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IIED research associate Nathalie Seddon discusses nature-based solutions to climate change in a video interview (Photo: IIED)
Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain
… the growing consensus about the value of nature-based solutions to climate change – including ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation – and set out some of the significant challenges that need to … Climate change … Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain …
News, 10 August 2018
Man in a mangrove forest
Striving for better: following LDC leadership in addressing the climate crisis
… Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity; never has the world … what is a long term, cross sector and multidimensional challenge. Climate change knows no boundaries, so while a project in one area or … of dealing with the climate crisis. The LDC initiative for effective adaptation and resilience (LIFE-AR)  sets out a plan for implementing …
Insight, 26 January 2021
Delegates at CBA12 in Malawi gather around a table and write on a document
CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action
… In early April, IIED and partners will host the 13th community-based adaptation (CBA) event  in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. There has … of practice and to get its voice heard. 2019 is a crunch year for climate action. The international climate community was left bruised … IPCC , or to stump up the money so countries hardest hit by climate change can adapt. The deflation from COP24 has redoubled pressure for …
Insight, 22 January 2019
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The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change
… already upon humankind. In the midst of a rapidly expanding global adaptation agenda, it is of primary importance to get adaptation and its … kept population issues out of serious discussions in the framework of climate negotiations. Within adaptation actions, however, this is beginning to change, and this volume is intended to provide a framework for taking …
Publication, 01 February 2013
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Ecosystem-based adaptation: the key to reducing climate risk in Uganda
… All developing countries must address climate vulnerability and identify the best ways to help their people adapt. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is one increasingly popular and tested strategy. Uganda … to harness the full benefits of this approach, as its climate change policy evolves into law. As policymakers create the legal …
Publication, 01 November 2017
A woman bends over to tend to rows and rows of small trees being grown
Unlocking public climate finance for sustainable business transformation in Africa
… The world faces a triple and interconnected crisis: the climate emergency, rapid biodiversity destruction and entrenched … is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and annual adaptation costs in developing countries are estimated at $70 billion. … the barriers to private sector engagement and investment in climate change, especially adaptation.    The programme introduces delegates to …
Project, 01 September 2021
An open sewer runs in front of homes
City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge
… As national governments struggle to agree on climate action, city leaders attending the Tenth World Urban Forum … this week need to show they can rise to the challenge.    Adapting to climate change is a huge challenge for urban areas around the world. It is … Climate change … City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge …
Insight, 08 February 2020
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COP25 policy and activism: we deserved better
… 2019 saw people mobilising to demand climate action at an unprecedented scale. But their hopes were badly bruised at December’s UN climate change meeting . Activists, grassroots organisations and other civil … and respond adequately to their people? Urgent activism, sluggish policy I went to COP25 as both a climate policy specialist, seeking just …
Insight, 13 January 2020
Women fetching water at a water kiosk
Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya
… Initially piloted in five counties between 2011-18, the County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) is being scaled out to new areas, including Kenya’s … county governments and empowers local communities. Recognising that adaptation action is best planned locally and informed by local … Climate change … Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya …
Insight, 24 September 2019
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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2024
… FFPOs can be game-changing investors in landscape restoration, climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity and agrobiodiversity …
Publication, 31 March 2025