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The event was held in the Africa pavilion at the Paris climate summit (Photo: IIED)
COP21 side event discusses how to unlock climate finance for developing countries
News, 02 December 2015
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) of Bangladesh won the Earth Care Award 2012 for spearheading the Least Developed Countries Fund project 'Community-based adaptation to climate change through coastal afforestation in Bangladesh' (Photo: UNDP Adaptation Learning Mechanism)
Making the climate fund fit for purpose
Insight, 27 August 2015
Illustrator Jorge Martin creates a 'living graphic' to chart the conversations on 'tough talk on poverty and climate' at the 2015 Development & Climate Days (Photo: IIED/Matt Wright)
Participants in Development & Climate Days focus on "bold action needed now"
Insight, 06 December 2015
Vietnam's Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute is working on developing rice strains that are more tolerant to heat, increased salinity and longer periods under water (Photos: V. Meadu/CCAFS)
New publication studies climate finance at national level
News, 20 March 2015
2017: pastoralists in Isiolo county in Kenya are digging for water in dried-up river beds. Agricultural insurance schemes can help pastoralists and farmers be more resilient to climate shocks (Photo: Denis Onyodi/KRCS)
Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
… In Kenya, climate change is already having an impact. There have been 12 serious droughts … an  innovative approach to disaster risk financing (DRF) .  Risk management approaches  The aim of disaster risk financing is to reduce … Climate change … Insuring against climate risk in Kenya …
Insight, 06 June 2017
The Las Trancas Valley in Chile, November 2014 (Photo: UICN / Marcelo Vildósola Garrigó)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Chile
… and ecosystem services to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. IIED, the  International … advocacy – has resulted in broader knowledge and ultimately better adaptive capacities.  … Climate change … Natural resource management …
Project, 21 February 2018
People living amid the arid terrain of Wajir in Kenya will benefit from the expansion of a pilot project (Photo: Oxfam East Africa via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Kenyan local climate fund's success heralds expansion to 29% of nation
… finances the fund, has given the pilot project an A+ grade. Under the management of the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), lessons … local people to identify investments that build their resilience to climate change, and then finance these projects through a County Adaptation … Climate change … Kenyan local climate fund's success heralds expansion to 29% of nation …
News, 24 January 2014
The Potato Park, Peru, which hosted a previous meeting of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Image: IIED)
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
… communities in 10 countries gathered recently in Tajikistan to assess climate change impacts and develop responses to this crisis. The meeting was … sustaining their diverse genetic resources for food and agriculture. Climate change impacts The Tajikistan meeting found that mountain … Climate change … Natural resource management …
News, 06 October 2015
Stella Gama of Malawi at a desk speaks into a microphone as she briefs the Technology Executive Committee
Supporting least developed countries on climate technology transfer
… transferring environmentally sound technologies play in combating the climate crisis. A successful transfer includes the knowledge needed to … Technology Executive Committee (TEC)  and the implementing Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)  became operational in … to find out. We surveyed the LDCs' national focal points to the UN climate negotiations and their National Designated Entities (NDEs)  ( …
Insight, 04 April 2018
Community-based adaptation and microfinance: a win-win partnership?
Insight, 21 March 2011