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Pocket Guide to Gender Equality Under the UNFCCC
… attributes, roles, capacities and rights of both women and men. While climate change is non-discriminatory and affects everyone, women and men, due to … and communities, caretaking of seeds and soils, maintaining traditional agricultural knowledge, and managing natural resources such … Climate change …
Publication, 01 January 2018
UN agency ignores indigenous approach to knowledge protection
… comparative study of customary approaches to protecting and sharing traditional knowledge and biological resources, published today (29 … and would limit the abilities of poor communities to adapt to climate change through, for instance, sharing climate-resilient plant varieties. … UN agency ignores indigenous approach to knowledge protection …
News, 29 June 2009
A man casting a net
Achieving transformational change for the ocean
… seas is vital for the future of our planet: they help to regulate our climate, can provide clean energy, teem with biodiversity, support the … related to sustainable fisheries, marine conservation, climate change, pollution, livelihoods and policy. Monitoring often focuses on … and placing a new emphasis on sharing and promoting knowledge to non-traditional actors – and to the wider public. Communication needs to be …
Insight, 11 June 2019
A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.
Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice
… The 'Engaging citizens for socially just climate action' project  examines deliberative and participatory … the complex issues affecting pastoralist communities such as climate change risks, ecosystem degradation, loss of land and territories and … or across community hierarchies and institutions.  Working through traditional institutions is often the preferred basis for engagement, …
Article, 11 December 2020
COP17 in Durban: Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres and the President of COP17, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (Photo: Michael Mazengarb, Creative Commons via Flickr)
United Nations climate change negotiations: IIED at COP17
… of the Parties  (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  took place in Durban from November 28 to December 11, … African climate change research recognised Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge Beyond rhetoric: South-South collaboration for … Climate change … United Nations climate change negotiations: IIED at COP17 …
Event, 20 December 2011
A plenary session at COP15 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
COP15 UN Climate Change Conference
… The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Copenhagen,  Denmark , between 7 and 18 … opportunity for individuals and organisations to share their latest knowledge and experiences. The closing session featured a high-level … Climate change … COP15 UN Climate Change Conference …
Event, 20 December 2009
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Smallholder farming systems in Southwest China: Exploring key trends and innovations for resilience
… world, we are rapidly losing a diversity of locally adapted crops and traditional knowledge, which provide resources for resilience and adaptation to climate change. The SIFOR project (Smallholder Innovation for Resilience) aims … Climate change …
Publication, 01 March 2016
The Potato Park, Peru, which hosted a previous meeting of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Image: IIED)
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
… Indigenous groups and traditional farmers from 21 mountain communities in 10 countries gathered recently in Tajikistan to assess climate change impacts and develop responses to this crisis. The meeting was … Climate change … Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops …
News, 06 October 2015
View of Kunming, China, of a lake and houses in the background
Learning from Paris: what would ‘Kunming-compliant’ look like for development cooperation agencies?
… activities are in line with, and support, the goals on the Paris climate agreement. Signed in 2016, the agreement (PDF) has three key … three should be deployed to achieve the necessary transformational change. What would a similar approach to the emerging post-2020 global … and its services need to be ’de-colonised’ and respectful of local knowledge, tradition, culture and preferences. This needs to be …
Insight, 25 February 2021
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
… The global agreement on climate change reached in Paris sets out a clear agenda for national-level … it recognises the need to involve vulnerable communities and use traditional and local knowledge in adaptation. According to Article 7, … Climate change …
Insight, 05 February 2016