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Taking adaptation to the ground: a story of accessing climate finance through a Small Grants Facility to support ecosystem-based adaptation
Publication, 29 July 2021
Men posing for a photo while constructing a weir with bamboo structures.
CBA14: explore with us how nature-based solutions support local action for adaptation
… social and economic challenges. They range from restoring coastal ecosystems that can protect people and places against the impacts of … friendly and equitable. Both the 10-year post-2020 global biodiversity framework set to be adopted at the next Conference of the … of NbS into tangible actions that can, simultaneously, conserve biodiversity, reduce poverty and combat climate change. …
Insight, 21 August 2020
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Walking the talk of climate ambition – why that walk needs nature too: Make Change Happen podcast episode 14
… discuss the connections between the climate emergency, loss of biodiversity and rising inequalities , and why it is important to … this podcast features Nathalie Seddon , IIED associate, professor of biodiversity and director of the Nature Based Solutions initiative at … connection and protection of our natural and semi-natural ecosystems, not only land but also in the sea,” she explains. And the …
Article, 01 November 2021
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Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation: Evidence from two sites in Bangladesh
Publication, 01 November 2014
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IIED and partner events at the World Conservation Congress 2020
… and how to address them, including the development of a new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The conference was a key milestone in the … Biodiversity …
Event, 03 September 2021
Some ecological settings, such as drylands, which are home to a high proportion of the world’s poor, are poorly studied and have become the neglected 'ugly duckling' of biodiversity research (Photo: Marie Monimart)
What we know about how biodiversity and poverty are linked: The good, the bad and the ugly
… "to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss …. as a contribution to poverty alleviation …". This is mirrored by the inclusion of biodiversity indicators as one element of measuring progress against the … in development strategies for these area. And just as certain ecosystems are more popular research topics than others, so are the more …
Insight, 31 March 2014
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Adaptation fondée sur les écosystèmes: Orientation sur la base d’un questionnaire pour évaluer l’efficacité
… Biodiversity …
Publication, 01 May 2017
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Learning from Paris: what would ‘Kunming-compliant’ look like for development cooperation agencies?
… What would a similar approach to the emerging post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) look like – if agreement is reached in … the way development cooperation agencies currently do business on biodiversity? Complying with Kunming Like the Paris Agreement, the … key goals: Increase the area, connectivity and integrity of natural ecosystems, while reducing the number of threatened species and …
Insight, 25 February 2021
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Only a fraction of international climate adaptation finance for least developed countries found to also support nature
… the profile of locally-led action on the road to the COP15 global biodiversity conference in Kunming Financing climate change and nature … a joint report from the IPCC and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) noted that limiting global … in 2020, LDCs committed to advance "climate-resilient landscapes and ecosystems that are sustainably managed, less vulnerable to climate …
Insight, 10 March 2022
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A Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Adaptation
… Biodiversity …
Publication, 01 May 2018