Blake Ratner

Exec Director, Collaborating for Resilience. @GEF STAP member. Multi-stakeholder dialogue for equitable environmental governance.

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

"The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed how the world works, communicates, and collaborates. The lockdown heightens problems of environmental degradation, environmental justice, and climate change adaptation. . ." Congrats to my colleague Matthew Penberth…https://t.co/JsMrEnrXD5

[Collaborating for Resilience @corechat]

As part of ongoing work with the Promise of Commons Initiative, members of the CoRe team and @FES_India have worked together to setup virtual interviews and seek insights from stakeholders involved in pastureland in Gujarat.

[CGIAR Policy Innovations @CGIARPolicy]

This webinar on Sept. 23 will introduce a new approach to assessing opportunities for research partnerships that navigate a complex terrain of power. Register now! 👉https://t.co/RcB2UqOtXH
@CGIAR @IFPRI @FISH_CGIAR @BiovIntCIAT_eng @D_E_Resnick @BlakeRatner @PipCohen @JMockshell

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

Eager to learn how multi-stakeholder dialogue can transform governance to get at the roots of environmental resource conflict, poverty and vulnerability? CoRe is recruiting interns for research, program development, and communications roles.
https://t.co/24lvaUYLdN

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

Tenure security for indigenous & community lands is not only a matter of justice and equity. It's "also a cost-effective climate mitigation measure for countries everywhere when compared to other carbon capture and storage approaches." @WRIGovernance
https://t.co/unqQczasAE

[Re.Think Talks - a podcast on resilience thinking @Rethink_Earth]

The amount of plastic in our ocean has been called “a planetary crisis”. Could marine plastic pollution be considered a threat to how the Earth functions? https://t.co/puIqXsFwEm @GRIDArendal @sthlmresilience @SwedBio @grp_resilience @thebalticeye @AfrozShah1 @UNEnvironment

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

@alanhudson1 @OpenGovHub @opengovpart Great to have the support of @OpenGovHub as #CollaboratingforResilience moves into its next phase, expanding partnerships and #CollectiveImpact!

[The Elders @TheElders]

“When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.” –Nelson Mandela. #NonViolenceDay

[Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience]

New on @Rethink_Earth - Complex challenges demand changes by actors at multiple scales; power, profit, and livelihoods are at stake. @BlakeRatner recounts his experiences of pursuing big, systemic change when people don’t agree what the problem is, or how to solve it. #globaldev

[IFPRI Research @IFPRIResearch]

Increasing social-ecological resilience within small-scale #agriculture in conflict-affected #Guatemala by Hellin @irri @BlakeRatner Meinzen-Dick @IFPRI @PIM_CGIAR Lopez-Ridaura @CIMMYT https://t.co/TnW2Al7xtK #openaccess

[The Elders @TheElders]

"Women refuse to be victims and are taking control" –Graça Machel in 2009 on the emergence of the women's peacebuilding movement.

Retweet and #WalkTogether with a Spark of Hope to tip the scales towards #JusticeForAll women on #IWD2018 https://t.co/jPNFbUVMvI #TimeIsNow #1325

[UN Women @UN_Women]

To continue @NelsonMandela’s legacy, join activists around the world who are fighting for gender equality! See what you can do: https://t.co/hHhGWO9efR #TimeIsNow #IWD2018 #WednesdayWisdom

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

"I've always believed ... that the only way you can achieve peace in an area is by creating a long-term ethical economy. Without economy, you can never have peace. People in conflict areas, they don't need charity money, what they need is a job." https://t.co/xgD3tFWDss

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

"The right to a healthy environment is a human right.” - Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís on adoption of the first binding regional agreement to protect rights of access in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean. https://t.co/nCMZfYkWPS …

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

How can collaborative efforts at environmental management contribute to peacebuilding? Find out, through a new massive open online course on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace, by UN Environment and partners. Impressive expert faculty -- and free! https://t.co/sWmo4TdxLj

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

A powerful visualization of global diversity and inequality... https://t.co/yqvAy897SZ

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

If 100 people lived on earth: #WEF18

—1 person has 50% of all money 💵
—56 people have no Internet access 🖥
—14 people cannot read 📚
—13 people have no clean water 🍵

https://t.co/DU26hATDEr

[CGIAR Policy Innovations @CGIARPolicy]

Can #NaturalResource competition be transformed to strengthen social-ecological #resilience & mitigate #conflict? Study by @BlakeRatner @WorldFish & colleagues @IFPRI @CIMMYT @IWMI @CGIAR @mcgillu @ELIORG examines cases from Africa, Asia, & Latin America https://t.co/ckSrK1hdkp

[WorldFish @WorldFishCenter]

Today is #WorldFisheriesDay, an opportunity to reflect on the importance of #sustainable and resilient fisheries. Click here to learn more about our work >> https://t.co/b96eEUzJ2z

[Blake Ratner @BlakeRatner]

Progress towards global food & #nutrition security and #climate resilience requires dialogue to break through patterns of inequality and waste. A pleasure to discuss the role of science in building the case for policy reform with HRH the Prince of Wales. #SDGs #GoodGovernance

[Daniel Vennard @venoir]

Look...food is central to achieving the 2030 SDG's. #SDGs #food #Sustainability #Climatechange @WRIFood