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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 … Least developed countries lead on low-carbon resilience …
Insight, 16 October 2013
A woman in a yellow sari and wearing a facemask is standing in a field of crops. She is putting the plants into a bag tied around her waist.
Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural workers in India
… by workers in the informal economy, while also helping to build their resilience to climate change. Kashi Damke: working in the fields and selling vegetables Kashi, … Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural …
Article, 06 June 2022
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… fellow Saleemul Huq, also director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), provided regular vlogs from Lima … in climate change negotiations South Asia - vulnerable region and adaptation strategies  Side event Date: Tuesday 2 December Speakers:  … Climate change … IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20) …
Event, 01 December 2014
A Potato Park farmer in Peru leads the Potato Guardians collective (Photo: Adam Kerby)
Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation
… As world leaders gather in Lima to negotiate a new global climate deal at the UN climate conference, this innovative, inclusive … of new kinds of partnerships between scientists and farmers for adaptation to climate change. In the Peruvian highlands near Cusco, climate change has already … Climate change … Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation …
News, 27 November 2014
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… ‘Development’s Invisible Hands: Development Futures in a Changing Climate.’ 8th November 2008, Church House, Westminster, London 1. Introduction It is now well established that anthropogenic climate change is a reality, and that those worst affected will be the poorest … change therefore pose a massive threat to development, and action on adaptation to climate change, particularly in developing countries, is …
Article, 14 November 2008
View of Harpan village of Panchase – the upstream of Phewa Lake (Photo: Amit Poudyal/IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Nepal
… 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, 26 June 2018
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Organised forest-farm producers mitigate climate change through adaptive resilience
… Climate mitigation programmes and finance mechanisms like Reducing … of millions of dollars have been committed to the design of REDD+ strategies, monitoring, reporting and verification systems. But there is … in channelling funds to rural actors to lead the response to climate change – in part because nobody is supporting the organisations that …
Publication, 01 March 2016
The Bandiagara plateau in Central Mali has been hit by repeated droughts. Climate change is making the weather unpredictable, resulting in poor harvests and increased malnutrition (Photo: Irina Mosel/ODI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
… Mounkoro (BM) is a Malian forest and water engineer and works as a climate-smart agriculture and natural resources manager for a … talked to Malian journalist Diénéba Dème Diallo (DDD) about climate change, its impact on Mali and the upcoming climate change talks in … in the form of environmental damage. On top of this, the cost of adaptation and mitigation measures is estimated to be 340 billion FCA or …
Article, 24 November 2015
In Mozambique, government ministries for development planning and for environment work with district authorities and NGO partners to support climate adaptation at a local scale
Monitoring and evaluation in Mozambique shows how to link local and national climate adaptation
… Climate change increasingly challenges the ways people live and economies … and the drive to adapt is picking up speed. We know that effective adaptation happens when local actions are supported by a national … of how well climate adaptation investments improve the climate resilience of different sectors and of citizens. They will also need to …
Insight, 28 February 2014
Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
… a two-way pathway between disaster and development informed by a climate lens, seeing the way that climate change impacts women in particular.  Prema was a co-founder of SPARC and … Prema; we were gathering a range of actors to discuss what effective adaptation could look like from different perspectives. Prema spoke so …
News, 23 May 2022