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Speakers, including chief executive officer of the COP32 presidency secretariat office and member of the government of Ethiopia Negusu Aklilu, IIED executive director Tom Mitchell, the Rt Hon. Baroness Chapman of Darlington and chief executive officer of British International Investment Leslie Maasdorp, at the opening plenary of the 2026 summi
Brutal heatwave spurs leaders to action at climate resilience finance summit
News, 26 June 2026
London street during night time, with cars on the roads and people walking on the side walks.
IIED at London Climate Action Week 2026
… At a time when multilateralism is under pressure, London Climate Action Week 2026 is a vital moment for cooperation in a … business to explore how climate action can be fairer, more locally led and more effective.  Across our engagements, we will focus on: … it is needed most: mobilising for climate resilience, locally led adaptation, sustainable livelihoods and green development, particularly …
Event, 20 June 2026
A grup of men and women extract seeds from fruit and lay out the seeds on blankets on the ground.
Learning from decentralised climate finance in Senegal
Project, 02 September 2026
People gathered at a table in a conference room, talking and gesticulating.
What to watch for across the multilateral climate funds landscape: key moments and leverage points
… The multilateral climate funds are navigating a period of reflection and reform. Funds … country ‘readiness’, direct access and mechanisms to support locally led adaptation (LLA) projects . While these initiatives show promise, … Climate change … How can multilateral climate funds reach people that need it most? …
Insight, 25 March 2026
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Demonstrating locally led adaptation principles in practice
… to climate change, they disproportionately suffer from its impacts. Adaptation is a matter of survival for many. Climate change adaptation … specific vulnerabilities and capacities. The principles of locally-led adaptation have been developed to answer this major challenge, and to empower communities to create the conditions that ensure community prioritised actions for climate resilience are implemented. By …
Publication, 01 October 2024
Protestors at a cafe sit-in near COP21. They are holding signs that say 'Ambition fair shares for 1.5', 'Finance adaptation finance now!' and 'Justice human rights'.
COP30 is the moment to show the world why climate adaptation must be locally led
… UN climate negotiations (COP30) have been dubbed the ‘adaptation COP’. Hosts Brazil are demonstrating strong commitment to … adaptation presents an opportunity to showcase the power of locally led adaptation (LLA). In anticipation of COP30, the 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA19) , held earlier this year in Recife, …
Insight, 25 September 2025
People sitting around a stable, discussing and listening.
CBA19: Move from words to equitable action on locally led adaptation
… or reneging on commitments, failing to deliver on promises to double adaptation finance. Funding remains predominantly focused on … of local resilience building. The 19th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA) was held for the first time in Latin … felt appropriate as participants debated ways to progress the locally led adaptation (LLA) agenda in the face of strong headwinds. An annual …
Insight, 25 June 2025
Cover of the paper, Scaling locally led adaptation: closing the rhetoric-reality gap
Scaling locally led adaptation: closing the rhetoric-reality gap
… and organisations have endorsed the eight principles for locally led adaptation (LLA) since their launch at the Global Adaptation Summit in 2021, yet less than 1% of climate finance incorporates locally led approaches. This gap between … Climate change … Scaling locally led adaptation: closing the rhetoric-reality gap …
Publication, 24 November 2025
Aerial view of informal settlement in Tanzania.
Building heat resilience in informal settlements: community-led data collection
Project, 07 August 2025
Three community members discussing and writing things down on a flip chart.
Developing a nutrition-sensitive approach to climate adaptation
… with communities to develop a nutrition-sensitive approach to climate adaptation, which will support the production of a diverse range of … simple climate risk and vulnerability assessment tools with community members in Tanzania and the Solomon Islands. Tanzania  In … nutrition and food security and for the development of community-led, nutrition-sensitive, climate adaptation plans. …
Project, 20 August 2025