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Adapting to climate change in Bangladesh
Insight, 30 March 2011
Abid Lashari, president of the National Disability and Development Forum, Pakistan, is interviewed at CBA8
Voices of people with disabilities must be heard in climate change adaptation debate
… , announced at the end of the 8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA8) in Nepal, calls for priority to be given to capacity … Climate change … Voices of people with disabilities must be heard in climate change adaptation debate …
Insight, 16 May 2014
A man herds goats amid the dust
Responding to climate change in Kenya by strengthening dryland governance and planning
… underpinned by shared principles and a common approach to devolving climate finance to the local level. County governments in Kenya are … implementing policy frameworks for mitigating and adapting to climate change. While these frameworks are aligned with national development … by the Kenyan Treasury. What is IIED doing? As a member of the wider community of practice, IIED is supporting ADA to test the effectiveness …
Project, 06 March 2018
People walking down a flooded road
D&C Days 2019: five themes for climate resilience for all
Article, 22 November 2019
A group of four men and women wearing overalls, one with an axe over his shoulders and one crouching down, pose for a photo. In the foreground are a few rocks, with a dusty landcsape and mountains in the background.
Lessons from a fruitful journey: seven years of EbA research and action
Insight, 31 May 2022
People sit on the floor in group under cover facing a standing man making a presentation/speech
Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in Odisha, India
… about the possible significance of the work in building resilience to climate change. This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , … Act of 2017 (PDF) . This involved a massive data gathering and community mobilisation exercise using high resolution drone surveying of … Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in …
Insight, 07 February 2022
Community-based adaptation in Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning
News, 25 April 2013
An image of Saleemul Huq at the podium giving a speech. On the final day of the CBA10 conference, he called for federations and communities of the urban poor to be better utilised by urban developers, climate change practitioners and local government to mainstream local adaptation (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and infrastructure investors to work with urban community federations to mainstream and finance local adaptation
… conferences looking at how local communities can and do adapt to climate change. This year, for the first time, the conference had an urban focus, with the theme of 'enhancing urban community resilience'. Discussions at the conference highlighted … International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and …
News, 28 April 2016
Cover for G03421.pdf
Community Based Adaptation: 6th International Conference 16-22 April 2012 - Conference proceedings
Publication, 01 August 2012
The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
… settlements around the world are not forgotten as cities develop climate plans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is convening an international scientific conference in … the systems fundamental to adapting to climate change. Learning from community organisations For city governments, addressing these issues is …
Insight, 06 March 2018