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An area of forest in Tanzania, where REDD+ activities have included the support of community land use planning and the provision of alternative livelihoods (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Tackling deforestation as part of climate action
… in REDD+ businesses  to call for an ambitious and legally binding climate change agreement, that is backed by matching finance packages to … interests. Gender equality for success Experiences from Vietnam, Nepal and Tanzania have shown that women and men play different roles in … Climate change … Tackling deforestation as part of climate action …
Insight, 17 December 2015
The Asian Development Bank is helping herders in Mongolia combat the consequences of climate change by training them to cultivate fodder or animal feed that is more resilient towards extreme weather changes, using plants that are adapted to the area (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Finance for inclusive investment in climate resilient development
… solutions that we desperately need to ensure inclusive investment in climate-resilient development (CRD). I see this outcome as potentially … for inclusive investment in CRD: Kenya has established a County Adaptation Fund (PDF)  to deliver finance for investment in local adaptation priorities. In Rwanda the national climate change fund, FONERWA , works with the national development bank to …
Insight, 03 August 2015
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… for our video efforts earlier this month when one of a series of climate change animations was nominated in the Charity Film Awards (public … as much as infrastructure and availability. 9 Scaling up locally-led adaptation [VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZmymLhbk20] With …
Insight, 28 December 2021
Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)
Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC
… special envoys gathered at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate to discuss the future of the international climate regime. Named by Responding to Climate Change as the who's who of people tasked to stop climate change, the … LDCs –  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Laos, Mozambique, Nepal and Rwanda –  have brought together the goals of reducing climate …
Insight, 06 August 2014
Cover for G03631.pdf
TAMD Meta-analysis findings from Appraisal and Design phase - Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan
Publication, 01 June 2013
A family in Dadaab gathers sticks and branches for firewood and to make a shelter, while carcasses of animals that have perished in the drought are strewn across the desert (Photo: Andy Hall/Oxfam via Wikipedia Commons)
Urgent action needed says leader of the Least Developed Countries Group
… Two new reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , released in the last three months, present alarming … Mathema gave at the 8th international co nference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA8) , which was jointly hosted by … Climate change …
News, 04 June 2014
Cover for G04055.pdf
Stone Village Declaration (May 2016)
… assess the effectiveness of biocultural heritage-based approaches for climate change adaptation and to share experiences and key methods and tools for …
Publication, 01 June 2016
A giant temple bell in Mongolia (Photo: David Berkowitz via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
The IPCC rings the warning bell louder. Is anyone listening?
Insight, 02 April 2014
Bangladeshi climate negotiator Qazi K Ahmad
Q&A: World leaders must abandon their narrow political interests to deliver the best deal at COP21
Article, 24 November 2015
Hope from action
… As climate-related impacts become more frequent and extreme, the primary … individuals at the front lines, already bearing the brunt of climate change on their livelihoods, food, water, energy sources, and housing. … heavy human and economic losses, and left no doubt for the need for adaptation planning. The representative from Pakistan said the floods in …
Insight, 09 December 2011