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Planning and costing adaptation of perennial crop systems to climate change: Coffee and banana in Rwanda
… temperature ranges, it makes the country particularly vulnerable to climate variability and change. The study objective of evaluating and costing the most suitable climate change adaptation measures for this geographic context responds to the Rwandan … Planning and costing adaptation of perennial crop systems to climate change: Coffee and banana in Rwanda …
Publication, 01 October 2011
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
Insight, 09 March 2015
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
… Climate variability is a key feature of dryland ecosystems across … local subsistence and is the mainstay of national economies. Climate change is increasing this variability, leading to more frequent climate … of this variability. To create an enabling space for locally led adaptation action to thrive, there is a therefore a need to challenge …
Project, 27 July 2018
A solar lamp lights up a shop.
The private sector’s role in low carbon resilient development
Insight, 20 June 2013
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Resilience building in Tanzania: learning from experiences of institutional strengthening
… Tanzania's northern districts are extremely vulnerable to climate change. In the past, community livelihood strategies have allowed people … from local government efforts to strengthen institutional capacity adaptation and development planning. … Resilience building in Tanzania: learning from experiences of …
Publication, 01 May 2015
A meeting of community members in Bangladesh. Similar meetings will feed into an international network of government planners sharing strategies on how to mainstream climate change into development planning (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire)
Government group network on climate change mainstreaming
Project, 29 September 2014
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
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Finance for resilience building and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenya: A comparative study of local and national managed funds
… Since the establishment of the Green Climate Fund, research interest on funding modalities to deliver adaptation and development benefits to the local level has grown exponentially. A key question is how climate change funding can be effectively channelled to support adaptation, … Climate change … Finance for resilience building and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenya: A comparative study of local and national managed …
Publication, 01 July 2017
Solar panels on a floating school, Bangladesh
Understanding the political economy of the Climate Investment Funds
… The Climate Investment Funds are intended to help developing countries pilot … institutional, and financial systems – for responding to climate change. The UK's Department for International Development (DFID)  has … climate resilience' in developing countries As National Adaptation Planning processes are beginning to unfold in many countries, …
Project, 17 December 2012
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… Each year international negotiators gather for global talks on climate change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations … Paris Agreement 2nd EbA Knowledge Day – Strengthening ecosystem-based adaptation in policy frameworks: communicating benefits, developing … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP23) …
Event, 06 November 2017