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An aerial view of a town covered in floodwater.
How can loss and damage finance reach those enduring climate catastrophe?
… Loss and damage refers to the adverse impacts of climate change that have not, cannot, or will not be avoided by mitigation or adaptation. As global heating escalates, so too do the losses and … Climate change … Policy and planning … UN climate change conference (COP27) … How can loss and damage finance reach those enduring climate catastrophe? …
Insight, 13 September 2022
Nature landscape of a forest and a lake.
Author Q&A: A framework for assessing the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation
… Hannah Reid is a consultant with IIED's Climate Change research group and biodiversity team. Alongside Amanda Bourne, … for assessing the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation' in the book ' Resilience: The Science of Adaptation to … Climate change … for assessing the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation …
Article, 23 November 2020
People sitting under a straw tent next to rice fields
CBA17: back in person, ready to harness energy to drive forward the locally led adaptation agenda
… This year’s international community-based adaptation conference (CBA17)  will be our first in-person conference … different sectors and areas of expertise.   Four of the themes are: Climate finance: we will focus on how climate finance delivery … or restore natural ecosystems while building resilience to climate change impacts − can support climate adaptation that meets the needs and …
Insight, 15 March 2023
Two men pushing a boat filled with mangrove seedlings
Finding solutions in nature for climate change
… One key message from the webinar was the urgent need to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together. Alex White, team leader for … loss and protect the most vulnerable.  Sarah Nelson, head of policy oversight in the international environmental conventions team in … Climate change … Biodiversity, climate and development in the 2020 debate …
Insight, 29 May 2020
Man moving cement in Ocupação Jorge Hereda, São Paulo.
Building housing justice: construction materials in informal settlements
… justice require a combination of several actions and pathways for change, one of which is securing access to resilient and affordable … not only for their role in enhancing the quality of life and adaptation efforts of informal settlement residents, but also because of … the part the building material industry plays in wider processes of climate change and environmental degradation. Current dynamics shaping …
Article, 30 October 2024
Man speaking in front of a wall that reads "UN Climate Change Conference UK 2020"
UK aid cuts threaten climate leadership role of COP26 president
… While the goals of development work cannot ignore the need for climate resilience, the funding streams are less indivisibly linked. The … finance that vulnerable countries need to build resilience to climate change and other threats (such as the current pandemic) is fundamental … aid, development funding must remain constant if new and additional adaptation and resilience finance is to have a fighting chance at …
Insight, 30 March 2021
Aerial footage of palm oil plantations alongside a river
Q&A: CBA15 innovation theme highlights transformative change
… Innovation for adaptation will be one of the five themes at the 15th International … We talked to them about how innovation can contribute to positive change. Q: Why is innovation important? CH: There are already many good … implemented where it is needed and by those who are being affected by climate change. What we need now is innovation that can mobilise that …
Article, 03 June 2021
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
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
Group of women forming a circle in a discussion
Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?
… Ecosystem-based adaptation , or EbA, involves people working with nature to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.   Ample evidence from IIED and other organisations – along with … Climate change … Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help? …
Insight, 12 July 2021