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Five farmers bend over tending rice crops in a flooded field, as another farmer watches while pushing a cart in the background.
Layering interventions is necessary to address loss and damage effectively
… Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a working group report that highlighted … loss and damage caused by these shocks but to recover at all. Climate adaptation measures like planting saline-tolerant rice cultivars will … Climate change … Policy and planning …
Insight, 05 September 2022
A group of people stand on a bank next to a body of water.
LIFE-AR: Uganda roll-out progresses to district level, charts path for more countries to come on board
… least developed countries (LDCs) have contributed least to escalating climate change yet suffer the most from its impacts. Furthermore, traditional … and innovative Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) marks a radical shift towards … Climate change …
News, 30 October 2023
Combine harvesters in a wheat field
Is adaptation the missing ingredient from the new UN biodiversity action plan?
… it.  What has not been discussed is whether we should also plan for adaptation to biodiversity loss.  Learning from climate change debates  In the language of climate change, taking action to halt … Climate change … Biodiversity, climate and development in the 2020 debate … Is adaptation the missing ingredient from the new UN biodiversity action …
Insight, 24 February 2020
Man next to a pile of dried crops of maize.
New guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action
… not only on debt, but also to mobilise funds for urgent investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation and to protect nature. But so far, international initiatives … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP26) … New guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action …
Insight, 02 November 2021
Multifaceted approach best way for vulnerable countries to overcome climate losses and damage
… Countries most at risk from the impacts of the climate crisis can best address the losses and damage many are already suffering as a result of climate change by using a diverse range of tools and types of finance, according … onset events like sea level rise and desertification. These include policy reforms, the use of physical infrastructure and other measures to …
News, 27 July 2022
Community-based adaptation in Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning
… its strategy at the 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, which ended today in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Government Network … Climate change … Policy and planning … Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning …
News, 25 April 2013
World flags flying
COP26 hangs in the balance if G20 fails to show solidarity with climate-vulnerable countries by delivering action
Insight, 07 July 2021
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Ecosystem-based climate adaptation: building on the positives in El Salvador
Publication, 01 January 2019
A masked woman sits behind a desk reading an information booklet next to a sign that is labelled 'Rwanda'. behind her is a large banner proclaiming the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference
Why COP26 was worth it
… Read how Yared Abera navigated the steep learning curve to becoming a climate negotiator After waiting two years for the COP26 UN climate … it really is. When you look at all the devastation from climate change in 2020, the call for urgent action – and money to finance that … gets completely overlooked – and the imbalance between mitigation and adaptation finance.  Preparation and coordination are key  To help me …
Insight, 06 January 2022
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Solving ‘wicked’ problems: can social learning catalyse adaptive responses to climate change? A compendium of case studies
… having the potential to help solve complex 'wicked' problems such as climate change and food insecurity. Social learning is more than just group … the following for their participation in this work: Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) Fundacão … Climate change …
Publication, 01 March 2017