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Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation formally launched in Tanzania
News, 01 March 2010
Cover for G04444.pdf
Building resilience in rangelands through a natural resource management model: a case study - Full report
Publication, 01 January 2020
A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
Insight, 24 November 2015
Moving right along: climate change and migration
… Day 2 of Development and Climate Days: Justice, Ethics and Humanitarian Issues   Images of men, … relative security of the developed world, many are aware that climate change is breaking lives apart. But many also fail to carry that thought … on gender and equality, ethical and human rights implications of adaptation policy formation, and population dynamics and climate change. …
Insight, 13 December 2009
A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
… Transformative change is widely accepted as essential for tackling the twin crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency. But, even though discussions on the Convention for … is missing: the socio-political dimension. This puts governance and institutions at the centre, which not only reveals key challenges but …
Insight, 30 June 2020
Cover for 17041IIED.pdf
Adaptation funding and development assistance: some FAQs
… It’s becoming ever clearer that development and climate change are intertwined issues. Unsustainable development drives climate … climate change; climate impacts can be a barrier to development. So adaptation* to climate impacts is increasingly seen as part of good … Climate change … Adaptation funding and development assistance: some FAQs …
Publication, 01 November 2008
People from Zimbabwe sit under a tree with a concrete building behind.
Civil society plays key role in policymaking in a changing climate
… roles in pushing for new laws, programmes, policies or strategies on climate change, in holding governments to account on their commitments; in identifying the lack of joined-up government responses to climate change; and in ensuring that national policy making does not … Climate change … Civil society plays key role in policymaking in a changing climate …
News, 21 May 2012
A woman showing her identification card to two officials
Webinar report: Gender inequalities in social protection
Event, 02 April 2020
Seven ways equity can promote success at the UN climate talks
… advance negotiations towards a legally-binding global deal to tackle climate change, which they are due to sign in 2015. For any agreement to be … talks raise ambition to reduce those emissions, they must also tackle adaptation. The concept of equity offers a framework to fix this … Climate change … Seven ways equity can promote success at the UN climate talks …
Insight, 07 November 2013
In Kebkabiya, North Darfur, the NGO Practical Action has been helping communities prevent conflict between farmers and pastoralists by encouraging the construction and rehabilitation of watering points (Photo: Margaret Gardner, Practical Action)
Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
Insight, 23 April 2015