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IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
… On arrival in Lima last week, I realised I hadn't been to a climate Conference of the Parties since Copenhagen in 2009. The sense of … – such as D&C Days, CBA (our annual workshop on community-based adaptation ) or Rio – I am struck by the huge respect and admiration in … Delhi in 2002. But there is also a wonderful team from the climate change group, communications, natural resources and human settlements …
Insight, 11 December 2014
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… is lead author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report . She is also currently co-chair … for putting Durban on the map as a frontrunner in climate change adaptation.  She led the Durban Adaptation Charter for Local Governments … Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture …
News, 19 July 2016
Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
… of pastoralism and well-adapted local institutions and management strategies that take advantage of high resource variability and … livelihoods under increasingly unpredictable conditions due to climate change.                It shows that, far from being outmoded and … Climate change … Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity …
Project, 17 December 2012
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How climate finance can support sustainable development
… Climate finance — international and national finance for mitigating and adapting to climate change — is stimulating innovative national planning that links climate resilience with more sustainable and equitable economic growth. This … How climate finance can support sustainable development …
Publication, 01 September 2013
The experiences of mountain communities in Kyrgyzstan were shared at a learning exchange (Photo: Alan Zulch)
Mountain communities stress the importance of biocultural heritage for global food security
… of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) flags the growing impacts of climate change on mountain communities and the vital importance of indigenous … for conserving and enhancing genetic resources for climate change adaptation. The report has been published ahead of the 17th meeting of …
News, 15 February 2019
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… goods and services (and are already bearing the brunt of climate change). So why does the development community often ignore biodiversity … to tackle dangerous declines in biodiversity. 2 Is ecosystem-based adaptation effective? Perceptions and lessons learned from 13 project …
Article, 23 December 2019
A Bangladeshi fisherman sleeps under a tree, one of thousands planted by the government in an attempt to slow tidal erosion and shield against winds as the country. As countries take such measures to tackle climate change, negotiators prepare for the road to Paris and COP21 (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Climate negotiations on the road to Paris: the Geneva stop
Insight, 06 February 2015
Algeria unveils its renewable energy strategy; Africa has a "huge appetite for renewable sources of energy that will power its industries" (Photo: Magharebia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
But, what is the Africa position?
… in natural resources, they are left rudely exposed to the vagaries of climate change? I recall sitting up in my chair and trying to make sense of it … No full circle without growth As I rambled on about the centrality of adaptation as one of Africa's tools to fight climate change impacts, my … Climate change …
Insight, 28 November 2015
Crop field with man watering the soil.
Reconciling food production and forest conservation: priorities for the UN Food Systems Summit
… adaptive capacity, smallholder farmers are highly vulnerable to these climate shocks and stresses. In the lead up to the summit, national … agricultural policies and forestry, biodiversity and REDD+ policy strategies would identify and help assess the extent of potential policy … 2. Raise agricultural productivity on existing land and build resilience in smallholder farming systems Increasing agricultural …
Insight, 20 September 2021
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
Insight, 06 November 2014