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Woman walks in the distance on barren, drought-ridden soil
LDC reflections of 2020: climate action, ambition and the path forward
Event, 28 January 2021
Rickshaws on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital city.
Bangladesh: from adaptation to low carbon resilience?
… Bangladesh is the most climate vulnerable country in the world and has consistently been a leader in developing solutions around community-based adaptation to climate change, national adaptation planning and offering political leadership … Climate change … Bangladesh: from adaptation to low carbon resilience? …
Insight, 10 July 2013
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Climate justice and international development: policy and programming
Publication, 01 September 2013
Heads of government will pledge action on climate change at the UN Climate Summit in New York on 23 September (Image: UN)
Leaders take note: There are two sides to the climate change coin
… As this week's report by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate shows, spending money to tackle climate change will drive economic growth, creating jobs and prosperity. As our … year delegates at the 8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change adopted the Kathmandu Declaration on …
Insight, 18 September 2014
Woman holds a hose in a greenhouse of pepper plants
New briefing supports greater ambition for countries’ NDCs
… NDC deadline, they are still expected to submit them before the UN climate negotiations (COP26)  in November 2021.  Updating an NDC presents technical and financial challenges, as it requires policy coordination among different ministries and stakeholders, access … when preparing their second NDC, expected by 2025, and  Guidance on adaptation communication: this is optional, but any country planning to …
News, 12 August 2021
Two men with vests from the Red Cross in front of a destroyed building
Here’s how to propel a green recovery for the poorest
Insight, 07 April 2021
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Mainstreaming gender and climate change in Nepal
… There is growing recognition that finding appropriate responses to climate change requires a broad understanding and approach beyond the … are taken into account in the development of policies and plans for adaptation to climate change in Nepal and investigates the opportunities … Mainstreaming gender and climate change in Nepal …
Publication, 01 November 2012
Informal settlements such as this one in Durban, South Africa, are adversely affected by climate-related impacts (Photo: David Dodman)
Climate-related 'loss and damage' in cities: exploring a new urban frontier
… The threats climate change poses to cities in terms of risks, impacts and vulnerabilities is … 'loss' — which cannot be recovered. We know that effective climate adaptation is possible, but it requires risk-reducing infrastructure, … Climate change … Policy and planning … Climate-related 'loss and damage' in cities: exploring a new urban …
Insight, 23 October 2014
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Fifth Learning Hub Event on “Nutrition and Food Security: A Comprehensive and Adaptive Agricultural Development"
Publication, 01 August 2015
Close-up of a group of young climate demonstrators
Acting on the planetary emergency
Insight, 29 November 2019