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Is ecosystem-based adaptation effective? Perceptions and lessons learned from 13 project sites
… The global climate is changing rapidly and countries need clear direction on how best to adapt to these changes. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is becoming an increasingly popular strategy, … Climate change … Is ecosystem-based adaptation effective? Perceptions and lessons learned from 13 project …
Publication, 01 June 2019
A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?
Insight, 06 March 2013
A new radish variety shown off by Dayanand Joshi
As climate changes, Himalayan farmers return to traditional crops
… Climate change is making food production harder for communities in the Indian … biodiversity and traditional crop varieties that give options for adaptation. IIED and its partners, Lok Chetna Manch in Ranikhet, … It is important that farmers exchange seed collections with formal institutions, such as the Indian Council of Agriculture Research ’s …
Insight, 29 October 2018
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
An illustration with a speech bubble: "We're dealing with multiple intertwined crises" with scales and illustrations depicting climate change, COVID-19, rising inequalities and biodiversity loss
A green recovery from COVID-19? Not without climate, nature and development solutions
Insight, 26 November 2020
CCAFS, together with partners, is trying to develop new ways to communicate climate change adaptation. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
New ways to communicate climate change and adaptation - is it time for something “loopy”?
Insight, 19 October 2012
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
Event, 23 September 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
… In order to build the capacity of cities and city actors to adapt to climate change, an improved understanding of the nature of risk and … required. This includes reviewing the urban and national politics of adaptation to climate change, the role of community-based action at the … Climate change … Climate change governance in cities …
Project, 30 March 2015
Cambodia's farmers face an uncertain future as the climate changes (Photo: Lorena Pajares via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Cambodia to climb climate change readiness ladder
… of the least developed countries, and is among the most vulnerable to climate change , particularly to floods, droughts and tropical storms. Most … at the efficiency of projects. Cambodia needs to assess how affective adaptation actions are in reducing vulnerability AND improving … Climate change … Cambodia to climb climate change readiness ladder …
Insight, 03 April 2014
The Saloum Delta Biosphere Reserve in Senegal (Photo: El Hadji Ballé Seye/UICN-Sénégal)
EBA Evidence and Policy: Senegal
Project, 02 April 2019