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The Pacific island nation of Kiribati consists of 33 atols and reef islands. Here, adaptation includes coastal protection measures such as mangrove re-planting, as well as strengthening laws to reduce soil erosion and population settlement planning (Photo: AusAID)
How to measure a global goal for adaptation?
Insight, 27 March 2015
The British Library will host the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture, with guest speaker Dr Fatima Denton (Photo: Wikipedia Commons licence)
2014 IIED lecture: Let's rewrite the narrative on Africa and climate change
… November. Denton is an internationally known expert in the field of climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture and policy development. She is also … Climate change … 2014 IIED lecture: Let's rewrite the narrative on Africa and climate change …
News, 07 October 2014
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International conference on agrobiodiversity: sharing best practice in nature-based solutions from forest and farm producer organisation
… is essential for future food security in a world where climate change increasingly threatens single crop systems. Smallholder forest … are annually having to invest $368 billion in necessary climate adaptation. …
Publication, 27 June 2024
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CBA11 conference proceedings: harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for adaptation
… Community-based adaptation (CBA) recognises that the root causes of vulnerability and resilience to climate impacts, and much knowledge and capacity on how to adapt, are … by IIED in collaboration with the International Centre on Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and Makerere University Centre for …
Publication, 01 January 2018
Rising water levels submerge trees and encroach on land
Can COP26 reach ambitious outcomes for LDCs?
… The drumbeat for rapidly scaling up ambitious action at the UN climate summit (COP26) is growing louder by the day. Several new reports … science and equity) and the lacklustre efforts to address climate change so far. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) … from IIED demonstrate that vital climate finance (particularly for adaptation) is often overcounted and fails to reach the local level …
Insight, 22 October 2021
The 2016 Bonn climate change Conference featured a workshop and numerous informal consultations on gender-responsive climate policy (Photo by IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
LDC women in world climate talks: building a cohort of champions
… The upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn will include a workshop on 10-11 May to develop … reserved for the LDCs at UNFCCC bodies. These nominations — for the Adaptation Committee, the Standing Committee on Finance, and the … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP23) …
Insight, 02 May 2017
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LDC NDCs: adaptation priorities and gaps to address
… This briefing explores the Least Developed Countries’ (LDCs’) adaptation priorities as outlined in their nationally determined … to address ahead of the 2020 update deadline. With the impacts of climate change increasing in frequency and intensity, it is vital that LDCs … Climate change … Policy and planning …
Publication, 01 June 2019
This graphic illustrates some of the benefits of undertaking monitoring and evaluation, including better decision making, supporting learning and accountability and gathering information for reporting
Supporting national monitoring and evaluation systems to enable adaptation assessment and reporting
… This project aims to help developing countries establish adaptation monitoring mechanisms that improve transparency, increase … It also put in place an enhanced transparency framework for climate change action and support. The framework is designed to build mutual … Climate change … Supporting national monitoring and evaluation systems to enable adaptation assessment and reporting …
Project, 24 September 2018
A borehole in Zambia, among the countries to have started thinking about NAPs, is developed for domestic water and irrigation as part of climate change adaptation measures (Photo: Pascal Manyakaidze via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Least developed countries take climate adaptation to next level
… process. Starting small The first priority was to draw up National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) under a process that began in 2001 and was coordinated by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In recent years, all of 48 have completed their NAPAs, … Climate change … Least developed countries take climate adaptation to next level …
Insight, 11 March 2014
People stand by a drought-stricken lake in Xinjiang Province, north-west China.
MPs: the missing pieces to national action on climate change
Insight, 01 August 2012