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A meeting of community members in Bangladesh. Similar meetings will feed into an international network of government planners sharing strategies on how to mainstream climate change into development planning (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire)
Government group network on climate change mainstreaming
… learned in designing and implementing public policy responses to climate change. Climate change is a global problem – but adapting to the impacts of climate change … Climate change … Climate-resilient development … Government group network on climate change mainstreaming …
Project, 29 September 2014
Champion of urban climate action Debra Roberts will deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture. Click the image to apply to attend the event (Image: IIED)
Jack of all trades, master of the urban agenda
… soon moved to local government, pioneering work on biodiversity and climate change adaptation in the urban arena. She now heads up the Sustainable … Group 2 on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability (IPCC WG2). She is, she says, a jack of all trades and a master of none, but her ability …
News, 14 September 2016
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
… for drinking water and dependent on food aid from NGOs. With climate change likely to increase the intensity of drought events and … also allowed pastoralists to point out that one of the main problems is the reduction in available grazing areas driven by unfair land … Climate change … From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania …
Insight, 09 March 2015
Three generations of Syrian refugees queuing at a registration point on the Syria/Lebanon border. The United Nations says 4.8 million people have fled the conflict in Syria (Photo: UNHCR/ M. Hofer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: Conflict, climate and migration in Syria – did the media get it right?
Event, 03 October 2016
IIED's Andrew Norton and IIED chair Rebeca Grynspan with Gro Harlem Brundtland sit at the front of the Barbara Ward lecture on 19 June 2018
Come on board: IIED seeks new chair
… working in partnership  to bring local priorities to global forums – is gaining fresh attention and energy.  Professionals and public alike are recognising the urgency of the climate emergency and chronic biodiversity loss , as well as the agency … we work to address critical environment and development issues. Real change for those in need, now IIED’s board was instrumental in …
Insight, 10 May 2019
Two women carrying farming tools
IIED's best of 2019: videos
… Developed Countries (LDC) Group of the UNFCCC. Launched at the 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York, the LDC 2050 Vision is the LDCs’ long-term strategy for climate resilience and net zero … 70% of climate funding to drive local-level action, holistic climate change planning from the local to the national level, and ensuring …
Insight, 06 January 2020
More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
… their spiritual heritage and cultural identities, for food security, climate change adaptation and local economic development.  Mountain indigenous … in the high Andes of Peru from 19 to 23 April 2017.  The Potato Park is a biocultural heritage territory of 9,000 hectares where six … Climate change …
News, 28 June 2017
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A participatory approach to micro-resilience planning by community institutions
… Climate change could severely affect cities, especially secondary cities in … effects of climate change. Urban climate change resilience planning is closely linked to urban development processes. ~This paper focuses on … processes without residents’ participation largely ignore the local situation and the capacity development needed at the city level. …
Publication, 01 February 2014
A new UNESCO publication will support African journalists to tackle climate change issues (Photo credit: Internews / Brice Rimbaud)
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
… have critical roles to play in explaining the cause and effects of climate change, in describing what countries and communities can do to adapt to … change in ways that are relevant to their audiences. "Climate change is not the story – it is the context in which so many other stories will … Climate change …
News, 16 January 2014
Nine toolkits are available to share the experiences of Southern networks carrying out climate change advocacy (Image: Southern Voices)
It's getting hot here: Southern advocacy to address climate change
Insight, 09 January 2015