SouthSouthNorth

SouthSouthNorth (SSN) is a non-profit organization established in 1999 operating out of Cape Town, South Africa. 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. SSN promotes national and regional responses to climate change.

The organization collaborates with partners who hold similar views on sustainable development. SSN's goal is to increase the South's ability for sustainable development and to research solutions for climate change.

History
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.

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.

Works

 * 1) SouthSouthNorth (SSN) has fostered deep collaboration, partnerships, and policy and knowledge interventions to promote responses to climate change in Southern Africa.
 * 2) SSN also improves the availability of climate knowledge for poor nations by mediating formalized contacts between diverse stakeholders.
 * 3) SSN again helps decision-makers achieve development that is compatible with the climate through guiding the creation and application of policies
 * 4) SSN provide guidance to policy makers during the formulation and implementation process, enabling them to provide development that is climate friendly.