Climate change adaptation

CBA7: Day 3 highlights

Highlights from day three
24 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Missed our live blog and web cast? Here are some highlights from the third day of the 7th Community-based adaptation conference. We look forward to hearing from you tomorrow on the live blog of the fourth day of the conference.

CBA7: highlights from day two

Simulating community based resource mapping using Google Earth and indigenous knowledge for disaster management. Photo: ACCCRN
23 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Highlights from the second day of the conference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA7) in Bangladesh.

Challenging inequality is at the heart of climate change adaptation

A woman prepares food in a small cabin built on a mud embankment surrounding Padma Pakur island in Bangladesh.
23 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Gender
People won’t become more resilient to the impacts of climate change unless the underlying causes of their vulnerability are analysed and addressed.

CBA7: Highlights from Day One

A man carries goods along a raised embankment
22 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Here are some highlights from today's 7th conference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA7). We look forward to hearing from you tomorrow on the live blog of the second day of the conference.

Vulnerable communities tackling climate change are our best teachers

A woman fishing off the island of Padma Pakur.
19 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
The poorest communities (and poorest countries) are leading the world in learning about and practising adaptation to climate change. The rich would do well to learn from them.

CBA7: Live debate on climate change adaptation tweet-by-tweet

Considering the road ahead, now impassable for vehicles other than four wheel drives.
9 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Communication
Read highlights from a fast-moving live online chat on how the poorest and most vulnerable can act to adapt to climate change.

Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?

A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
6 March 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Policy and planning
Rwanda hopes climate change will provide an opportunity to secure additional climate finance. Will its new finance mechanism succeed?

Learning how to adapt to climate change: advocacy, training and capacity building

Participants in an ICCCAD course in Bangladesh. Photo: ICCCAD
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Participation
IIED works to help support southern countries as they adapt to climate change and the extreme weather events it brings. We do this by supporting partner organisations and experts that offer climate change adaptation training, advocacy and capacity building.

Responding to climate change in East Africa by strengthening dryland governance and planning

A camel grazes on a thorny tree in Niger.
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Drylands and pastoralism
Policy and planning
Strengthening local government capacity for carrying out good governance and effective adaptive planning is vital for resilient development in the face of changing climate. IIED and partners are testing and documenting different approaches in East Africa so lessons can inform policy and action in other drylands.

How do we tell whether climate change adaptation is making headway?

Discussing climate resilience in Kinna, northern Kenya.
6 December 2012
Blog entry
Climate change
Governance
Policy and planning
IIED and its partners are developing tailored frameworks to help developing countries evaluate their climate adaptation investments.

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