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Mountains such as the Andes, in Peru, are among the regions most affected by climate change (Photo: David Stanley via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Indigenous spiritual values guide climate change adaptation in mountain communities
News, 25 April 2014
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Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets
… Traditional mountain landscapes governed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) conserve unique wildlife and agrobiodiversity, and strongly support climate change adaptation and mitigation by protecting ecosystem services, … Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets …
Publication, 23 November 2022
US President Joe Biden speaking with a microphone
Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
… A new era in US climate politics will begin this week, as US President Joe Biden hosts … to scale Shifting to longer-term commitments for truly transformative change, and providing predictable and patient finance Focusing on … climate finance on different terms. Meaningful engagement with Indigenous Peoples and local communities, women, youth and other local …
Insight, 20 April 2021
A man walking a bike on a flooded road
A changing world needs changing methods: six steps for evaluations to assess “what will work”
… crisis is threatening the ecosystems upon which we all depend. Climate change, with its increased and unpredictable magnitude and frequency of … as historical climate data, earth observation and big data, local and Indigenous knowledge, and perception and citizen science. 5. Implement … Climate change …
Insight, 11 July 2022
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaking the World Economic Forum in 2017 (Photo: Jakob Polacsek/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: getting indigenous women's voices heard on the SDGs
Article, 15 May 2018
A seated man gives a speech to a camera directly in front of him, next to the Bhutan national flag
CBA14 opens with LDC chair call for greater ambition on climate change
… The 14th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA14) was today (21 September) opened by Sonam P. Wangdi,  … of COVID-19 on Kenyan communities and highlighted the importance of Indigenous knowledge and grassroots action on climate change.  The next … Climate change … CBA14 opens with LDC chair call for greater ambition on climate change …
News, 21 September 2020
A man and a woman holding a machete stand in front of a tree in a forest
Introduction to forest-climate action
Article, 12 October 2021
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
… of the 15th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change .  You can review the  full conference agenda . Day 5 Day 4 Day 3 … or  watch it on IIED's YouTube channel Rashid says urban poor Indigenous communities and women-headed families in informal settlements … Climate change …
Article, 14 June 2021
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Putting indigenous foods and food systems at the heart of sustainable food and nutrition security in Uganda
… The plight of indigenous peoples has drawn increased attention in recent years as they … Indigenous food systems are typically biodiversity-rich, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable, and produce … foods is a means to enhance nutrition and resilience to climate change. This report, from the Sustainable Diets for All advocacy …
Publication, 01 May 2020
Woman filling a jerry can with water
Putting gender, intersectionality and social justice at the centre of transformative responses to climate change
… men and women, young and old. Social justice is at the centre of our climate change research. But over the past year – a year when the COVID-19 … women, although some work also considers ethnicity, young people and Indigenous people. Intersectionality must be included from the start if … Climate change … and social justice at the centre of transformative responses to climate change …
Insight, 19 May 2021