Search results

264 results
Group of people in a class room. Some are writing over a flipchart, others are watching and adding comments from the classroom seats.
Addressing the nutrition gap in climate action
… Irish Aid-funded NOURISH programme , which looks at the effects of climate change on nutrition, food security and equity, and develops practical … and nutrition specialists, and take a holistic approach to climate adaptation that incorporates diet and nutrition into climate responses. … Climate change … Addressing the nutrition gap in climate action …
Insight, 20 August 2025
A hand holds a paper voucher, saying "1 Freire" close to the camera while people are blurred in the background.
Strengthening Majority World philanthropies to transform climate and development finance
… Communities most affected by climate change and economic shocks are often also leading the solutions needed … World Urban Forum or the International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation . By strengthening alliances, generating evidence and … Strengthening Majority World philanthropies to transform climate and development finance …
Project, 19 February 2026
Aerial view of informal settlement in Tanzania.
Building heat resilience in informal settlements: community-led data collection
… Heatwaves are intensifying with climate change, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable urban … helping to build the global evidence base for inclusive, data-driven adaptation that works for the most exposed and most vulnerable. Together … Climate change … Building heat resilience in informal settlements: community-led data collection …
Project, 07 August 2025
Woman farmer checking tomatoes on her farm in Uganda. She is wearing a bright pink top and a skirt.
How hidden barriers exclude marginalised groups from creating and sharing knowledge, critical for climate adaptation
… ways to build community resilience in Uganda through the locally led adaptation knowledge system. This includes ensuring the rich local and traditional knowledge about climate adaptation, held within local communities, is shared and … marginalised groups face persistent obstacles to accessing climate change adaptation knowledge, such as: Time poverty, especially among …
Insight, 03 September 2025
Aerial view on Sao Paulo showing different types of housing like sky scrappers and slums.
SECURe: Strengthening and Enhancing Contextual Urban Resilience
… in low- and middle-income countries drives the accumulation of climate risk globally, and will continue to do so over the coming … recognised as complex systems where urban development and adaptation are shaped by dynamic socio-economic, environmental and … hours, while others depended on costly private water tankers. Climate change exacerbated these issues, causing flooding and the spread of …
Project, 01 April 2025
Cover for 22660iied.pdf
Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation: lessons from Viet Nam
… Peoples and local communities, are facing the daily realities of climate change. Farming on average plots of just one hectare, these communities … that threaten their livelihoods and food security. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) offers a promising path forward. EbA is a strategy that … Climate change … Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation: lessons from Viet Nam …
Publication, 09 July 2025
Maasai men herding cattle
VITAL Climate Collective: connecting demand for climate adaptation needs with supply of climate finance
… dryland regions are characterised by natural unpredictability and climate variability over time and space.   Communities have … communities are far more exposed to threats from climate change and less able to manage rangelands with local knowledge. It also … investors about the viability of providing capital to work on adaptation, mitigation, conservation and natural resource management. …
Project, 01 July 2024
Women carrying firewood in Sierra Leone.
Influencing global climate and development discourses for locally led adaptation
… face significant challenges in accessing sufficient and ‘quality’ climate finance, such as complex application processes and delays in … and other key policy and programmatic stakeholders to improve climate adaptation finance delivery in the following core areas: Enhancing and … on access to climate finance, responding to the impacts of climate change, the quantity, quality and composition of climate finance, and …
Article, 24 September 2024
Image of Kigali, Rwanda.
Navigating climate adaptation in urban Africa: lessons from Kigali
… Climate change poses significant challenges for cities worldwide, but especially … and environmental pressures converge. Mainstreaming climate adaptation strategies in urban development is crucial for building resilience, yet integrating these efforts into local policies and … Navigating climate adaptation in urban Africa: lessons from Kigali …
Insight, 03 October 2024
A group of Indigenous farmers, wearing brightly coloured clothes, smile as they lean on a wooden rail and gather around a large rock, in front of a scenic landscape of mountains under a blue sky.
Weaving resilience: biocultural territories and agrobiodiversity zones in the Southern Andes
… of crop diversity and ecological knowledge that are critical for resilience to climate change, but that face a number of threats, such as youth out-migration … Weaving resilience: biocultural territories and agrobiodiversity zones in the …
Project, 10 April 2025