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Building community resilience through the locally led adaptation knowledge system in Uganda
… Uganda is among the countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country is already experiencing increased intensity and … aim to address these challenges by strengthening the agricultural adaptation knowledge systems to build community resilience. Focusing on … Climate change … Building community resilience through the locally led adaptation knowledge system in Uganda …
Project, 15 March 2024
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Strengthening Majority World philanthropies to transform climate and development finance
… Communities most affected by climate change and economic shocks are often also leading the solutions needed … World Urban Forum or the International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation . By strengthening alliances, generating evidence and … Strengthening Majority World philanthropies to transform climate and development finance …
Project, 19 February 2026
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Development and Climate Days 2025 goes digital-first ahead of Brazil UNFCCC COP30
… Development and Climate Days (D&C Days) , the influential climate event that … said IIED's Paul Mitchell , principal researcher (locally-led adaptation and climate finance), explaining their decision to … targets ‘non-party’ stakeholders – including businesses, NGOs and local governments – to accelerate climate action. This creates an …
News, 11 September 2025
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Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation: lessons from Viet Nam
… Peoples and local communities, are facing the daily realities of climate change. Farming on average plots of just one hectare, these communities … that threaten their livelihoods and food security. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) offers a promising path forward. EbA is a strategy that … Climate change … Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation: lessons from Viet Nam …
Publication, 09 July 2025
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Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions
… and basic services, making them especially vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, up to two-thirds of global greenhouse gas … people (PDF) A mere 1.2% of climate finance for cities is spent on adaptation , and Only 3.5% of the money from the major global climate … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP29) …
Insight, 20 November 2024
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Addressing the nutrition gap in climate action
… Irish Aid-funded NOURISH programme , which looks at the effects of climate change on nutrition, food security and equity, and develops practical … and nutrition specialists, and take a holistic approach to climate adaptation that incorporates diet and nutrition into climate responses. … Climate change … Addressing the nutrition gap in climate action …
Insight, 20 August 2025
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How smallholder farmers are scaling up local ecosystem-based climate adaptation solutions
… around the world face significant exposure to the impacts of climate change. Despite having limited capacity to buffer harvest losses or … adapting, developing and practising their own local ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) solutions.  But, as a 2023 IIED-led survey exposed, … Climate change … How smallholder farmers are scaling up local ecosystem-based climate adaptation solutions …
Insight, 11 April 2024
Maasai men herding cattle
VITAL Climate Collective: connecting demand for climate adaptation needs with supply of climate finance
… dryland regions are characterised by natural unpredictability and climate variability over time and space.   Communities have … communities are far more exposed to threats from climate change and less able to manage rangelands with local knowledge. It also … investors about the viability of providing capital to work on adaptation, mitigation, conservation and natural resource management. …
Project, 01 July 2024
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Online tool helps people in rural India adapt to climate change
… early warnings and geographic data to help them find ways to adapt to climate change has been devised by IIED and is being rolled out in several … type, drainage characteristics and ground water conditions for their local area which helps them to plan how best to respond to climate … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP27) …
News, 20 October 2022
Aerial view of informal settlement in Tanzania.
Building heat resilience in informal settlements: community-led data collection
… Heatwaves are intensifying with climate change, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable urban … helping to build the global evidence base for inclusive, data-driven adaptation that works for the most exposed and most vulnerable. Together … Climate change …
Project, 07 August 2025