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Ecosystem-based adaptation: a win–win formula for sustainability in a warming world?
… of ecosystems is limiting the world’s capacity to adapt to climate change and that ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches should be harnessed as a priority. EbA has the potential to increase adaptive capacity and social and ecological resilience to climate change … Climate change … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 July 2016
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and chief COP23 negotiator, addresses the LDC Group and chair Gebru Jember Endalew. IIED principal researcher Achala Abeysinghe, who provides legal support to the LDC Group chair, is pictured right (Photo: Collin Beck)
LDCs approach Fiji COP with high expectations
… have been very busy this year. In advance of the intersessional UN climate change negotiations in May, also in Bonn, the LDCs made submissions on … blog was originally posted by the Climate and Development Knowledge Management Network . … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP23) …
Insight, 01 November 2017
This sewage treatment plant in Delawas, Jaipur, was funded by the Asian Development Bank. There are concerns omitting local people from decision-making processes can lead to climate funds not sufficiently representing local priorities (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting Green Climate Funding to the local level
… Ahead of the Paris climate summit (COP21), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board will decide … and sustainable outcomes, closest to those most vulnerable to climate change. There are a number of possible reasons why sub-national entities … in decentralised communities in Bangladesh. The National Disaster Management Authority in Kenya also plays a crucial role in representing …
Insight, 28 October 2015
A storm rages over downtown Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, in the early evening (Photo: Jeff_Holmes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Three ways developing nations can close the climate finance gaps
Insight, 04 April 2014
WoDaaBe pastoralist with his cattle.
Pastoral livelihoods and climate change in Niger
… pastoral groups in eastern Niger are adapting in practice to climate change. Fieldwork was completed documenting the differentiated impact of climate change on  six different pastoral communities, the strategies … Pastoral livelihoods and climate change in Niger …
Project, 05 February 2010
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Reconfiguring Urban Adaptation Finance
… urgent need to review and improve the means for funding adaptation to climate change in urban areas. This paper examines international, national and …
Publication, 01 January 2014
A wind farm outside Adigrat, northern Ethiopia, is an example of low-carbon renewable technologies can initiate a process of transformational change within developing countries
Green Climate Fund: a big step forward, but many decisions pending
Insight, 28 February 2014
The Asian Development Bank is helping herders in Mongolia combat the consequences of climate change by training them to cultivate fodder or animal feed that is more resilient towards extreme weather changes, using plants that are adapted to the area (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Finance for inclusive investment in climate resilient development
Insight, 03 August 2015
Sheep grazing dry season pastures in Mopti, Mali (Photo: Near East Foundation)
Decentralising Climate Funds in Mali and Senegal
… Decentralising Climate Funds (DCF) in Mali and Senegal is an action research project … public good investments. Evidence and learning To assess how climate change adaptation and development investments can strengthen local … planning and budgeting to incentivise improved climate risk management. During this extension phase, ANICT will work to formalise …
Project, 19 March 2015
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IIED launches training webinar to help get climate finance to the local level
News, 11 January 2021