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Mozambique: bringing the cattle in from the fields. Mozambique is vulnerable to climate change because of its geography, but also has a poorly developed economy, frail infrastructure, and high levels of poverty (Photo: ILRI/Stevie Mann, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance from the aid budget must also deliver on poverty
… (COP21). But while finance to tackle climate change mitigation and adaptation is desperately needed, the announcement that this money will … Paul Steele argues that a distinction needs to be made between both adaptation and mitigation climate finance , and between climate finance … LDCs There is of course an urgent need to source finance for climate adaptation work in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The Least …
Insight, 30 September 2015
Semarang, Indonesia: One of the ten initial cities in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network, Semarang has been a pioneer in integrating climate change resilience into city planning and management. (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Climate change governance in cities
… required. This includes reviewing the urban and national politics of adaptation to climate change, the role of community-based action at the … many examples from cities which have begun to address climate change adaptation. We also supported the capacity of local research …
Project, 30 March 2015
Investments in community infrastructure – like this canalside walkway in Bangkok – can help to build resilience for low-income urban residents. Funding for this type of local improvement should be a priority for climate change financing (Photo: Ruth Mcleod)
Financing urban resilience
… to support responses to climate change, international and national adaptation funding arrangements currently offer few opportunities for … to reduce risk and vulnerability and be very cost-effective. While adaptation finance has yet to contribute significantly to building … empowering stakeholders on the ground. Unlike top-down development or adaptation finance, these funds start with the resources, needs and …
Project, 30 March 2015
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Crucial conversations: our favourite five
… the grassroots The 13th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to climate change (CBA13) brought together more than 300 … from 42 countries to exchange knowledge about community-based adaptation. This year, the conference welcomed more indigenous voices …
Insight, 10 March 2020
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Smallholder farming systems in Southwest China: Exploring key trends and innovations for resilience
Publication, 01 March 2016
A flooded street
Podcast: four countries working together to get climate finance to the local level
News, 22 April 2020
The rich agro-biodiversity of the Eastern Himalayas (Photo: Nawraj Gurung)
Unmissable opportunity to build food security and reduce GHGs at Paris COP
… INDCs are country level voluntary offers for emissions reduction and adaptation and must be submitted to the UNFCCC by end of March 2015. For developing countries, the challenge will be to identify adaptation options that have co-benefits for mitigation. Linking adaptation and mitigation At the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) …
News, 12 February 2015
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TAMD Climate Change Indicator - Methodological Note. Indicator 9: Vulnerability/Resilience
Publication, 01 March 2013
Gambia is hoping to develop its tourism industry, but coastal areas are environmentally fragile and threatened by erosion. (Photo: Nick Brooks, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: The Gambia expects solid financial commitment at Paris climate talks
… of a climate change project to strengthen climate resilience and adaptation, including an early warning system, in April 2015, designed … ongoing processes to estimate the costs and update the INDC with an adaptation component (ie through the next five-year development … Communication, Technology Needs Assessment (TNA), the National Adaptation Plan, National Climate Policy development and Low Carbon …
Article, 24 November 2015
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… of IIED projects which include biocultural heritage, ecosystem-based adaptation, social assessment of protected areas, food demand and … controlled forestry. IIED and partner events Making ecosystem-based adaptation effective: evidence from the field to improve policy and … as well as deliberate upon the effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) for enhancing resilience of both humans and ecosystems. …
Event, 01 September 2016