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Isiolo County Adaptation Fund: Activities, Costs, Impacts after the 1st Investment Round
… Climate change adaptation in circumstances of development deficits is a major challenge facing much of Africa. Nowhere is adaptation more necessary than in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) … established and is fully functional. ~The initial success in Isiolo led DFID to award a new £6.5 million accountable grant (2013- 16) to an …
Publication, 01 June 2014
A woman scoops water in a dry riverbed near Kataboi village in the Turkana region of Northern Kenya (Photo: Marisol Grandon/DFID via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Kenya's new climate fund listens to community ideas for building resilience
… these communities be dependent on aid? New hope A project that gives community members a voice and aims to build their resilience to the … is driven by local community decisions on how financing from a County Adaptation Fund should be best spent. Community members draw on funding … resources. In one important intervention, the adaptation fund led to the closure of a water pan that had been built in the wrong place …
Insight, 03 April 2014
Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
… of the government of Maharashtra, by producing a unique women-driven, community-led assessment and retrofitting 900 villages in these districts.  This … Prema; we were gathering a range of actors to discuss what effective adaptation could look like from different perspectives. Prema spoke so …
News, 23 May 2022
A young man looking at a mangrove seedling
CBA14 Setting the stage: from crisis to climate action
… The annual International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA) puts practitioners’ solutions to climate change first. … events. This session focused on what we can learn from community-led responses to COVID-19 and how it can shape future climate action. …
Event, 21 July 2020
People building informal houses on stilts behind rising water.
IIED at WUF11
… national, regional and local governments, academics, business people, community leaders, urban planners and civil society representatives. … of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) The need for climate adaptation and mitigation is widely acknowledged and urban actors are … cities, transforming lives Tuesday, 28 June 2022 Scaling up community-led planning: learning from Freetown Training event Time: 9am-12pm …
Event, 26 June 2022
Four images of people from IIED's 2021 'super year' video, including a fisher hauling nets
IIED and the ‘super year’
… management for climate and nature initiatives and exploring locally led action.  Key events Major events in 2021. IIED followed these events … researchers and practitioners on the theme of locally-led adaptation. Climate Adaptation Summit Date : 18-24 January 2021  This … in this process and beyond. 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change Date : 14-18 June 2021  …
Article, 02 February 2021
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
… in the run-up to COP26, and how to set up a decade of action. It was led by High Level Climate Champions, benefiting from the outcomes of … economies, societies and communities in a post-COVID-19 world. Using ‘adaptation technologies’ to improve policy and planning at national … need practical ways of enabling and promoting adaptation. Community-based adaptation and their innovation and use of knowledge and …
Event, 02 December 2020
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Planning and costing agriculture’s adaptation to climate change - Policy Perspectives
… Policy Perspectives paper summarises the results from a recent study led by the International Institute for Environment and Development, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership, with national teams in five developing … •Framing and methodological development in the assessment of climate adaptation. •Assessment of current vulnerabilities, and potential future …
Publication, 01 October 2011
Men and women sit around a table listening to a woman talk next to a white flipboard. behind them is a giant illustration related to climate change.
Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships
… includes the work of intermediary agencies such as UN bodies, locally led adaptation partners and donors, among others.  We will seek to create … communities of practice, including IIED Debates , conferences on community-based adaptation and the Development and Climate Days …
Project, 27 October 2022
Woman talks and points at a poster behind her while people stand in front of her
CBA17 returns in person: scheduled for Bangkok in May
… to discuss how to put the principles for principles for locally led adaptation (LLA) into practice, recognising the complexities, … went entirely online, bringing together large numbers of the CBA community online for CBA14, CBA15 and CBA16. But while the digital …
News, 01 February 2023