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CBA18 key messages
… The 18th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA18) took place in Arusha, Tanzania from 6–9 May 2024 and … to the CBA space. Under the overarching themes of decolonising climate action and locally-led innovation through locally led adaptation … solutions, loss and damage, climate risks and anticipatory action, local government roles, business and private sector linkages, …
Publication, 28 June 2024
A young man looking at a mangrove seedling
CBA14 Setting the stage: from crisis to climate action
… The annual International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA) puts practitioners’ solutions to climate change first. The 14th conference will take place online from 21-25 … Climate change … CBA14 Setting the stage: from crisis to climate action …
Event, 21 July 2020
Woman in workshop points at a poster. Audience looks at her.
Capacity building for climate action and ambition: what have we learned?
… To effectively adapt to the escalating impacts of climate change, support for locally led climate action is needed. Training, … individuals and communities to influence climate action at the local and global scale. Through collaboration and knowledge exchange … Climate change … Capacity building for climate action and ambition: what have we learned? …
Event, 18 November 2020
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Adapting to climate change in China: achievements and challenges
… on natural resources and agriculture, China is very vulnerable to climate change. The need to adapt to future changes is gaining importance in the … five-year plan, for example, is the first to include a section on adaptation, and the development of a national adaptation strategy is … Climate change … Adapting to climate change in China: achievements and challenges …
Publication, 01 November 2011
The people of southern Bangladesh are resilient and good at adapting to change: the most common vehicle in the city of Mongla is an electric rickshaw powered by a 12volt battery (Photo: Andrew Norton/IIED)
Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh
… Visiting a country on the frontline of climate change, I saw communities displaced by the impacts of climate change, … and artisanal fishers. They also benefit from the support of a local NGO that provides credit and training. A vision of a positive … Climate change … Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh …
Insight, 01 February 2018
Maize crops in Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District, Nepal (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Investing in adaptation to climate change brings bonus benefits
Insight, 29 April 2014
A woman farmer in Malawi, surrounded by maize, examines her crop
CBA12: Local experience driving climate action
… CBA12 in Lilongwe focused on getting local experience on climate action heard. Adaptation practitioners, researchers, policymakers and investors met at CBA12 to discuss how to promote local action on climate change. Read the  key messages that came out of the discussions . … CBA12: Local experience driving climate action …
Event, 11 June 2018
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, … commercial use, and for encouraging further innovation and conserving local crop diversity. Community seed banks have been established in both …
Insight, 29 October 2018
A woman tends an irrigation channel in the Bolivian ‘altiplano,’ or highlands.
Climate change adaptation needs to be part of national development planning
… At last year’s Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, countries decided that “comprehensive, iterative assessments of … vulnerabilities” [1] should form the basis for national climate adaptation programmes. But to do this, national and local planners must … Climate change … Climate change adaptation needs to be part of national development …
Insight, 31 October 2012
A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
Project, 15 October 2020