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An image of Saleemul Huq at the podium giving a speech. On the final day of the CBA10 conference, he called for federations and communities of the urban poor to be better utilised by urban developers, climate change practitioners and local government to mainstream local adaptation (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and infrastructure investors to work with urban community federations to mainstream and finance local adaptation
… conferences looking at how local communities can and do adapt to climate change. This year, for the first time, the conference had an urban … climate change practitioners and local government to mainstream local adaptation. Delegates showed that with the right support, these … International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and …
News, 28 April 2016
Climate change: governments should support migration, not fear it
… risk adopting policies that increase people’s vulnerability to climate change because of a general prejudice against migration, according to … Tanzania, found no evidence that environmental degradation linked to climate change would result in large flows of international migrants. … Climate change … Climate change: governments should support migration, not fear it …
News, 02 February 2011
View of a mountain with a few houses. Snowed mountains in the background.
Loss and damage: erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable
… is real”. But my beautiful homeland is a first-hand victim of the climate crisis. Our dependence on nature for our livelihoods makes us … climate crisis limit the progress of such campaigns. Pushed beyond adaptation  This year as I prepared to travel to Glasgow for COP26 , we … their actions. The stories of the people most vulnerable to climate change must be heard and acknowledged. These stories of loss and damage …
Insight, 19 January 2022
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Addressing urban inequalities II: discursive and material practices through scale
… Lilongwe, Lima and Mumbai with analyses of policies relating to climate-impacted dwellers in urban Bangladesh, to state-provided housing … the role of funds-based mechanisms for addressing urban climate change adaptation and proposes a conceptual framework for evaluating urban …
Publication, 30 April 2023
COP16: United Nations climate change negotiations
Event, 01 January 2015
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Institutionalising adaptation monitoring and evaluation frameworks: Kenya
… Climate change adaptation has become a policy priority in most developing countries, despite limited … Climate change … Institutionalising adaptation monitoring and evaluation frameworks: Kenya …
Publication, 01 August 2014
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Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research results from the Participatory Plant Breeding and Community Supported Agriculture project, China
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as … an overall strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. This report presents the … Climate change … Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research …
Publication, 01 June 2018
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MGNREGS: Integrated watershed management and climate resilience
… Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes can contribute to long-term adaptation by the rural poor in India. Based on a desk review and … arid and semi-arid Indian states, it investigates the design and policy evolution of MGNREGS as a vehicle for resilience building. The report identifies policy and design opportunities through which the provision of assets …
Publication, 13 January 2022
Policymakers in Kenya meet with researchers and smallholder farmers to learn about locally appropriate solutions to climate change (Photo: Timothy Mwaura, CIGAR)
Devolved climate finance approach forges new ways of working between citizens and state
… of Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Kenya are piloting devolved climate finance (DCF) approaches to fund climate change adaptation. The pilots work by establishing mechanisms that funnel money … Climate change … Devolved climate finance approach forges new ways of working between citizens and …
Insight, 09 May 2018
Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask
Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times
Article, 09 May 2022