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Heads of government will pledge action on climate change at the UN Climate Summit in New York on 23 September (Image: UN)
Leaders take note: There are two sides to the climate change coin
… As this week's report by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate shows, spending money to tackle climate change will drive economic growth, creating jobs and prosperity. As our … year delegates at the 8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change adopted the Kathmandu Declaration on …
Insight, 18 September 2014
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A Government Group Network for Climate Change Mainstreaming Into Development Planning: 2014-2015 Strategy and Plan
… Climate change is a global problem that needs a global solution, but its impact is felt within individual households and communities—adaptation to the impacts of climate change needs to be rooted at the … and experiences in relation to climate change, particularly about community-based adaptation (CBA). The Government Group Network for …
Publication, 01 August 2014
Resource scouts such as Abdelkader, pictured in the Ewaso Ng'iro river bed, Isiolo County, gauge how best to use dry-season grazing areas (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu/IIED)
The economics of local adaptation in the dryland ecosystems of Isiolo County
… reserves of water and food can run out before the next rains arrive. Climate change predictions (PDF)  suggest that the frequency and severity of such events may increase in the future. This means that adaptation to climate change will have to include better drought … Climate change … The economics of local adaptation in the dryland ecosystems of Isiolo County …
Insight, 22 April 2015
IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq addresses the CBA8 conference (Photo: Stephanie Andrei)
Can voodoo help to resolve climate change?
… – had something valuable to give to the movement for positive social change.  Not only was this recognition of the value and capacities of … deeper resonance, power and meaning. Today a local-to-local climate change community based adaptation and climate justice movement is emerging across regions, … Climate change …
Insight, 09 May 2014
Adaptation in Bangladesh: notes from the field
… Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world. Last year, the British global risks analysis … as part of a group of delegates to the Fifth Annual Community-Based Adaptation Conference , I travelled to Gaibandha District to see for … Climate change … Adaptation in Bangladesh: notes from the field …
Insight, 29 March 2011
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… fellow Saleemul Huq, also director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), provided regular vlogs from Lima … in climate change negotiations South Asia - vulnerable region and adaptation strategies  Side event Date: Tuesday 2 December Speakers:  … Climate change … IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20) …
Event, 01 December 2014
Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
… a two-way pathway between disaster and development informed by a climate lens, seeing the way that climate change impacts women in particular.  Prema was a co-founder of SPARC and … Prema; we were gathering a range of actors to discuss what effective adaptation could look like from different perspectives. Prema spoke so …
News, 23 May 2022
The construction of the CCCF Mega Dam in Makueni County, Kenya is an example of local action during a devolved climate finance pilot project (Photo: Japheth Mutuku)
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
… The UN climate talks in Marrakesh this month called for a roadmap to put the … means support to adapt and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. But although there are various pots of international and … will be carried out." Reaching the climate vulnerable In Kenya, the Adaptation Consortium (ADA) is providing technical assistance to the …
News, 02 December 2016
The Forest Investment Program, an example of an investment fund with simplified funding frameworks, has invested $10 million in a $24 million project with the African Development Bank to restore Ghana's rapidly degrading forests (Photo: Greg Neate, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Six steps to local climate finance
… Countries are fast ratifying the Paris Agreement on climate change, which entered into force on 4 November 2016. Now comes the … the Department for International Development-supported County Climate Adaptation Funds in Kenya . A close look at these examples reveals … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP22) …
Insight, 06 November 2016
An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice
… about the best part of the conferences on community-based adaptation (CBA), the overwhelming response is the field trips. From … trips to see how local communities are adapting to the challenges of climate change, and opportunities to share real-world experiences and knowledge. … Climate change … CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice …
Insight, 27 April 2016