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A giant temple bell in Mongolia (Photo: David Berkowitz via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
The IPCC rings the warning bell louder. Is anyone listening?
Insight, 02 April 2014
The closing plenary of the COP24 climate talks (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Reflections on Katowice – where does the Paris Agreement stand now?
… The UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland (COP24) were always going to be tough, … COP24 to unequivocally welcome the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s authoritative and comprehensive report on the implications of … transparency on country efforts in all key areas – mitigation, adaptation and climate finance.  This transparency allows for people to …
Insight, 20 December 2018
Climate Communications Day at Doha: New approaches to reach new audiences
… Executive Director of EJN, noted that despite the struggle to address climate change with policy – or rather, because of it – interest in climate change … Climate change … Climate Communications Day at Doha: New approaches to reach new audiences …
News, 13 December 2012
African Climate Policy Centre director Fatima Denton speaks at the 2015 Development & Climate Days event at COP21 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Breaking out of the development silos
News, 22 March 2016
Climate protestors in Doha. Photo: adopt a negotiator
COP18 Q&A: outcomes of the Doha climate talks
… come out of the collective outcome from the talks, called the ‘Doha Climate Gateway’? There are three main things to come out of the … to vulnerable communities for the loss and damage caused by climate change. While we didn’t set up an international mechanism on loss and … There was an agreement on how to develop the next phase of the adaptation work – they’ve agreed guidance for countries to do national …
Article, 12 December 2012
Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
… steps in this key year for development on the road to Paris and the climate summit, but they set a direction that must go beyond Paris, … of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) addresses our greatest global challenge. Without tackling … their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) detailing adaptation and mitigation plans. This has seen an important shift with …
Insight, 10 September 2015
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Urban Livelihoods
… as WIEGO particularly works to mobilize female workers.~ ~Papers on climate change in cities address adaptation at two different levels: collaborative production of a … Policy and planning …
Publication, 01 October 2016
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The Green Climate Fund accreditation process: barrier or opportunity?
Publication, 01 September 2015
Children go to school on boat in flood-prone Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B Akash/Panos
Least developed countries lead on low-carbon resilience
… As the world waited for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to release its latest report last month, the climate economist … reduction of climate change emissions (climate change mitigation), adaptation to the effects caused by climate change and economic and … Climate change …
Insight, 16 October 2013
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Does EbA Work? A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation
… Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EbA) integrate the use of biodiversity and ecosystem … services into an overall strategy for helping people adapt to climate change. To date, however, insight into these approaches has often been … of the evidence on the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation …
Publication, 01 February 2012