Search results

263 results
Cover for 22021g.pdf
Examples of low cost community based adaptation projects
… The document is a collection of case studies of low cost innovative adaptation projects by the Africa Climate change Resilience Alliance members (World Vision, Oxfam, CARE, & Save … Climate change … Examples of low cost community based adaptation projects …
Publication, 18 May 2016
Cover for 17288IIED.pdf
Enabling resilience: bridging the planning gap in Tanzania
… demonstrated the vulnerability of Tanzania’s northern districts to climate change. In the past, community livelihood strategies have allowed people … to create an enabling environment to support community-led adaptation strategies. … Climate change … Enabling resilience: bridging the planning gap in Tanzania …
Publication, 01 April 2015
Small fishing boats just off the coast. Another boat on the beach in the foreground.
Incentives for coastal conservation and fisheries management
… aquatic food systems, with long-term benefits for people, nature and climate. But these interventions often impose costs on coastal … stewardship by resource users, enabling or motivating behaviour change by reducing the associated costs or increasing the benefits. … led by WorldFish (2023-30) under the UK’s Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST) Programme of the Blue …
Project, 04 June 2024
The Asian Development Bank is helping herders in Mongolia combat the consequences of climate change by training them to cultivate fodder or animal feed that is more resilient towards extreme weather changes, using plants that are adapted to the area (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Finance for inclusive investment in climate resilient development
… solutions that we desperately need to ensure inclusive investment in climate-resilient development (CRD). I see this outcome as potentially … for inclusive investment in CRD: Kenya has established a County Adaptation Fund (PDF)  to deliver finance for investment in local adaptation priorities. In Rwanda the national climate change fund, FONERWA , works with the national development bank to …
Insight, 03 August 2015
Community-based adaptation in Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning
… its strategy at the 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, which ended today in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Government Network … Climate change … Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning …
News, 25 April 2013
Mountains such as the Andes, in Peru, are among the regions most affected by climate change (Photo: David Stanley via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Indigenous spiritual values guide climate change adaptation in mountain communities
News, 25 April 2014
A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?
… mountainous landscape, makes Rwanda particularly vulnerable to climate variability and change . There is very little detailed information on how the climate in … climate change It is notoriously difficult to estimate the costs of adaptation as this depends on what is classified as “development” and … Climate change …
Insight, 06 March 2013
A flooded village with damaged houses.
Practical lessons on implementing business unusual 
… Having recognised that business-as-usual climate responses were not fit for purpose in their countries, IIED’s … Countries (LDC) Group, launched the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) in 2018. Here, we outline what we … take time, commitment and energy and is a journey along a pathway for change that supports doing development and climate action differently …
Insight, 15 June 2022
A house in Rema gets fitted with solar panels.
Ethiopia: Can it adapt to climate change and build a green economy?
… Climate change poses a huge challenge to Ethiopia’s government and people. The … formally merged its aims of developing a green economy and greater resilience to climate change under a single policy framework in support … by donors. The Facility is likely to disburse funds as grants to fund adaptation projects, for example, or as guarantees and results-based …
Insight, 25 March 2013
Communities adapting to climate change can learn from revolutionary conservation method
News, 03 May 2012