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Ministers, NGOs, academia and grassroots discuss resilience beyond COVID-19
News, 07 July 2020
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Development and Climate Days 2020
Event, 02 December 2020
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Webinar: Gender inequalities in social protection – people, households and climate adaptation
… Climate risks place a heavy burden on many households in developing … of social protection schemes and how they can incorporate climate-resilience objectives and respond to the different needs of women and … event explored how these households respond to climate risks. What strategies do women and men deploy, and at what cost? Where there are …
Event, 02 April 2020
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Strengthening anticipatory risk response and financing mechanisms for social protection: a practical approach to tackling loss and damage
Publication, 07 December 2022
Two women standing in a forest.
Sisters are doing it for themselves in biodiverse Belize
… an agroforestry plot to restore landscape diversity and enhance climate-resilient landscapes, they were welcomed into the programme. How … plants but local farmers still face the daunting prospect of climate change: hotter temperatures, less rainfall and more extreme weather … research shows that, globally, smallholders invest more in climate adaptation than all international climate finance combined – a …
Insight, 18 March 2024
Landslide
Loss and damage from climate change has pushed Sierra Leoneans far beyond their ability to adapt
Insight, 02 December 2020
A man walking a bike on a flooded road
A changing world needs changing methods: six steps for evaluations to assess “what will work”
… crisis is threatening the ecosystems upon which we all depend. Climate change, with its increased and unpredictable magnitude and frequency of … of six criteria. For example, users can use principles of equity or resilience grounded in the Paris Agreement or Agenda 2030. This is … Climate change …
Insight, 11 July 2022
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Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research results from the Climate Resilient Livestock Production on Communal Lands project, South Africa
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as … an overall strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. This report presents the … Climate change … the evidence and informing policy. Research results from the Climate Resilient Livestock Production on Communal Lands project, South …
Publication, 01 June 2018
A man bends over to tend his crops in a field
Bright spots of success: local adaptation brings answers to the global climate crisis
… At the UN Secretary-General’s climate summit in September, a day before the annual General Assembly … also demonstrate how they are accelerating action to adapt to climate change. The summit is a chance for a breakthrough; an opportunity for global leaders to shift gear on the way adaptation is done. Global to local National adaptation plans and …
Insight, 02 September 2019
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IIED at COP26
Event, 01 November 2021