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Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
Project, 15 October 2020
What do we want to measure?
What does successful adaptation look like, and what do we want to measure in the context of adaptation, national development and SDGs?
… Researcher Neha Rai introduced the webinar Timo Leiter, advisor climate adaptation and climate finance, GIZ set the scene by introducing … SDGs: focusing on different pillars of adaptation M&E climate risk management (institutions, governance and enabling environments) vulnerability resilience and adaptive capacity (adaptation performance) development outcomes: human …
Event, 28 June 2018
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Three things climate funds can learn from the COVID-19 response
… For countries already grappling with the impacts of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how global shocks and stresses … more than ever, money from key funders such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF) must reach vulnerable communities in these countries; … Climate change … Three things climate funds can learn from the COVID-19 response …
Insight, 25 June 2020
A meeting of community members in Bangladesh. Similar meetings will feed into an international network of government planners sharing strategies on how to mainstream climate change into development planning (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire)
Government group network on climate change mainstreaming
… learned in designing and implementing public policy responses to climate change. Climate change is a global problem – but adapting to the impacts … updating information relating to foreign aid commitments in aid management platform Preparing talking points for discussion with … Climate change … Climate-resilient development …
Project, 29 September 2014
Stunted crops in the Kaffrine region of Senegal are the result of a lack of rainfall, jeopardising farmers’ harvests (Photo: Daniella Van Leggelo-Padilla/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local climate adaptation: bridging the funding gap
… An unpredictable and changing climate is hitting the countries of West Africa hard – and it is often … bear the brunt. Recognising this, wealthier countries are providing climate finance to support adaptation and mitigation measures for those … know best? Rural communities in the Sahel have coped with a variable climate and extreme weather events for decades. Farmers and …
Insight, 09 July 2015
Cambodia's farmers face an uncertain future as the climate changes (Photo: Lorena Pajares via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Cambodia to climb climate change readiness ladder
… of the least developed countries, and is among the most vulnerable to climate change , particularly to floods, droughts and tropical storms. Most … Cambodia to assess, on one hand, the extent to which climate risk management is integrated into national and sub-national development … Climate change … Cambodia to climb climate change readiness ladder …
Insight, 03 April 2014
Four images of people from IIED's 2021 'super year' video, including a fisher hauling nets
IIED and the ‘super year’
… The world is dealing with multiple crises – the climate crisis, unprecedented biodiversity loss, rising inequalities and … hosted major meetings including negotiations for both the climate change and the first part of the biodiversity conventions amid a range … and applying Indigenous knowledge to biodiversity conservation, debt management for climate and nature initiatives and exploring locally led …
Article, 02 February 2021
Adapting to climate change in Bangladesh
… researching interesting ideas that allow communities to adapt to the climate with the use of ‘technologies’ like raised houses. BCAS has also … felt that these issues could offer an entry point for mainstreaming climate change adaptation initiatives. The lack of access by local communities … Climate change …
Insight, 30 March 2011
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Climate change risk: an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities
… million over the next 50 years. It considers the likely changes that climate change will bring in temperature and precipitation, drought, river and … the lifespan of most infrastructure, and the importance of urban management engaging with changing risk maps. One important part of this … Climate change … Climate change risk: an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian …
Publication, 01 April 2008
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Perspectives of Indonesian Local Government Planners on Adaptation to Climate Change
… planners at city, regional, and provincial levels have regarding climate change adaptation (CCA), and what informs their perceptions and … in order to plan for and implement effective CCA and disaster management at local levels in Indonesia were identified. These included … Perspectives of Indonesian Local Government Planners on Adaptation to Climate Change …
Publication, 01 May 2014