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The people of southern Bangladesh are resilient and good at adapting to change: the most common vehicle in the city of Mongla is an electric rickshaw powered by a 12volt battery (Photo: Andrew Norton/IIED)
Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh
… Visiting a country on the frontline of climate change, I saw communities displaced by the impacts of climate change, … the nature of physical and social change will help generate the knowledge needed to underpin positive change. Andrew Norton ( … Climate change … Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh …
Insight, 01 February 2018
Landslide
Loss and damage from climate change has pushed Sierra Leoneans far beyond their ability to adapt
Insight, 02 December 2020
Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge
… In thousands of rural communities from Bolivia to Bangladesh, traditional knowledge makes up the living core of culture. Bound up with … conditions ensures traditional practices are robust and adaptable to climate change. Such treasured knowledge needs protection from outside interests … Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge …
Article, 09 November 2009
A wildfire burns a forest. A man climbs a fire engine and another one, wearing a mask, walk on the road.
Sounding the alarm: new IPCC report reinforces urgency for G20 to take stronger climate action
… The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN panel of experts who carry the responsibility of synthesising knowledge and key messages from the most credible sources of climate … Climate change … The 2021 'super year' for climate, nature and people … alarm: new IPCC report reinforces urgency for G20 to take stronger climate action …
Insight, 09 August 2021
A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
… challenges of poverty, inequality, nature degradation and climate change requires mechanisms that enable people to engage actively and … communities’ resilience to climate change by blending local, traditional and scientific knowledge.   A challenge for effective, … Climate change … Engaging citizens for socially just climate action …
Project, 15 October 2020
A chimney expelling smoke.
Waking up: the vital long-term finance goal of the Paris Agreement
Insight, 02 August 2022
Cover for 10172IIED.pdf
Planning and implementing climate change responses in the context of uncertainty
… Significant uncertainties around future climate change challenge the implementation of policies and programmes. … from new experiences as well as adapt to unknowns is difficult, given traditional short-term timeframes, sector silos and the predominantly … Climate change … Planning and implementing climate change responses in the context of uncertainty …
Publication, 01 December 2016
Seed industry and UN agency ignore traditional ways to protect biodiversity and knowledge
… countries are losing one of their best hopes to limit the impacts of climate change because of growing corporate control of the seeds they plant. … in China, India, Kenya, Panama and Peru shows that the diversity of traditional seed varieties is falling fast and this means valuable … Seed industry and UN agency ignore traditional ways to protect biodiversity and knowledge …
News, 09 November 2009
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change and is at the forefront of adaptation efforts. This homestead has been designed to offer flood protection (Photo: CGIAR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Sharing knowledge to climb the adaptation ladder
Insight, 03 July 2015
Drylands landscape with cattle in the background
CBA15: Can adaptation be a superhero in the 'super year' for climate and nature?
Insight, 17 February 2021