'SouthSouthNorth (SSN) is a non-profit organization established in 1999 operating out of Cape Town, South Africa.[1] SouthSouthNorth is specialized in social development and climate change. SSN works to reduce structural poverty in places such as Latin America, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa by using community-based adaptation and mitigation initiatives and strengthening Southern capacity.[2] SSN promotes national and regional responses to climate change.[3]
The organization collaborates with partners who hold similar views on sustainable development.[4] SSN's goal is to increase the South's ability for sustainable development and to research solutions for climate change.[5]
In late 1999, during the inter-sessional Subsidiary Body meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany, Hélène Connor (HELIO International), Emilio La Rovere (COPPE Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Steve Thorne, and Stefan Raubenheimer met and formed SouthSouthNorth.https://southsouthnorth.org/about/#:~:text=SouthSouthNorth%20(SSN)%20came%20into%20being,on%20Climate%20Change%20(UNFCCC)%20in
Group activities started in 1999. Since 2001, the organization's operations have been formally organized to coordinate project activities in Asia, Latin America, and Southern Africa. Developing the South's ability for sustainable development and addressing global climate change are the two main objectives.[6]
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