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The Challenge In the Pantanal region of Brazil, one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, deforestation and replacement of ...

Conference Location: Brazil

The Challenge Increasing longevity and dropping fertility have led to population ageing in many countries, particularly in ...

Conference Location: Switzerland

Situated in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, Kibera is also the country’s largest slum. It is estimated to be home to anywhere from 200 ...

Conference Location: Kenya

The Challenge Colombia’s 100 000 smallholder cacao farms – traditionally run by rural families, often as part of cooperatives – ...

Conference Location: Colombia

The unprecedented outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in 2015 called for forceful action on multiple fronts. As of September that ...

Conference Location: Sierra Leona

The Challenge Despite having enshrined a right of access to adequate housing in its post-apartheid Constitution in 1994, South ...

Conference Location: South Africa

The Challenge The global water and sanitation crisis is pervasive, urgent and debilitating to those affected. About 780 million ...

Conference Location: India, Philippines

The Challenge About 15 500 smallholder farmers in Southern Bukidnon – one of the poorest areas of the Philippines – lack access ...

Conference Location: Philippines

Background Around the world, many children leave primary school without the reading skills needed to continue their education and ...

Conference Location: El Salvador

Background Two-thirds of Sub-Saharan Africa’s households live in rural areas on small, variable incomes. Barely able to afford ...

Conference Location: Kenya