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A government scheme to employ people to build water management infrastructure has supported Ethiopian smallholders and saved water for growing crops. (Photo: Stephan Bachenheimer / World Bank)
CBA13: Local solutions inspiring global action
… CBA13 brought together practitioners, grassroots representatives, local and national government planners, policymakers and donors working … at all levels and scales to discuss how we can drive ambition for a climate-resilient future.  The conference took place on 1-4 April 2019 … needed for climate finance to flow at scale to support effective adaptation? This  interview further discusses what's in store . …
Event, 01 April 2019
Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation formally launched in Tanzania
News, 01 March 2010
CBA5 participants visited Char Kukri-Mukri island on the southeast coast. Here women tend mangrove seedlings destined to provide a barrier against erosion (Photo: B. Koelle)
5th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA5)
Article, 13 April 2011
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Getting local governments, residents and enterprises to respond to the new IPCC assessment
… The new IPCC assessment – Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability ‒ highlights how city governments have to … Getting local governments, residents and enterprises to respond to the new IPCC …
Publication, 01 April 2014
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019
Many residents of Dar es Salaam live in informal settlements and are vulnerable to a wide range of climate threats, including sea-level rise and coastal erosion and flooding (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
4th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA4)
Article, 02 February 2010
Outdoor workers in Da Nang are prone to heat stress. Credit: COHED.
To build climate resilience cities must assess diverse drivers of vulnerability
Insight, 30 October 2013
Illustrator Jorge Martin creates a 'living graphic' to chart the conversations on 'tough talk on poverty and climate' at the 2015 Development & Climate Days (Photo: IIED/Matt Wright)
Participants in Development & Climate Days focus on "bold action needed now"
… gathered in Paris on Saturday for the 13th annual Development & Climate Days to debate how to achieve 'Zero poverty, zero emissions'. … of people will fall into poverty in the coming decades. Climate change could undermine the development progress of the past 20 years and … to green economies. Radical action needed on mitigation and adaptation Climate change is locked in between now and 2030 as a result …
Insight, 06 December 2015
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CBA10 proceedings: enhancing urban community resilience
Publication, 01 May 2016
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Smallholder farming systems in Southwest China: Exploring key trends and innovations for resilience
… and traditional knowledge, which provide resources for resilience and adaptation to climate change. The SIFOR project (Smallholder Innovation for Resilience) aims … Climate change …
Publication, 01 March 2016