigma’.

Links

For a summary of the event, please read our news article:

‘Tackling under-nutrition in South Asia‘ (11 March 2010)

You can also read the full report: Food Security in South Asia (PDF)

Also see: ‘Child undernutrition in Asia is a human rights issue’, Karin Hulshof

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Community-based adaptation to Climate Change

(Nov 2009)

Climate change is already having a dramatic effect on the way people live their lives, particularly in developing countries. Extreme weather shocks and altered seasonal patterns are fundamentally changing how communities access food and water and make their living. As global leaders prepared to gather in Copenhagen, the seminar focused on the efforts being made on the ground to adapt to climate uncertainty, and how these efforts can be supported by governments and development practitioners.

For a summary of the event, please read this news article:

‘Dealing with the results of Climate Change‘ (27 November 2009)

You can also read the full report: Community-based adaptation to Climate Change (PDF)

More links

‘Learning to adapt: why we need research on the health impact of climate change‘ by Paul Chinnock (December 2009)

CBA-X: Community Based Adaptation Exchange (online resource)