Climate change research in bilateral development programmes: experiences from India and Peru

Muccione, Veruska; Orlowsky, Boris; Allen, Simon K.; Huggel, Christian; Salzmann, Nadine; Montoya, Nilton; Randhawa, Surjeet Singh; Stoffel, Markus

doi:10.1080/09614524.2018.1559799

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Climate change research in bilateral development programmes: experiences from India and Peru

Muccione, Veruska University of Zurich, Switzerland
Orlowsky, Boris University of Zurich, Switzerland
Allen, Simon K. University of Zurich, Switzerland
Huggel, Christian University of Zurich, Switzerland
Salzmann, Nadine Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Montoya, Nilton University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, Peru
Randhawa, Surjeet Singh HIMCOSTE, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Stoffel, Markus Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

03.04.2019

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Development in Practice. - 2019, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 336–348

English This article reflects on the merits and shortfalls of bilateral research programmes aimed at strengthening climate change research capabilities, using the experience from two programmes, the PACC and IHCAP in Peru and India, respectively. The study highlights key aspects of these types of bilateral programmes, namely: capacity; performance, salary and appreciation; funding; bureaucracy and hierarchy; publishing; and data sharing. Furthermore, it emerged that these programmes would benefit from a more extensive consolidation phase of the research activities and partnership rather than rapidly transferring into out- and up-scaling phases.

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Faculté des sciences et de médecine

Department

Département de Géosciences

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