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People walking on agricultural land
Envisioning a better future for The Gambia
… needed assistance . No household was untouched. Today, the impacts of climate change continue to hit us on multiple fronts. Sea level rise … endeavour to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with enhanced adaptive capacities and resilience, and play our part to address climate … conscious and educated population for the sustainable development and management of our natural resources, cities and habitats. This includes …
Insight, 19 July 2021
Kenyan ministry officials, agricultural researchers and farmers are testing a range of climate adaptation measures in lower Nyando district (Photo: V. Atakos/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Addressing the political and technical challenges of measuring adaptation
… recognised as an exciting step forward in the world’s fight against climate change. One element that sets it apart is its global goal for adaptation … – the first time such a goal has been agreed.  The international climate regime will measure collective progress of adaptation through a … Climate change …
Insight, 18 September 2018
This culvert, constructed to allow villagers to cross the River Mahenya, Kenya, proves insufficient at times of extreme rainfall. Kenya is one of the pilot countries for TAMD which aims to improve the way climate adaptation is assessed (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Measuring the impact of climate adaptation on development
… A new framework is improving climate adaptation assessment, evaluating it alongside local climate resilience and economic development. Tracking Adaptation and … of the Adaptation Committee of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in September 2013.  … Climate change … Measuring the impact of climate adaptation on development …
Article, 20 January 2014
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Evaluating institutional responses to climate change in different contexts
… Because climate change affects vulnerability, the way in which a country manages its climate risks is inextricably entwined with its ability to achieve … to help countries evaluate how well its institutions are managing climate risk at all levels, and how ready they are to address emerging … Climate change …
Publication, 01 December 2014
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… ‘Development’s Invisible Hands: Development Futures in a Changing Climate.’ 8th November 2008, Church House, Westminster, London 1. … (policies and practice) can (and often does) lead to building adaptive capacity. Doing adaptation to climate change often also means … between climate change activities initiated under the UNFCCC and risk management and development activities of national and sectoral planners. …
Article, 14 November 2008
IIED director Camilla Toulmin makes a key speech during the closing ceremony of CBA8
Toulmin: More power to the people to tackle climate change
… of the 8 th international conference on community based adaptation to climate change , which took place in Kathmandu, Nepal, in April 2014. "My own … systems for planning and financing the building of resilience to climate change, and what we've learned, whether from urban or rural … Climate change …
News, 12 May 2014
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Ensuring devolution supports adaptation and climate resilient growth in Kenya
… Effective governance of natural resources is crucial for adaptive capacity and climate resilient growth — and nowhere more so than in Kenya’s arid and … and exclusion of local voices (particularly from planning and management of natural resources) has eroded dryland communities’ … Climate change … Ensuring devolution supports adaptation and climate resilient growth in Kenya …
Publication, 01 June 2013
Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
… are powerful emission sinks and crucial in mitigating the impacts of climate change. And they must be protected: deforestation can be a major source … local organisations, improve resilience of local systems for forest management and build technical expertise embedded in communities, there … Climate change …
Insight, 05 November 2021
Participants around a table at D&C Days 2016 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Transparency and accountability in the Paris Agreement: eight questions climate negotiators must tackle
… The disparity between the scale of estimated losses from climate impacts and international adaptation funding available to … for the effective measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of climate mitigation measures, and the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of … of topics and issues at the interface of development and climate change. This year the host partners intend to go further.  VIDEO: What …
Insight, 23 October 2017
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Climate risk assessment – Ethiopia
… in Sub-Saharan Africa, also one of the world’s poorest countries. Climate variability has increased in Ethiopia making the poor more vulnerable. Due to climate change as well as additional human induced factors, the areas affected … are expanding in the country. According to the Index for Risk Management, Ethiopia is ranked as high risk, with exposure to hazards …
Publication, 20 April 2018