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We must protect the world in which we live (Photo: Steve Guzzardi, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Best of 2017: blogs
Article, 22 December 2017
Three people stand talking in a street. A man, a woman and, in the middle, a young man wearing a face mask.
A just recovery from COVID-19: young people from eight African cities speak out
… of basic services; and supporting holistic interventions, such as climate-change adaptive social protection. A call for inclusion Marginalised by … exclusion. First, they supported the view advocated by IIED that community-based organisations are potentially more inclusive of …
Insight, 24 May 2022
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Making the most of variability: innovative rangeland management in China
… China’s pastoralist communities are facing numerous challenges: climate change, degradation of the drylands their animals graze on and top-down … Mongolia and the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. These management systems — community-based grazing quota management, herder co-operatives and joint …
Publication, 01 August 2015
Agriculture is the mainstay of Malawi’s economy and climate change is expected to impact crop yields and food security (Photo: Martijn.Munneke, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: What’s new about this year’s CBA event?
… experience to develop practical solutions for getting locally-driven climate adaptation into policy and explore innovative ways for financing … different? A: To be effective, locally-driven climate adaptation (or community-based adaptation – CBA) needs to draw on the energy, expertise and … Climate change …
Article, 04 May 2018
A man walks with his roaming goats.
Current policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions
… Foundation, will be presented at the 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22-25 April. "Policymakers often dismiss … Current policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions …
News, 19 April 2013
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
Article, 28 December 2017
Moveable feast: the floating gardens of Bangladesh
… How some of the world’s poorest farmers are coping with climate change The farmers of southern Bangladesh have seen it all: cyclones, … experts working on adaptation in the poorest countries — is exploring community-based adaptation (CBA) with a number of other agencies and … Climate change …
Article, 03 October 2008
Prakash Mathema speaking at the opening ceremony of the 8th annual conference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA8) held in Kathmandu, Nepal in April 2014 (Photo: IIED)
Q&A: Helping the poorest nations with development goals
… This week's climate summit in New York is one of a few remaining stepping stones to the internationally binding agreement to tackle climate change expected to be agreed at a UN summit in Paris next year. At the same time, the global community is negotiating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will …
Article, 19 September 2014
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Stakeholder-focused cost-benefit analysis in the water sector: synthesis report
… Accurate cost benefit analysis of climate change adaptation actions is not only critical in designing effective … drawn climate projections are inherently uncertain as they are based on historical data and rely on certain fundamental assumptions. …
Publication, 01 January 2013
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
Article, 23 December 2020