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Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal ecosystems
… Natural resource management … Climate change …
Publication, 01 September 2018
An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice
Insight, 27 April 2016
CBA12: Key messages
… CBA12 focused on getting local experience on climate action heard. The CBA community of practice shared innovation, … examined how technologies help local communities adapt to climate change and how these technologies can attract investment. New technology … is improved decision-making, strengthening land, water, or forest management. Effective adaptation approaches often require investment in …
Article, 11 June 2018
A woman scoops water in a dry riverbed near Kataboi village in the Turkana region of Northern Kenya (Photo: Marisol Grandon/DFID via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Kenya's new climate fund listens to community ideas for building resilience
Insight, 03 April 2014
A group of people look at a TV screen, in front of which a computer shows how they appear on the screen.
Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… spiritual values related to nature, sacred sites and customary water management systems .   But these ‘water towers’ and access to clean water are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution (from mining, for example) and privatisation. Quechua …
News, 16 June 2023
This 500W solar system in a rural village in Uganda powers a home, a public broadcasting system, a barbershop and a video hall (Photo: SolarNow via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable?
… works and have ingenious and sustainable solutions for adapting to climate change. But they are largely cut out of the funding picture, making it … to take solutions to scale. IIED is exploring the barriers stopping climate finance reaching local people . We are examining emerging … Climate change … What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable? …
Insight, 19 June 2018
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The Value of Linking Mitigation and Adaptation: A Case Study of Bangladesh
… There are two principal strategies for managing climate change risks: mitigation and adaptation. Until recently, mitigation and adaptation have been considered separately in both climate change science and policy. Mitigation has been treated as an … Climate change …
Publication, 01 October 2008
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019
Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… has been replaced by a challenging new agenda ; global action on climate change has high ambitions set by the Paris Agreement , while the … to engage with disruptive change while maximising their support for adaptive, resilient and innovative Southern NGOs.  They can support effective disruptive change management in other organisations, and/or they can be 'positive …
Insight, 26 January 2016
The Sundarbans mangrove forest (dark green on the image) is a fragile ecosystem threatened by rising levels of salinity (Photo: European Space Agency)
Making ecosystems resilient through Bangladesh's Delta Plan
… The climate threats facing Bangladesh pose a very real threat to the … Delta Plan 2100 Bangladesh's geographic vulnerability to climate change, combined with growing demand for water from urbanisation and … resulting in the rapid depletion of groundwater, mean that effective management of the Delta's water resources is crucial to national …
Insight, 12 June 2017