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Aerial view of flooded town
Alliance of least developed countries, Small Island Developing States to create national facilities to address loss and damage
News, 05 March 2023
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Climate change resilience via production that preserves biocultural heritage
… This climate resilience case study (No.2) from Ecuador is the second of ten … climate resilience. The Napo Province of the Ecuadorian Amazon is home to Indigenous Kichwa communities. The cultural heritage of these … and allow incursions of pest and disease are early signs of climate change. In Napo, KALLARI has been helping to ensure community-based …
Publication, 01 October 2020
A worker cleans a train
Coronavirus and climate change are two crises that need humanity to unite
Insight, 13 March 2020
Piles of bags and jerrycans. Men pick some of them up.
Tackling loss and damage: who is most vulnerable to disaster displacement?
… highlighted the urgent need to address loss and damage caused by climate-related disasters, and for their international donor partners to … significant financial support for them to do so. The COP also drove home how population displacement caused by extreme weather events is now … be most devastating for the poorest people most vulnerable to climate change. In the least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island …
Insight, 17 November 2021
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 , … 1,407 of the slums in 50 cities (see the map below). These are home to 188,754 families (almost a million people). Among these, 29,717 … Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in …
Insight, 07 February 2022
Early morning in the Indonesian city of Jakarta reveals heavy air pollution, largely caused by its notorious traffic jams (Photo: Aaron Minnick/World Resources Institute, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How tackling climate change could tackle inequality
Insight, 26 June 2018
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 … research group . This blog originally appeared on the Climate Home website , and was based on a background paper for the conference on …
Insight, 06 March 2018
A house on stilts, surrounded by flood water
Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games
Insight, 04 December 2019
A man looking up at a partially constructed roof
Bearing the climate burden – Bangladesh families are paying too much
Insight, 20 September 2019
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021