Josephine Castillo is a grassroots community leader and organiser with DAMPA in Manila, Philippines, a country that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. She has worked extensively on a number of key urban poor issues, including reversing forced eviction and involuntary relocations, ensuring land and housing security for poor communities, and advocacy for the pro-vision of basic services in urban poor communities. With the support of the Foundation, Josephine has participated in a number of high-level climate events and media engagements to represent the voices of the most vulnerable people. New York, September 2014.

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Smallholder Farmers in Uganda and the Impacts of Climate Change

Posted on 3rd December 2012

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Smallholder Farmers in Uganda and the Impacts of Climate Change

In Uganda, smallholder farmers are already feeling the impacts of climate change. Changing rainfall patterns are affecting key rights such as the right to food and the right to health, with farmers being forced to take risks with their livelihoods.