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Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… 2018 to debate issues at the interface between development and climate change.  At the end of the two-day event the participants agreed key … manage climate risk becomes more urgent. Employing an integrated risk management strategy helps to improve resilience, and risk transfer – in … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP24) …
Event, 08 December 2018
IIED research associate Nathalie Seddon discusses nature-based solutions to climate change in a video interview (Photo: IIED)
Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain
News, 10 August 2018
View of the Earth from the space
Four ways local organisations can use AI to support locally led adaptation and build resilience
… and industry. But what does it mean for those on the frontline of climate adaptation work?   Beyond ChatGPT– a dialogue-based information … and understanding of a wide range of topics, including fiduciary management, resilience, monitoring and evaluation, and adaptation … quality translation.   In conversation on how to improve fiduciary management, ChatGPT suggested I establish a chart of accounts, helped me …
Insight, 25 May 2023
Aerial view of poor community. Overtext reads "We can shape the future"
Happy new super year! Why is 2021 such a big deal for climate, nature and people?
… The world is dealing with multiple and intertwined crises – climate change, unprecedented biodiversity loss, rising inequalities and the … economy of December 2019 but reimagine a better economy that places climate, nature and people at the centre.  2021, with its major … Climate change … The 2021 'super year' for climate, nature and people …
Insight, 02 February 2021
People stand on a sea-wall with a road and look out at the ocean.
8 points on financing climate change adaptation in urban areas
… 1: Climate change adaptation needs to support change on the ground This includes … from storms, floods and heat waves and other hazards associated with climate change. Somsook Boonyabancha from the Asian Coalition for … the resilience of infrastructure that is not there. Financing adaptive capacity in cities is not just funding the incremental …
Insight, 20 June 2013
The people of southern Bangladesh are resilient and good at adapting to change: the most common vehicle in the city of Mongla is an electric rickshaw powered by a 12volt battery (Photo: Andrew Norton/IIED)
Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh
… Visiting a country on the frontline of climate change, I saw communities displaced by the impacts of climate change, areas that are struggling with its effects and a town … Climate change … Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh …
Insight, 01 February 2018
A view of a large camp in a desert landscape.
Advancing understanding of disaster displacement in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
… guidelines on how to reduce risks arising from displacement caused by climate change, address the impacts of displacement, and implement mechanisms … of Humanitarian Affairs (OVCA) and the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) in Ethiopia), to understand what tools, … Climate change … Climate-resilient development …
Project, 14 September 2022
Map shows where the EbA Evidence and Policy project is being undertaken
Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation
… Climate change … Natural resource management … Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation …
Project, 15 July 2015
A close-up photo of a row of Dove soap bottles, focusing on the first bottle with others in a column behind.
Addressing the ‘triple crisis’ COVID-19, climate change and nature loss: a catalyst for business to increase its sustainability?
… The evidence that the world is facing a triple crisis of COVID-19, climate change and nature loss has continued to grow through 2021. The … including respecting workers’ rights, reducing Co2 emissions and good management of environmental resources such as water. These include … Climate change … Addressing the ‘triple crisis’ COVID-19, climate change and nature loss: a catalyst for business to increase its …
Insight, 08 September 2021
The Ewaso Ng'iro River, in Isiolo County's Shaba National Reserve, Kenya where pilot projects to support adaptation 'may not yet be perfect, but have the right idea'. (Photo: Ninara via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Why community 'based' adaptation to climate change is not enough
… some time now, I have been meaning to write a blog on why splitting climate change adaptation into "community-based adaptation" (CBA) and … the realisation that communities need to be involved in forest management led to the conception of "Joint Forest Management" (JFM) in … Climate change …
Insight, 18 March 2014