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Towards pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries
… This paper outlines a framework for adaptation to climate change for urban area in low- and middle-income … Urban … Towards pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries …
Publication, 01 November 2008
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Responding to climate change in contexts of urban poverty and informality
… Our understanding of climate change impacts and vulnerability in urban centres has grown rapidly in … looks at the nature of climate impacts in these contexts, describes adaptation efforts that support community upgrading and contribute to … Urban … Responding to climate change in contexts of urban poverty and informality …
Publication, 01 April 2019
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Towards more inclusive climate change adaptation
… Our understanding of climate change impacts and vulnerability in urban centres has grown rapidly in … in a variety of contexts and scales, from transnational networks for adaptation that incorporate Indonesian cities, to urban adaptation in … Urban … Towards more inclusive climate change adaptation …
Publication, 01 April 2019
Clothes hang on lines outside small poorly maintained houses
Introduction to building transformative urban resilience for all
… combination of inequitable urban growth and rapid and unpredictable climate change is resulting in a rapidly growing number of urban residents … resilience. These include: Towards more inclusive climate change adaptation (31(1) April 2019) Understanding the full spectrum of risk in … Urban … Building transformative urban resilience for all …
Article, 01 April 2022
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
Article, 12 November 2021
Sandbags in a doorway to prevent flooding
Adapting to climate change in Europe: building a systemic and urgent vision
… In the last few months, the school strikers for climate and activist movements such as Extinction Rebellion have … concern and media attention around the urgent challenge of climate change. This urgency is long overdue and welcome support for more … climate change at all levels of policy and practice.  Narratives of adaptation and resilience have not so far been at the centre of these …
Insight, 15 May 2019
An open sewer runs in front of homes
City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge
Insight, 08 February 2020
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Head and shoulders of four smiling people
Shared vulnerabilities? Connecting climate and health in cities: Make Change Happen podcast episode 7
… IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our … public health crises and the risks of climate change in cities ; it forms part of our efforts to observe and … action on climate change.   The LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR)  aims to develop an over-arching …
Article, 06 August 2020
A view over a large township
Internal and international influences on urban change
… of rapid urban population growth . We need to examine how urban change is influenced by national economies and their connections (and … be covered later in this series). New roles and responsibilities for climate change So far, climate change has had little discernible … geographies. There are also increasing numbers of programmes for adaptation or building resilience. But there are also increasing numbers …
Insight, 27 May 2020