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Resource Atlas of Isiolo County, Kenya: Community-based mapping of pastoralist resources and their attributes
Publication, 01 July 2015
Solar-radiation management aims to reduce the amount of solar energy warming the planet by blocking the sun with tiny particles (Photo: Mike, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Geoengineering and development – what price on equity and justice in the coming climate culture wars?
… The debate on geoengineering as a potential approach for addressing climate change has been hotting up over the last year. This is partly due to the … at the scale they should be. When this is done through providing community land rights, it can also have positive impacts on poverty … Climate change … and development – what price on equity and justice in the coming climate culture wars? …
Insight, 20 December 2017
An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice
Insight, 27 April 2016
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) of Bangladesh won the Earth Care Award 2012 for spearheading the Least Developed Countries Fund project 'Community-based adaptation to climate change through coastal afforestation in Bangladesh' (Photo: UNDP Adaptation Learning Mechanism)
Making the climate fund fit for purpose
Insight, 27 August 2015
Squamish river, Canada. Under Stephen Harper, Canada has lagged behind the rest of the world in combating climate change; will new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau make a difference? (Photo: James Wheeler, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will new leadership boost Canadian contribution to global climate negotiations?
… This week Canada resoundingly voted for change, electing Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party to its first victory … our planet, with world leaders due to sign an historic international climate change deal this December in Paris. Over the past year, there is … a further domino falling into place to enable the international community to sign a global deal in Paris that is binding and can arrest …
Insight, 21 October 2015
Adaptation in Bangladesh: notes from the field
Insight, 29 March 2011
A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
Insight, 24 November 2015
How can we measure adaptation: monitoring and evaluation as an entry point?
Insight, 31 March 2011
2017: pastoralists in Isiolo county in Kenya are digging for water in dried-up river beds. Agricultural insurance schemes can help pastoralists and farmers be more resilient to climate shocks (Photo: Denis Onyodi/KRCS)
Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
Insight, 06 June 2017
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How can standardised evaluation metrics increase climate resilience?
… Climate shocks are hitting the Least Developed Countries with increased … development progress and leaving communities even more vulnerable. Adaptation initiatives seeking to combat this are hindered by a lack of … but frequently fail to adequately define the relationships between climate shocks and development outcomes or to offer standardised metrics …
Publication, 01 March 2020