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Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… has been replaced by a challenging new agenda ; global action on climate change has high ambitions set by the Paris Agreement , while the impacts … the ecosystems of development – Mariteuw Chimère Diaw, Cameroon Adaptation is dancing to somebody else's music. Innovation is composing … What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change? …
Insight, 26 January 2016
Chart showing decentralised energy access – finance needed and contribution of climate finance (Image: Sarah Best/IIED)
The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend?
… The Green Climate Fund (GCF) board will meet at the end of this month in Songdo, … bring real benefit to those hardest hit by the impacts of climate change? Good news for adaptation funding Most projects approved in the last tranche and those … Climate change … The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend? …
Insight, 24 June 2016
Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)
Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC
… special envoys gathered at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate to discuss the future of the international climate regime. Named by Responding to Climate Change as the who's who of people tasked to stop climate change, the … change and economic and social development in their development strategies. Termed low-carbon resilient development , such policies form …
Insight, 06 August 2014
Indigeonous communities join government officials, NGOs and academics to participate in a ridge-to-reef mapping workshop in Cagayan de Oro City to identify threats to the forest and environment ecosystem (Photo: Horacio Marcos C. Mordeno, MindaNews, Creative Commons via Flickr)
International Disaster and Risk Conference 2016: key resources
… disaster and risk work focuses on local community engagement with climate change impacts, risks, and adaptation, particularly in urban areas. And while IIED's researchers … Climate change …
Article, 28 August 2016
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)
Addressing risks facing informal workers
… or infrastructure, making residents and workers more vulnerable to climate change impacts such as extreme heat, storms or flooding. What did IIED … environmental and occupational health, while also enhancing their resilience to climate change. We engaged regularly with local … Climate change …
Project, 01 October 2018
Pastoralists are 'invisible assets' in fight against poverty and climate change
… that pastoralists bring to national economies and efforts to confront climate change, says the International Institute for Environment and Development … livelihood systems to cope with difficult environments, global climate change is raising new challenges for them. "Action at local, … Pastoralists are 'invisible assets' in fight against poverty and climate change …
News, 18 June 2009
A woman in an orange life jacket sits on the edge of a square pond cage, surrounded by water.
How social protection can support people and sustain fisheries
… workers living in the global South – are becoming more precarious as climate change and overfishing reshape the risks they face. Almost 90% of global … and labour programmes can help people manage risk and build resilience against shocks. But their reach is limited, particularly …
Insight, 06 June 2022
A group of women use a ladder to climb up to an imposing well to collect water in a desert-like landscape
Integrating gender and intersectionality in social protection programmes
… services. Multidimensional vulnerabilities Multiple risks including climate change, natural disasters, food insecurity, conflict and pandemics − as … gendered and intersectional social protection, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at the local level. For poor …
Insight, 07 September 2021
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Forest and social resilience to climate change. A brief primer on 'who is doing what'
… This primer focuses mainly on the prospects for climate change adaptation by forest dependent people and their institutions. Our … Forest and social resilience to climate change. A brief primer on 'who is doing what' …
Publication, 01 January 2006
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
… The global agreement on climate change reached in Paris sets out a clear agenda for national-level … vulnerable communities and use traditional and local knowledge in adaptation. According to Article 7, adaptation action should: Follow a … Climate change …
Insight, 05 February 2016