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Programme of events at the Seventh International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA7)
… Seventh international conference on community-based adaptation: mainstreaming CBA into national and local planning IIED’s 7th Annual Community Based Adaptation Conference (CBA7) takes place at the Ruposhi Bangla hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 18-25th April 2013. The event focusses on the latest … Climate change …
Publication, 01 March 2013
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
… of existing struggles. In the North Chanel of Faridpur District in Bangladesh, we worked with a rural community on a riverine island to … Within the village, women – often hardest hit by the impacts of climate change – were allocated land for rearing animals and growing crops. … Climate change …
Article, 25 May 2016
Typhoon Haiyan approaching the Philippines on 7 November 2013. Credit: NASA
Typhoon Haiyan shows why COP19 must deliver on loss and damage
… I started drafting this blog on loss and damage from climate change last week before the beginning of COP19, the 19th conference of … 48 hours has brought home to me the essence of the difference between adaptation and loss and damage. The Philippines is used to coping with … Climate change …
Insight, 13 November 2013
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Stakeholder-focused cost-benefit analysis in the water sector: guidance report
… be used for a stakeholder-focused approach to planning and evaluating adaptation to climate change. Using cost-benefit analysis (CBA) as an overall framework, this …
Publication, 01 January 2013
A woman in an orange life jacket sits on the edge of a square pond cage, surrounded by water.
How social protection can support people and sustain fisheries
… workers living in the global South – are becoming more precarious as climate change and overfishing reshape the risks they face. Almost 90% of global … or conceived programmes for specific fisheries or communities: the Bangladesh government provides social assistance as compensation to …
Insight, 06 June 2022
Thank you for the days...
… big question: how can the world’s most vulnerable countries adapt to climate change with such a serious shortfall in targeted funding? Oxfam … a year — some US$49 billion more than what’s actually available. Adaptation necessarily figured large at IIED’s Development and Climate … Climate change …
Insight, 10 December 2008
Saleemul Huq, left, discusses 2015's big issues with negotiators and ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries in New York in early April (Photo: Claire Hatfield/IIED)
2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
… to be achieved by 2015 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which has a long history of negotiations to agree a … that are most vulnerable and so most deserving of support for adaptation to the changing climate. They have already been prioritised … Climate change …
Insight, 17 April 2015
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… in 2016. Decisions taken at the 2015 Financing for Development and climate change conferences started to take effect. LDCs needed advice and … Development Research Centre in 2006 to lead on research on adaptation strategies. Prior to this she worked as a senior energy …
Article, 03 August 2015
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… urbanisation is more recent.  SC: In the context where I work (Dhaka, Bangladesh), there are barriers to certain types of participation, but … Exploring these questions is extremely important in the context of climate-related hazards and greater intensity of disasters.   Q: Have … of participation fluctuates over time as needs and circumstances change. Preparedness to take part is embedded in local experiences of …
Article, 10 December 2021
A man walks with his roaming goats.
Current policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions
… be presented at the 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22-25 April. "Policymakers often dismiss … Current policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions …
News, 19 April 2013