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How can standardised evaluation metrics increase climate resilience?
… Climate shocks are hitting the Least Developed Countries with increased … development progress and leaving communities even more vulnerable. Adaptation initiatives seeking to combat this are hindered by a lack of … but frequently fail to adequately define the relationships between climate shocks and development outcomes or to offer standardised metrics …
Publication, 01 March 2020
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
… The global agreement on climate change reached in Paris sets out a clear agenda for national-level … vulnerable communities and use traditional and local knowledge in adaptation. According to Article 7, adaptation action should: Follow a … Climate change …
Insight, 05 February 2016
Sheep grazing dry season pastures in Mopti, Mali (Photo: Near East Foundation)
Decentralising Climate Funds in Mali and Senegal
Project, 19 March 2015
Squamish river, Canada. Under Stephen Harper, Canada has lagged behind the rest of the world in combating climate change; will new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau make a difference? (Photo: James Wheeler, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will new leadership boost Canadian contribution to global climate negotiations?
Insight, 21 October 2015
A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
Article, 10 October 2016
Song, dancing & tomatoes were on the agenda when a CBA9 field trip was hosted by the Likia Conservancy Self-Help Group, which showed participants its fish farming and beehives (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA9 highlights – pre-conference field trips
… explore at first hand issues related to community-based adaptation to climate change, particularly with regards to measuring and enhancing effective … Climate change …
News, 26 April 2015
2017: pastoralists in Isiolo county in Kenya are digging for water in dried-up river beds. Agricultural insurance schemes can help pastoralists and farmers be more resilient to climate shocks (Photo: Denis Onyodi/KRCS)
Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
Insight, 06 June 2017
An illustration showing two people reading a book titled "Participatory Learning and Action" in front of the words "positive change"
Participatory Learning and Action: archive
… Total Sanitation in Africa November 2010 PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change December 2009 PLA 59: Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development …
Article, 31 January 2022
A tale of typhoons, trees and tiny creatures that stood between a community and climate resilience
… Loc as part of the  6th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change  , which gathers researchers and development workers to share … Climate change … A tale of typhoons, trees and tiny creatures that stood between a community and climate resilience …
Insight, 17 April 2012
The case study for Manizales, in Colombia, in a new book edited by IIED's David Satterthwaite focuses on innovative community-oriented environmental policy and a commitment to disaster risk reduction (Photo: Melissa Delzio, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can we transform our cities?
Insight, 19 April 2016