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A scientist studies mangroves in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Mangrove ecosystems support fisheries, prevent coastal erosion and store large amounts of carbon (Photo: Kate Evans/CIFOR)
Call for feedback: inventory of tools to support ecosystem-based adaptation
… EbA has huge potential to support climate vulnerable communities in managing the effects of climate change and there are many tools and methodologies out there to demonstrate how EbA can be integrated into adaptation strategies.  Including more than 200 tools, the ' Inventory … Climate change … Call for feedback: inventory of tools to support ecosystem-based adaptation …
News, 19 December 2016
Men and women pick rice in a waterlogged field.
D&C Days 2023 returns in person at COP28
News, 01 November 2023
Cover for 17629IIED.pdf
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research results from the Mountain EbA Project, Peru
Publication, 01 December 2018
Women fishing in shallow water
CBA15: Local solutions inspiring global action
… The 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15) took place from 14-18 June 2021. In this blog , IIED … Climate change …
Event, 14 June 2021
Extreme events like forest fires, droughts and storms threaten sustainable development. (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
How climate change made the development agenda
… The recent release of Climate Change and Human Development , endorsed by Oxfam International executive … Winnie Byanyima, offers an interesting opportunity to reflect on how policy change happens. The book compiles several reports released … Climate change … How climate change made the development agenda …
Insight, 12 August 2014
Cover for G02646.pdf
Population dynamics and policies in the context of global climate change
… Chapter 1 of "Population dynamics and climate change". This book broadens and deepens understanding of a wide range of … of global greenhouse gas emissions, for developing and implementing adaptation plans and thus for global and national efforts to curtail … Population dynamics and policies in the context of global climate change …
Publication, 01 January 2009
Many flags
IIED and partner events at COP25
… Climate negotiators gathered in Madrid in December for the 25th … Parties (COP25) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This page summarises IIED's activities during the … by: The Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group The LDC initiative for Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR)  has completed its initial two-year …
Event, 02 December 2019
Adaptation to climate change faces major constraints in urban areas
… authors include three contributors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, urges governments and international agencies to take adaptation in urban areas much more seriously. It says that if action is … Climate change … Adaptation to climate change faces major constraints in urban areas …
News, 13 November 2007
A view over a large township
Internal and international influences on urban change
… of rapid urban population growth . We need to examine how urban change is influenced by national economies and their connections (and … be covered later in this series). New roles and responsibilities for climate change So far, climate change has had little discernible … geographies. There are also increasing numbers of programmes for adaptation or building resilience. But there are also increasing numbers …
Insight, 27 May 2020
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… Terry Cannon, Saleemul Huq and Angela Milligan Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change brings together those working in the fields of disaster risk … PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change …
Article, 01 December 2009