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Mangrove roots
Tools for ecosystem-based adaptation: new navigator now available
News, 18 September 2019
An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs
Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap
… Previous blogs have discussed the inadequacies in urban adaptation finance from national governments and international agencies. … and resilience finance research’. Finance is failing The UN climate negotiations at COP26 underlined the need to increase and … finance mechanisms to provide a more inclusive and effective climate change response. The chapter on adaptation in cities and human …
Insight, 25 April 2022
Cover for G02812.pdf
Combining different knowledges: community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing states (PLA 60)
… framework for combining different types of knowledge to address climate change. It builds on earlier work by Mercer to develop and pilot a … draws on an assessment of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation across SIDS prepared by Kelman, West, and colleagues under … Combining different knowledges: community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing states (PLA 60) …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Sandbags in a doorway to prevent flooding
Adapting to climate change in Europe: building a systemic and urgent vision
Insight, 15 May 2019
Pablo Suarez celebrating with colleagues by high fiving at a conference
Always thinking outside the box: Pablo Suarez remembered
… director, research and innovation at the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre died earlier this month, aged 53. Not only was Suarez a … Days , an annual gathering alongside the United Nations climate change negotiations that links the issues of climate change and … with him, also at the international conferences on community-based adaptation , and the energy and urgency he brought to tackling climate …
Article, 30 July 2024
An image showing local people building a house in a slum in Bolivia, where Shack Dwellers International has worked with authorities. Many Latin American cities are leading the way in working with community organisations (Photo: Shack Dwellers International, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Is community-based adaptation suited to cities?
Insight, 26 April 2016
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Ecosystem-based climate adaptation: building on the positives in El Salvador
… of developing nations — which are disproportionately affected by climate change — must identify effective ways to help their people adapt to the new and evolving climate realities. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is an increasingly popular approach, which has been … Climate change … Ecosystem-based climate adaptation: building on the positives in El Salvador …
Publication, 01 January 2019
A woman in Malawi carries a solar panel above her head through a forest path
Climate adaptation: its time is now
Insight, 29 May 2019
Bangladesh: schoolchildren attend lessons at a school located on a boat (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ten lessons on community-based adaptation
Insight, 16 March 2016
Delegates at CBA12 in Malawi gather around a table and write on a document
CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action
… In early April, IIED and partners will host the 13th community-based adaptation (CBA) event  in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. There has … of practice and to get its voice heard. 2019 is a crunch year for climate action. The international climate community was left bruised … IPCC , or to stump up the money so countries hardest hit by climate change can adapt. The deflation from COP24 has redoubled pressure for …
Insight, 22 January 2019