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Planning and costing of agricultural adaptation in the integrated hill farming systems of Nepal
… gap in scientific evidence regarding the effects of future changes in climate patterns and options for the future, the community-based adaptation process should nevertheless be initiated. … supporting communities in undertaking adaptations to climate change, are currently inadequately disseminated. While the generation of …
Publication, 01 September 2011
The Nairobi Declaration will be taken to this year's UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) by Fatima Mohamed Hussein, on behalf of the Kenyan government, the conference hosts (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Global leaders must not neglect the world's poor and vulnerable
News, 30 April 2015
The case study for Manizales, in Colombia, in a new book edited by IIED's David Satterthwaite focuses on innovative community-oriented environmental policy and a commitment to disaster risk reduction (Photo: Melissa Delzio, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can we transform our cities?
… are expanding rapidly. Now, city governments also have to address climate change. Our new book, based on assessments in Bangalore, Bangkok, Dar es … starting points for attention to climate change were an innovative community-oriented environmental policy and a commitment to disaster … Climate change …
Insight, 19 April 2016
Storm watch for Cancun climate talks
… Striking a deal at this month’s UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico will largely depend on negotiators’ … Palace Hotel as parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) draw their battle lines to negotiate a global deal for … overall global target first and then distribute contributions to that based on a ‘to-be-agreed’ method. For a fuller briefing on these six …
Insight, 23 November 2010
The Maasai believe that community-managed slaughterhouses can help fight climate change. Here, effluent is stored in ponds (Photo: Hannah Reid/IIED)
Slaughterhouse five
Insight, 29 April 2015
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Climate change and the urban poor. Risk and resilience in 15 of the world's most vulnerable cities
… This report outlines lessons learnt regarding the~principal effects of climate change on 15 cities~in low-income countries, and what makes them … is possible and can be built into development plans. These include community-based initiatives led by organizations formed by the urban … Climate change and the urban poor. Risk and resilience in 15 of the …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Workers build up the banks of the Teesta River in Bangladesh. Bangladesh already spends six per cent of its annual budget on climate change adaptation (Photo: International Rivers, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Musings from a first timer at a CBA conference
Insight, 30 April 2015
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CBA7: 7th international Conference 18th to 25th April, 2013 Dhaka, Bangladesh
… What are the latest approaches for mainstreaming community-based adaptation into international, national and local … IIED’s CBA7 Conference aims to provide the latest thinking from climate scientists, policy makers and practitioners to answer this … communities living in different ecosystems have adapted to climate change, and Three days of plenary sessions and interactive sessions at …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
… Climate variability is a key feature of dryland ecosystems across … local subsistence and is the mainstay of national economies. Climate change is increasing this variability, leading to more frequent climate … operating in ASAL areas Local administrators/leaders in ASAL areas Community opinion leaders in ASAL areas, and Curriculum officers in the …
Project, 27 July 2018
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Gender and urban change
… April 2013 issue of Environment and Urbanization, on Gender and Urban Change. It includes papers on: where and when urban women enjoy advantages over their rural counterparts; community savings schemes that build women’s leadership and support … key issues covered is open-access. This issue also has two papers on climate change, which are a detailed benefit-cost analysis applied to …
Publication, 01 April 2013