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An illustration with a speech bubble: "We're dealing with multiple intertwined crises" with scales and illustrations depicting climate change, COVID-19, rising inequalities and biodiversity loss
A green recovery from COVID-19? Not without climate, nature and development solutions
… and nature impacts, and Mobilising resources to scale-up locally-led solutions for climate and nature.  As we head into the 2021 ‘super … Livelihoods Enhancement Partners , called for investing in locally-led responses that draw in the deep, intergenerational knowledge of … lessons for strengthening devolved climate finance Is ecosystem-based adaptation effective? Perceptions and lessons learned from 13 project …
Insight, 26 November 2020
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
… 22 September. IIED's staff, including director Andrew Norton , led and participated in a number of events surrounding the summit, and … solutions; supporting the work of the Global Commission on Adaptation ; highlighting the importance of directing money where it … Wong, IIED, Sarah Nandudu, SDI; Saqib Huq, ICCCAD. Side event 1: Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) launch Location: …
Event, 23 September 2019
With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change
… proliferation of urban networks and partnerships that aim to fill in adaptation knowledge and resource deficits. These networks include the … across cities. The “Learning Among Urban Leaders: Peer Exchange on Adaptation to Climate Change” conference, held this past April, was one … these recommendations into effect. The lack of internationally led action has meant that city governments across the world have taken …
Insight, 06 June 2011
People of all ages marching holding posters. One poster reads "protect all like on our planet"; another poster reads "no more blah blah blah"
COP27 and the important year ahead
… in line with 1.5°C by the end of 2022.  The commitment to double adaptation finance by 2025 (against a 2019 baseline), along with heartening momentum towards locally led approaches, is genuine progress.  Finalising the Paris rulebook, … At the cutting edge of action, the ‘Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance’ led by Denmark and Costa Rica charts the way forward – but also the …
Insight, 22 November 2021
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Emerging or illusory? Community wildlife management in Tanzania
… In East Africa, community wildlife management (CWM) has become a highly contested … both physically and conceptually. In Tanzania, the linear, centrally-led, devolutionary reform processes that were conceptualized in the … Emerging or illusory? Community wildlife management in Tanzania …
Publication, 01 July 2007
A seated man cleaning a crutch.
Disability, inclusion and cities: can COVID-19 trigger change?
… by the threat of increased stigma and exclusion (PDF) . However, some community organisations have mobilised: providing life-saving resources, … Assistive Technology Assessment  conducted in 2019 as part of our ' Community-led solutions: assistive technologies in informal settlements ' research …
Insight, 01 October 2020
An illustration showing two people reading a book titled "Participatory Learning and Action" in front of the words "positive change"
Participatory Learning and Action: archive
… September 2013 PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent June 2012 PLA 64 - Young … reduction in China August 2011 PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa November 2010 PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change December 2009 PLA 59: Change at hand: Web …
Article, 31 January 2022
Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask
Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times
… Why is there a blog on motorcycles? What is meant by the cry from community organisations “We want greens” and, coming later in 2022 – do … of where this had been addressed How comprehensive, community-led informal settlement upgrading has much to contribute to climate change adaptation Innovations driven by grassroots organisations and their …
Article, 09 May 2022
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Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… in the face of climate change, and asks whether the international community will match their urgency and commitment with greater funding. … biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation. In this episode, Elizabeth Nsimdala and Duncan MacQueen, an … reach LDCs, there was little evidence of climate initiatives being led by local communities, despite nominally ‘participative’ project …
Article, 13 September 2021
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Katalysis: helping Andean farmers adapt to climate change (PLA 60)
… paint a bleak picture for the Andes. Researchers have proposed expert-led solutions, such as improved climatic modelling and forecasting, and … should learn together. The Katalysis approach to climate change adaptation is on enhancing local knowledge of climate change and … Terry Cannon and Angela Milligan. Keywords: CBA, climate change, adaptation, participation, DRR, disaster risk reduction. To read the …
Publication, 01 December 2009