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Protestors at a cafe sit-in near COP21. They are holding signs that say 'Ambition fair shares for 1.5', 'Finance adaptation finance now!' and 'Justice human rights'.
COP30 is the moment to show the world why climate adaptation must be locally led
… The fast-approaching UN climate negotiations (COP30) have been dubbed the ‘adaptation COP’. … And they have been explicit about the importance of integrating knowledge and experience from local communities and marginalised groups … and Indigenous leaders safeguarding cultural knowledge, ensuring that traditional practices and locally grounded solutions are carried forward …
Insight, 25 September 2025
Indigenous Women performing a Tlalmanalli opening ceremony. They are wearing traditional dress and blowing into sea shells.
Reducing the data gap on the gender-climate-environment nexus
… to serve women, gender-diverse and marginalised groups, perpetuating climate and environmental injustices. The impacts of intertwined crises, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification, vary widely among women … Applying a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to data will ensure that the knowledge contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are …
Project, 11 March 2025
Group of women and young girls dressed in traditional clothing, sitting down in a wide open field, in a circle. Another person is standing and talking to them.
Promoting a gender-just economy through stronger rights to land and natural resources for women
… activities – are intersecting with environmental degradation and climate change to reshape land use and governance. These overlapping pressures … resilience by reducing habitat and soil biodiversity, encroaching on traditional farming practices and limiting spaces for applying …
Project, 06 November 2025
Maasai men herding cattle
VITAL Climate Collective: connecting demand for climate adaptation needs with supply of climate finance
… dryland regions are characterised by natural unpredictability and climate variability over time and space.   Communities have … communities are far more exposed to threats from climate change and less able to manage rangelands with local knowledge. It also restricts their mobility, while further entrenching …
Project, 01 July 2024
A group of colourfully dressed people stand behind a huge amount of amassed crops and in front of some impressive mountains under a blue sky.
Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the nature and climate crises
… essential services such as clean water, food and resilience to climate change. Ecosystem degradation generates greenhouse gas emissions, adding … natural land , are essential for safeguarding biodiversity. The traditional knowledge and innovations of Indigenous Peoples and local … Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the nature and climate crises …
Insight, 10 October 2024
Woman sitting leg crossed on the floor hold a laptop in front of an audience of men
Online tool helps people in rural India adapt to climate change
… early warnings and geographic data to help them find ways to adapt to climate change has been devised by IIED and is being rolled out in several … India’s rural areas for millennia and there’s a wealth of local and traditional knowledge among communities. This tool allows them to … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP27) …
News, 20 October 2022
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Climate change and the blue economy: a sustainable and equitable blue economy can support climate action
… Key messages Climate change is already having wide-ranging and severe negative impacts on … group of people in the blue economy and hold substantial local and traditional knowledge. They are also some of the most exposed to climate … Climate change … Climate change and the blue economy: a sustainable and equitable blue …
Publication, 01 November 2022
Group of community members Kibaale, Uganda are sitting down and discussing during consultations with officials. Two women are sitting on blue chairs, listening and noting things down on notebooks.
Country platforms: are we asking the right questions?
Insight, 29 October 2025
A group of Indigenous farmers, wearing brightly coloured clothes, smile as they lean on a wooden rail and gather around a large rock, in front of a scenic landscape of mountains under a blue sky.
Weaving resilience: biocultural territories and agrobiodiversity zones in the Southern Andes
… and ecological knowledge that are critical for resilience to climate change, but that face a number of threats, such as youth out-migration … for communities to recreate and protect agrobiodiversity-rich traditional landscapes. This law recognises and protects areas of …
Project, 10 April 2025
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The Role of Traditional Knowledge and Crop Varieties in Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in SW China, Bolivian Andes and coastal Kenya
… UNU-IAS workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalised Populations and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge, Mexico, July 2011 Indigenous peoples and local … The Role of Traditional Knowledge and Crop Varieties in Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in SW China, Bolivian Andes and coastal …
Publication, 01 September 2011