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An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice
Insight, 27 April 2016
Diagram showing change at different scales (Image: Stefano D'Errico/IIED)
Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development
… assessing policies and practice on climate risk management, climate adaptation, the impact of social protection areas, the effectiveness of … , which uses free open source software, household surveys and community workshops to ensure that key stakeholders are fully engaged in … assess the resilience benefits of different approaches to community-based planning for adaptation. Supporting the evaluation community of …
Project, 01 March 2017
Participants in a 2016 short course for government officials from developing countries organised by ICCCAD and partners in Dhaka (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Project, 02 July 2018
A man casting a net
Achieving transformational change for the ocean
Insight, 11 June 2019
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Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets
… wildlife and agrobiodiversity, and strongly support climate change adaptation and mitigation by protecting ecosystem services, including … Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), this briefing explores the importance of traditional mountain landscapes in … targets, the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement. IPLC-governed area-based conservation measures in mountains — such as Biocultural Heritage …
Publication, 23 November 2022
The Independent Expert Group has produced a series of publications (Image: IIED)
The work of the Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… Wright, Saleemul Huq, Jonathan Reeves (2015), IIED Briefing.  This is based on research commissioned by the IEG on the likely effects of … sustainable development and discusses the role that the international community can play in supporting their efforts. Fisheries and the … IPCC report to highlight how climatic impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation are portrayed for these countries. It illuminates a need for …
Article, 07 August 2015
Women distributing seeds in Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Q&A: Why indigenous seed-saving women are the stewards of biodiversity
… for resilience (SIFOR) project examined traditional knowledge-based – or ‘biocultural’ – innovation systems to strengthen food … better adapted to local environments and provide crucial options for adaptation to future climatic and market changes. Preserving traditional … on forests.  In Guangxi, Southwest China, village women involved in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) initiative supported by the Centre …
Article, 18 October 2018
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
Event, 08 December 2018
COP16: United Nations climate change negotiations
Event, 01 January 2015
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… change therefore pose a massive threat to development, and action on adaptation to climate change, particularly in developing countries, is … that have been undertaken. Further, these estimates have tended to be based on strong assumptions, such as perfect foresight, and there are … change. Further, there are incentives for the development assistance community to take up this role, because climate change will compound the …
Article, 14 November 2008