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10 Tips for Improving Our Online Meetings
March 18, 2020
CBI West Director Gina Bartlett shares a few tips that can help ensure that you are able to be productive and create value in an online environment.
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Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer Featured in Special Journal Issue
March 30, 2020
With support from CBI, the California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) launched the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer in 2018 to surface new and innovative ideas for research to prevent breast cancer, now featured in a new special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH).
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![Extractives & Climate Change: The Unspoken Community Impact]()
Extractives & Climate Change: The Unspoken Community Impact
February 26, 2020
Large-scale international projects hold promise for local community development; yet promises sometimes fall flat, and communities are left worse off. Climate change often compounds these negative impacts on communities, particularly in extractive projects. CBI Senior Mediator Merrick Hoben and Larry Dixon, Senior Consultant for Triple R Alliance, reflect on the structural factors impeding meaningful community engagement around project impacts, especially climate issues, in the extractives industry and the resulting implications.
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CBI Contract Position Opening: Climigration Network Manager
February 18, 2020
The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) is seeking applicants for a full-time contract position, Climigration Network Manager. Strong candidates will have demonstrated experience in collective action networks, facilitation, strategic thinking, project management, and fundraising.
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![CBI Facilitates IMF, World Bank, and UN Leadership Dialogue on Financing for Development]()
CBI Facilitates IMF, World Bank, and UN Leadership Dialogue on Financing for Development
February 13, 2020
CBI Managing Director David Fairman is working with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Boards of the World Bank and IMF to facilitate leadership dialogue on key financing for development issues.
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Local Pipeline Conflicts Go National
February 11, 2020
CBI and its partner Environmental Resources Management embarked on a project to determine better practices for addressing conflicts related to pipeline construction. The results of this project – practical, actionable approaches to addressing conflict – are outlined in our recently released report, "Stakeholder Engagement and Conflict Mitigation in Pipeline Construction."
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![Pipeline Construction: When Safety Goes Global]()
Pipeline Construction: When Safety Goes Global
February 11, 2020
CBI and its partner Environmental Resources Management embarked on a project to determine better practices for addressing conflicts related to pipeline construction. The results of this project – practical, actionable approaches to addressing conflict – are outlined in our recently released report, "Stakeholder Engagement and Conflict Mitigation in Pipeline Construction."
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CBI Position Opening - Project Support Administrator
January 21, 2020
CBI is seeking a highly motivated, talented individual to serve as a Project Support Administrator. The Project Support Administrator, expected to be full-time, will work on a range of administrative and project-based tasks to support senior staff across the organization.
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CBI 2019 Year-End Infographic
January 28, 2020
2019 was a busy and productive year for CBI. We had the opportunity to work with stakeholders throughout the U.S. and world on topics ranging from climate change to affordable housing. Please see highlights from 2019 in our year-end infographic.
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![Taking Our Headphones Off]()
Taking Our Headphones Off
December 15, 2019
In the midst of social and political upheaval in Chile, CBI’s Chile Director and Senior Mediator Betsy Fierman discusses the importance of actively listening to one another as a starting point for dialogue on some of the key reforms being called for by citizens. Riots erupted in Chile in mid-October in response to a metro fare increase and have led to more than a million people protesting and calling for a new constitution and improved pension, health, and education systems. Read Betsy’s account of her experiences on the ground in the midst of the unrest and insights on how Chile’s citizens might begin to engage in dialogue, across ideological differences, to help the country move forward.
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Winter 2019: Staff Updates
December 16, 2019
Congratulating our promoted staff and welcoming our new members.
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Winter 2019: CBI in Action
December 15, 2019
A snapshot of ongoing and recent work.
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