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A view of the migrant informal community of Marathahalli, Bengaluru
‘Participatory’ adaptation plans aren’t working for migrants in cities
… As cities across the global South grapple with climate change, many are designing plans to deal with escalating climate … Surat  (open access) highlights the challenges of promoting climate adaptation in places with long histories of social, economic and … exposure to climate risks and lack of political representation led to their displacement, breaking the valuable social and economic …
Insight, 09 May 2019
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… Alam, Rachel Berger,  Terry Cannon, Saleemul Huq and Angela Milligan Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change brings together those working in the … Indigenous Peoples’ Assessments of Climate Change Indigenous peoples-led initiative, in partnership with IIED, the United Nations University … PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change …
Article, 01 December 2009
Woman walks between crops.
IIED joins forces with the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership
… full value chain of ' early warning early action ' interventions to climate change. REAP fosters collaboration and new partnerships between … in disaster response, by promoting the principles for locally-led adaptation , and   Understanding how humanitarian actors can respond … Climate change …
News, 21 July 2021
Woman waling with crutches steps outside a hut to a flooded road
New solidarity funds could ringfence finance for loss and damage
… Deep and irreversible loss and damage from the impacts of climate change is devastating lives across the world: climate and … loss and damage, on top of that which is purposed for mitigation, for adaptation or for development. Yet much  much more financing is needed: … The different responses to these different impacts need to be locally led and the mosaic of financing arrangements to support action must be …
Insight, 08 November 2021
Flooding
2020 in review: climate impacts in the least developed countries
… wreaked havoc in the background. As the pandemic ravaged the world, climate impacts continued to break records, mostly affecting the world’s … and most vulnerable people, have contributed the least to climate change yet suffer the worst from its impacts. In 2020 alone: People of … Momentum for a 1.5°C World’ , leaders from vulnerable countries, led by Bhutan, made an urgent and united call for climate action. …
Insight, 08 April 2021
LDC vision landscape
LDC 2050 Vision for a climate-resilient future
… of finance flows supporting local-level action by 2030. 3 Integrate adaptation, mitigation and resilience across our national and local … to achieve their goals. They have five asks for the international community:   1 We ask you to provide flexible long-term finance: to … work hand in hand for a climate-resilient future. LIFE-AR is an LDC-led, LDC-owned initiative that has involved the LDCs working with more …
Article, 23 September 2019
Women bends over a field.
Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge
… and exacerbated society’s most urgent challenges, including the climate crisis, nature loss, poverty and inequality. And recognising … local support for NbS. These participatory approaches and stronger community-based natural resource governance structures empower local … political pledges with action and resources, and to support locally led NbS that deliver genuine benefits for climate, nature and people. …
Insight, 27 September 2021
Cover for 17440IIED.pdf
Devolved Climate Finance
… change. Several avenues exist to channel funds for climate change adaptation, but once in country, money must flow further to sub-national … most of this opportunity. Early results demonstrate the benefits that community-led prioritisation and budgeting for climate resilience-building … Climate change … Devolved Climate Finance …
Publication, 01 November 2017
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
… COP26 is over: journalists are filing away their climate crisis notes and returning to other stories. Among many who … 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, …
Insight, 22 November 2021
With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change
… networks of cities have been quick to show leadership in addressing climate change risks, mitigating climate change drivers, and adapting to … proliferation of urban networks and partnerships that aim to fill in adaptation knowledge and resource deficits. These networks include the … these recommendations into effect. The lack of internationally led action has meant that city governments across the world have taken …
Insight, 06 June 2011