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The Ewaso Ng'iro River, in Isiolo County's Shaba National Reserve, Kenya where pilot projects to support adaptation 'may not yet be perfect, but have the right idea'. (Photo: Ninara via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Why community 'based' adaptation to climate change is not enough
Insight, 18 March 2014
Semarang, Indonesia: One of the ten initial cities in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network, Semarang has been a pioneer in integrating climate change resilience into city planning and management. (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Climate change governance in cities
… In order to build the capacity of cities and city actors to adapt to climate change, an improved understanding of the nature of risk and … required. This includes reviewing the urban and national politics of adaptation to climate change, the role of community-based action at the … Climate change … Policy and planning …
Project, 30 March 2015
A woman tends an irrigation channel in the Bolivian ‘altiplano,’ or highlands.
Climate change adaptation needs to be part of national development planning
Insight, 31 October 2012
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Global Stocktake: three priorities to drive adaptation action
Publication, 27 October 2021
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Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research overview and overarching questions
Publication, 01 May 2016
People walking on agricultural land
Envisioning a better future for The Gambia
Insight, 19 July 2021
Head and shoulders image of Alok Sharma talking to a computer camera in front of the Union flag
Ministers, NGOs, academia and grassroots discuss resilience beyond COVID-19
News, 07 July 2020
People sitting on a round table and writing notes on a poster.
Community-based adaptation (CBA) conference archive
… Community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA)  focuses on empowering communities to … Share and consolidate the latest developments in CBA best practice, policy and theory across different sectors and countries Strengthen … Climate change … Community-based adaptation … Community-based adaptation (CBA) conference archive …
Article, 01 May 2015
Screenshot of a video call with 25 participants.
Local must lead action to tackle world’s multiple interconnected challenges
… the global economy and claiming over a million lives. Meanwhile, climate devastation has continued – from wildfires raging in California, … will soon irreversibly harm future generations. The pandemic, climate change and biodiversity loss are intertwined with rising inequality – … higher ambitions for responding to these challenges.   The Climate Adaptation Summit in January will be the culmination of the Global …
Insight, 08 October 2020
A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
… challenges of poverty, inequality, nature degradation and climate change requires mechanisms that enable people to engage actively and … decision making. Policies to promote low carbon growth and climate adaptation in both developed and developing countries have strong … Climate change … Engaging citizens for socially just climate action …
Project, 15 October 2020