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Participants in a 2016 short course for government officials from developing countries organised by ICCCAD and partners in Dhaka (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The International Centre for Climate Change and Development
… for Advanced Studies (BACS) , set up the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)  in 2010, with the aim of build … partner institutes to providing education on climate change, adaptation and resilience. The need for capacity building There is an … Climate change … The International Centre for Climate Change and Development …
Project, 02 July 2018
US President Joe Biden speaking with a microphone
Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
… A new era in US climate politics will begin this week, as US President Joe Biden hosts … are deserving topics, there needs to be a much stronger focus on adaptation, loss and damage , and climate finance for both these issues. … to scale Shifting to longer-term commitments for truly transformative change, and providing predictable and patient finance Focusing on …
Insight, 20 April 2021
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Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
… As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by … (CBA) is one growing proposal that argues for tailored support at the local level to enable vulnerable people to identify and implement … Climate change … Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change …
Publication, 01 February 2014
Screenshot from animation explaining how decentralised climate funds operate (Image: Near East Foundation)
How devolved climate finance can deliver climate resilience at local level
… This animation explains how decentralised climate funds operate. IIED and partners are highlighting the potential … finance approaches. They aim to demonstrate that local climate adaptation planning and budgeting can build resilience to the impacts of climate change and reduce poverty, particularly for people in typically poor and …
News, 14 November 2016
An open sewer runs in front of homes
City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge
… As national governments struggle to agree on climate action, city leaders attending the Tenth World Urban Forum … need to show they can rise to the challenge.    Adapting to climate change is a huge challenge for urban areas around the world. It is … to prioritise and how to work with residents to reduce these risks.  Local governments also need to recognise communities’ knowledge of the …
Insight, 08 February 2020
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Perspectives of Indonesian Local Government Planners on Adaptation to Climate Change
… planners at city, regional, and provincial levels have regarding climate change adaptation (CCA), and what informs their perceptions and understanding. … Perspectives of Indonesian Local Government Planners on Adaptation to Climate Change …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Two women standing in a forest.
Sisters are doing it for themselves in biodiverse Belize
… an agroforestry plot to restore landscape diversity and enhance climate-resilient landscapes, they were welcomed into the programme. How … plants but local farmers still face the daunting prospect of climate change: hotter temperatures, less rainfall and more extreme weather … research shows that, globally, smallholders invest more in climate adaptation than all international climate finance combined – a …
Insight, 18 March 2024
As a group people mill around a room and talk with one another at an event, an elevated TV screen shows the transcript of speakers at the event.
Making CBA events more accessible for disabled people
… online, IIED’s flagship International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change returned in person, hosted in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2023. At … Climate change …
News, 18 September 2023
A trader wades through knee-high flooded water in a marketplace
Community voices – the climate needs you in COP26 countdown
… political events in 2019 marked key moments for influencing the climate action agenda, including this September’s UN Secretary-General’s … will be held accountable to the carbon emissions reduction and adaptation pledges made in 2015. Nations will be called on to raise … locally tested solutions for dealing with the impacts of climate change.  Debates covered practical ideas for getting finance to the …
Insight, 28 January 2020
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Vulnerable communities: getting their needs and knowledge into climate policy
… and marginalised communities across the global South are hard hit by climate change. Their voices must be heard by policymakers, planners, … and value their knowledge if viable national, regional and local adaptation strategies are to be implemented. This briefing highlights … Climate change … Vulnerable communities: getting their needs and knowledge into climate policy …
Publication, 01 November 2015