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The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 is promising tough talk on poverty and climate
Paris talks have historic chance to include everyone in a fairer, greener future
… extreme poverty. We need to find more radical approaches to climate adaptation that tackle the root causes of poverty and climate … of millions back into poverty. Some impacts are now inevitable and adaptation is necessary. Down the other path, low-carbon … manage the rising impacts of climate extremes on the most vulnerable. Adaptation thus means anticipating extremes, incentivising early action, …
News, 26 November 2015
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The impact of urban heat islands: assessing vulnerability in Indonesia
… is to identify community vulnerability to UHI impacts and community adaptation efforts related to UHI. The results show that UHI is present … change impacts and public facilities, but there were indications of adaptation in the form of natural spontaneous adaptation. Jakarta faces rising temperatures but has low adaptation …
Publication, 01 January 2015
Three women walk down the side of a road carrying branches on their heads
Thriving and just societies: integrating climate, nature and development in a COVID-19 green recovery
Event, 17 November 2020
People living amid the arid terrain of Wajir in Kenya will benefit from the expansion of a pilot project (Photo: Oxfam East Africa via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Kenyan local climate fund's success heralds expansion to 29% of nation
… to climate change, and then finance these projects through a County Adaptation Fund. Since it was set up in October 2012, the Climate Adaptation Fund has allocated £500,000 (68.5 million shillings) to … these have prompted the approach's expansion, under a £6.5 million Adaptation Consortium — composed of UK Met Office, Kenya Metrological …
News, 24 January 2014
Four women standing in a tool shop.
Q&A: Are you ready for the Dragon’s Den at CBA14?
Article, 26 August 2020
Cover for G04113.pdf
FEBA Discussion Paper. Shared goals – joined-up approaches? Why action under the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 needs to come together at the landscape level
Publication, 01 December 2016
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Development and Climate Days at COP17 schedule
… side event. This year’s D&C days focus on effective climate change adaptation planning. This is a response to the decision taken last year under the Cancun Adaptation Framework to invite all countries, and especially developing countries, to develop National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Decisions around how to operationalise this …
Publication, 01 December 2011
Sumaya Zakieldeen
Q&A with Sumaya Zakieldeen
… as the Least Developed Countries (LDC) representative to the Adaptation Committee under the United Nations Convention on Climate … Change (UNFCCC) Framework . This is an important position as the Adaptation Committee is responsible for supervising and guiding all … initially with support from the Capacity strengthening of LDCs on Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC) programme , and then as a member of …
Article, 21 June 2012
More than 250 participants shared their experiences and examples of good practice at CBA12 (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
How can insights from CBA12 inform global discussions on the SDGs and resilience?
Insight, 16 July 2018
Aerial view of a slum.
Can we reduce urban poverty and inequality and achieve net zero cities?
… much of the debate on climate justice in cities continues to focus on adaptation and calls on wealthy countries and multilateral donors to increase and decentralise investments and aid for climate adaptation projects. There has been less focus on aligning efforts to …
Insight, 03 October 2021