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Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
… Under the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change  196 countries committed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 … to build resilience to the effects of climate change. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is one such strategy: the sustainable management of our … Climate change … Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris? …
Insight, 13 January 2017
Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.
Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19
… inputs and sell products. But it also highlighted the tremendous resilience of the self-reliant biocultural food systems of Indigenous … crops, maintaining and enhancing their genetic diversity to adapt to climate change. But the knowledge, innovation and resilience of Indigenous …
Insight, 26 August 2021
Divisional Adaptation Planning Committees (DAPCs) act as community focal points (Photo: Sam Greene/IIED)
Local climate finance mechanism helping to fund community-prioritised adaptation
… Communities in many contexts have developed their own adaptation strategies, uniquely suited to their environment, to manage climate variability and uncertainty. Over time, they have developed … level to support more vulnerable communities to adapt to climate change. What is IIED doing? IIED is part of a community of practice in …
Project, 26 November 2015
This culvert, constructed to allow villagers to cross the River Mahenya, Kenya, proves insufficient at times of extreme rainfall. Kenya is one of the pilot countries for TAMD which aims to improve the way climate adaptation is assessed (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Measuring the impact of climate adaptation on development
… A new framework is improving climate adaptation assessment, evaluating it alongside local climate resilience … of the Adaptation Committee of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in September 2013.  … Climate change … Measuring the impact of climate adaptation on development …
Article, 20 January 2014
Workers digging zaï pits that help to preserve water on farms (Photo: IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Burkina Faso
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem services to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2019, IIED, … Climate change … Ecosystem-based adaptation …
Project, 02 January 2019
Participants around a table at D&C Days 2016 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Transparency and accountability in the Paris Agreement: eight questions climate negotiators must tackle
… The disparity between the scale of estimated losses from climate impacts and international adaptation funding available to ameliorate expected damage is widening. … of topics and issues at the interface of development and climate change. This year the host partners intend to go further.  VIDEO: What … Climate change …
Insight, 23 October 2017
Market traders wearing face masks sell produce
Inequality in the face of COVID-19: how grassroots communities are taking action
Event, 02 July 2020
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Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation: Evidence from two sites in Bangladesh
… Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EbA) involve the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. Those who are most vulnerable to climate change are often highly … Climate change … Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation: Evidence from two sites in Bangladesh …
Publication, 01 November 2014
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati consists of 33 atols and reef islands. Here, adaptation includes coastal protection measures such as mangrove re-planting, as well as strengthening laws to reduce soil erosion and population settlement planning (Photo: AusAID)
How to measure a global goal for adaptation?
Insight, 27 March 2015
The CBA14 logo with a photograph of a person planting rice.
Twitter chat: CBA14 – from local solutions to global action
News, 26 August 2020