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The view from the back of the conference centre at the British Library for the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Hundreds discuss rewriting the narrative on Africa and climate change
News, 20 November 2014
A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
… Transformative change is widely accepted as essential for tackling the twin crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency. But, even though discussions on the Convention for … assessment clearly makes the case that more integrative, informed, adaptive and inclusive governance is crucial for transformative change. …
Insight, 30 June 2020
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Pastoralism and climate change: enabling adaptive capacity
… the vulnerability of pastoral communities through policy and practice change in the Horn and East Africa’. The aim of the project is to raise … in and beyond the ASALs. Concerns over population growth, climate change, conflict and declining productivity of the natural … products, such that mobile pastoral systems of production and management remain a viable option for some pastoralists. For others, …
Publication, 01 April 2009
Head and shoulders image of Alok Sharma talking to a computer camera in front of the Union flag
Ministers, NGOs, academia and grassroots discuss resilience beyond COVID-19
News, 07 July 2020
Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
Insight, 13 January 2017
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Urban adaptation planning: the use and limits of climate science
… Cities face a mounting challenge from climate change. In developed and developing countries alike, rising … and floods threaten to overwhelm urban infrastructure, services and management systems. City officials recognise the need to adapt to … Climate change … Urban adaptation planning: the use and limits of climate science …
Publication, 01 November 2011
Man harvests sorghum seeds.
LDCs and the Paris Agreement: getting to grips with tougher climate reporting
Insight, 12 August 2020
This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
… at the 13th international conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA13) taking place on 1-4 April 2019 in Ethiopia. Under this … further. Conservation agriculture is one example here. These are soil management practices that minimise the disruption of the soil's … Climate change … CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience …
Article, 27 February 2019
Divisional Adaptation Planning Committees (DAPCs) act as community focal points (Photo: Sam Greene/IIED)
Local climate finance mechanism helping to fund community-prioritised adaptation
Project, 26 November 2015
IIED's Krystyna Swiderska discusses the latest research on how indigenous people adapt to climate change at a side event at the 2016 UN climate conference in Marrakech (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Indigenous people use own knowledge to boost food yields despite climate change, research finds
News, 22 November 2016