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Four images of people from IIED's 2021 'super year' video, including a fisher hauling nets
IIED and the ‘super year’
… The world is dealing with multiple crises – the climate crisis, unprecedented biodiversity loss, rising inequalities and … hosted major meetings including negotiations for both the climate change and the first part of the biodiversity conventions amid a range … researchers and practitioners on the theme of locally-led adaptation. Climate Adaptation Summit Date : 18-24 January 2021  This …
Article, 02 February 2021
The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
Insight, 06 March 2018
Cover for G02826.pdf
Reflections on practical ethics for participatory community-based adaptation (PLA 60)
… is from an article on participatory ethics in PLA 54 Mapping for Change. As we move forward with community-based adaptation to climate change, these guiding principles provide a timely and relevant … Reflections on practical ethics for participatory community-based adaptation (PLA 60) …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Screenshot of a video call with 25 participants.
Local must lead action to tackle world’s multiple interconnected challenges
Insight, 08 October 2020
Cover for G02497.pdf
Pastoralism and climate change: enabling adaptive capacity
… the vulnerability of pastoral communities through policy and practice change in the Horn and East Africa’. The aim of the project is to raise … economies of the region. Each of the six reports presents evidence-based research findings to overcome misconceptions and misunderstandings … in and beyond the ASALs. Concerns over population growth, climate change, conflict and declining productivity of the natural …
Publication, 01 April 2009
This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
… Adaptation technology will be one of the three themes at the 13th international conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA13) taking place on 1-4 April 2019 in Ethiopia. Under this … Climate change … CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience …
Article, 27 February 2019
Semarang, Indonesia: One of the ten initial cities in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network, Semarang has been a pioneer in integrating climate change resilience into city planning and management. (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Climate change governance in cities
Project, 30 March 2015
People sit on the floor in group under cover facing a standing man making a presentation/speech
Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in Odisha, India
… about the possible significance of the work in building resilience to climate change. This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , … Act of 2017 (PDF) . This involved a massive data gathering and community mobilisation exercise using high resolution drone surveying of … Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in …
Insight, 07 February 2022
Cover for G03176.pdf
6th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation Brochure
Publication, 01 November 2011
Woman waling with crutches steps outside a hut to a flooded road
New solidarity funds could ringfence finance for loss and damage
… Deep and irreversible loss and damage from the impacts of climate change is devastating lives across the world: climate and … loss and damage, on top of that which is purposed for mitigation, for adaptation or for development. Yet much  much more financing is needed: … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP26) …
Insight, 08 November 2021