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A view of the migrant informal community of Marathahalli, Bengaluru
‘Participatory’ adaptation plans aren’t working for migrants in cities
Insight, 09 May 2019
Cover for G03338.pdf
The Role of Traditional Knowledge and Crop Varieties in Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in SW China, Bolivian Andes and coastal Kenya
… UNU-IAS workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalised Populations and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge, Mexico, July 2011 Indigenous … The Role of Traditional Knowledge and Crop Varieties in Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in SW China, Bolivian Andes and coastal …
Publication, 01 September 2011
The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
… settlements around the world are not forgotten as cities develop climate plans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is convening an international scientific conference in … fail to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C. But how is adaptation possible where city governments have no capacity? Cities in …
Insight, 06 March 2018
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
Event, 23 September 2019
With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change
Insight, 06 June 2011
Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
Insight, 05 November 2021
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
Project, 30 March 2015
Four images of people from IIED's 2021 'super year' video, including a fisher hauling nets
IIED and the ‘super year’
Article, 02 February 2021
Cover for 17309IIED.pdf
Radical adaptation in agriculture: tackling the roots of climate vulnerability
Publication, 01 September 2015
Small fishing boats just off the coast. Another boat on the beach in the foreground.
Incentives for coastal conservation and fisheries management
… aquatic food systems, with long-term benefits for people, nature and climate. But these interventions often impose costs on coastal … stewardship by resource users, enabling or motivating behaviour change by reducing the associated costs or increasing the benefits. … led by WorldFish (2023-30) under the UK’s Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST) Programme of the Blue …
Project, 04 June 2024