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Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation
… (EbA) — a subset of nature-based approaches to help people adapt to climate change — is an increasingly popular strategy. Evidence from 13 … Given these findings, EbA should be prioritised when planning climate change adaptation strategies. Those implementing EbA should … Climate change … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 September 2019
A reservoir in a desert landscape
Subnational adaptation monitoring and evaluation in Morocco
… Planning (NAP) process, as they are developing their own regional climate change plans. These plans have been informed by the data gathered … in vulnerability by considering exposure, sensitivity, impact and adaptive capacity Track adaptation measures Measure the impact of … Climate change … Assessing climate adaptation: aligning frameworks …
Article, 30 October 2019
A woman in Malawi carries a solar panel above her head through a forest path
Climate adaptation: its time is now
… Adaptation is finally on the map. The climate change narrative has long been heavily skewed towards mitigation – on how to curb further climate risk and avoid pushing our planet towards climate crisis. But … Climate change … Climate adaptation: its time is now …
Insight, 29 May 2019
Landscape of an island with houses and vegetation surrounded by the sea.
A glimmer of hope ahead of COP26 – financing for adaptation
… our only option. Millions of Seychelles rupees are being invested in climate-smart infrastructure to climate-proof our economy. But who should foot the bill? Developing … to adverse climate impacts, including loss and damage from climate change . The adaptation finance gap Adaptation finance has always played …
Insight, 06 October 2021
Aerial view of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Demanding urgent responses to the loss and damage caused by climate change
… Climate change is causing devastation across the world, with the least developed … of its impacts, despite having made the smallest contribution to the climate crisis. Some of these impacts manifest slowly, such as sea-level … the climate negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It needs countries who have contributed most to the …
Article, 01 March 2021
Woman waters field with a hose.
The Green Climate Fund: time to shift focus to locally led adaptation
… This week, the board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will meet to consider 15 funding proposals, totalling … To adapt effectively to the escalating impacts of climate change, LDC countries need capable national and local institutions … in-country institutions that can take on significant financial and management responsibilities, and that are agile enough to respond and …
Insight, 17 August 2020
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
… on a range of issues that link policy, knowledge and practice for climate ambition. This year's event was part of the  Understanding Risk … The answer is simple: it is our job to care. And as climate risk management practitioners it’s hard to care for others when others don’t … African Climate Justice Alliance; Sophie De Coninck, Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) manager, United Nations Capital …
Event, 02 December 2020
Group meeting on climate change on boat run by Shidhulai. Natore, Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
Empowering communities to adapt to climate change
… programmes that examine how local communities are adapting to climate change, and Creating spaces for practitioners to share lessons learned … Lessons for CBA from the much older community-based natural resource management . Research in Ethiopia details how … Climate change … Empowering communities to adapt to climate change …
Article, 17 December 2012
A man and a woman holding a machete stand in front of a tree in a forest
Introduction to forest-climate action
… – that include Indigenous People's groups, community forest management groups and smallholder forest farmer groups and their businesses – are developing efficient and durable climate solutions. For them climate resilience is not an option, it’s a … landscape restoration at a scale that will mitigate global climate change. What is IIED doing? The IIED forests and prosperity work …
Article, 12 October 2021
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International conference on agrobiodiversity: sharing best practice in nature-based solutions from forest and farm producer organisation
… is essential for future food security in a world where climate change increasingly threatens single crop systems. Smallholder forest … exchange practices that maintain agrobiodiversity Seed and farm management techniques and innovations to sustain agrobiodiversity … Natural resource management …
Publication, 27 June 2024