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CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
… 13th international conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA13)  in Addis Ababa to discuss how adaptation can contribute … locally-caught fish. Increasingly erratic weather is making the traditional way of processing fish by drying it outside unviable: … Climate change …
Article, 04 April 2019
Afghan farmers and extension workers assess an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan (Photo: Barbara Adoph/IIED)
Introduction to building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems
… agriculture and food systems and their resilience to the effects of climate change. Farmers and pastoralists in many parts of the world are losing … vice versa. We are working with indigenous communities to strengthen traditional knowledge-based innovation systems and agrobiodiversity for … Climate change …
Article, 05 August 2013
Two women wearing traditional gowns stand in a maize field
EbA Evidence and Policy: China
… and ecosystem services to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. Between 2015 and 2022, IIED, … continued to support local farmers to implement EbA based on their traditional knowledge and close collaboration with scientists through … Climate change …
Project, 13 June 2018
A dish of amatehe
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
… and medicinal plants. These crops can more easily withstand climate shocks such as drought, and are more nutritious than their … less water and fewer chemical fertilisers and pesticides. These traditional farming methods help keep soil rich with biodiversity while … major global disruptions such as COVID-19, and the impacts of climate change. Evidence provides answers An IIED-Hivos study carried out under …
Insight, 22 May 2020
Woman digging a hole in the forest
Reimagining solutions to India’s water challenge: the art of governance
… and are influenced by multidimensional issues such as poverty and climate change. We therefore need an approach that focuses on the ‘art of … Robust to climate futures : combine local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge systems with scientific and technical insights so …
Insight, 20 January 2021
A photo of the Amazon rainforest, with water in the foreground. Sixty per cent of the rainforest, which covers 2,100,000 square miles, is located in Brazil (Photo: www.bbmexplorer.com, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Critical theme: lessons and ideas for sustainable development in the Amazon
… was also be a 45-minute question-and-answer session, followed by traditional Brazilian refreshments. About the Critical Theme series IIED … and unsustainable consumption ', ' Gender and environmental change ', ' Pollution, politics and social media in China ', and the ' Links between climate change and food security '. Other events have focused on the …
Event, 23 October 2017
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
Insight, 24 August 2016
“Protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous people benefits us all”
… gave the example of indigenous peoples in Peru who are responding to climate change by reintroducing native potato varieties and so are “helping to … shows that indigenous peoples sustain an enormous diversity of traditional crop varieties, practices and knowledge, and that these play …
Insight, 09 June 2011
Cover for G03831.pdf
Developing Biocultural Innovations for Resilience: Linking biological and cultural diversity in agricultural systems
… Confronting challenges like climate change and growing food and water shortages requires innovations that link local traditional, indigenous and scientific knowledge on equal terms to …
Publication, 01 September 2014
CBA9 starts with opening speeches - but will quickly make way for films and games (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
A community of doers: celebrating the CBA conferences, and looking forward
Insight, 28 April 2015