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The construction of the CCCF Mega Dam in Makueni County, Kenya is an example of local action during a devolved climate finance pilot project (Photo: Japheth Mutuku)
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
… Where local government and community meet Chaired by Pete Betts, director of International Climate … will be carried out." Reaching the climate vulnerable In Kenya, the Adaptation Consortium (ADA) is providing technical assistance to the … is key," he said. "The decentralised climate finance concept is based on building institutions and setting up mechanisms that others can …
News, 02 December 2016
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
… of this variability. To create an enabling space for locally led adaptation action to thrive, there is a therefore a need to challenge … short course for drylands policymakers and practitioners in Kenya. Based around the theme of ‘valuing variability’, the course used the … operating in ASAL areas Local administrators/leaders in ASAL areas Community opinion leaders in ASAL areas, and Curriculum officers in the …
Project, 27 July 2018
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Vietnam: Mangroves break waves and help the people of Dai Hop Commune break even
Insight, 17 April 2012
A woman carrying groceries in the village of Bouwéré, Mali. Assessments looked at how women experienced resilience to climate disruption (Photo: P.Casier/CGIAR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Monitoring and evaluation in a local context
… public goods. The project teams are setting up and supporting local adaptation committees within local governments. Local climate funds are … will support a different type of resilience depending on what the community chooses to invest in. A community investing in a water point, … local government officials and technical staff as well as community-based organisations from different agro-ecological zones (such as arid, …
Insight, 18 July 2016
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
… of a global dialogue series planned by IIED to facilitate the rights-based formalisation of ASM within a more inclusive and responsible … of three longreads from our global dialogue series. IIED's dialogue programme for artisanal and small-scale mining enables a wide range of … delivering a safer, more secure working environment. Ecosystem-based adaptation: question-based guidance for assessing effectiveness Policy …
Article, 28 December 2017
A community planning workshop in Cambodia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Improving housing in Asia – and turning traditional top-down funding on its head
… (ACHR) to hear about the latest outcomes from the Asian Coalition for Community Action (ACCA) programme. The results were impressive: there are now projects in 215 … to secure land and housing. ACCA was established in 2011 to support community-driven improvements to informal settlements in ways that are …
Insight, 11 March 2015
Mozambique: the next Atlantis?
… effects of climate change through the Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP) . The programme has been training a team in Mozambique … suggests measures for the NCAP to implement. These measures are based upon the evolving challenges being faced and are used to reduce … change vulnerability in coastal cities. He is currently on a research based placement in the climate change group with IIED .   …
Insight, 15 September 2011
Bangladesh: mangrove island reflects people's creativitiy
… Bangladesh in one of the field trips at this year’s conference on community-based adaptation . I set out for my field trip with a mixture of excitement …
Insight, 28 March 2011
An image showing a group of women from Tongaradha village, Bangladesh, who saved more than 2,000 hectares of land and 500 households from flooding by rebuilding a 12km embankment and a 5km road. GCF money should be used for such innovative, community-driven projects in poor countries that will drive long-term change (Photo: WFP/Rein Skullerud, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Expediting direct access to the GCF for least developed countries
Insight, 09 May 2016