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The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem … ” (in Spanish) held during the CBA 15 International Conference on Community-based Adaptation . IKI Peru newsletter  (in Spanish) June - … course  (in Spanish), which took place from 3 June to 5 July, and was led by IUCN and TMI. Three representatives from the Peruvian Ministry of …
Project, 04 September 2018
View of Harpan village of Panchase – the upstream of Phewa Lake (Photo: Amit Poudyal/IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Nepal
Project, 26 June 2018
Group of people listening to a man talking
Accessing climate finance in Kenya
… contribute a minimum percentage of their development budget to local adaptation finance, empowering residents through their elected Ward … In Isiolo, where the project was first piloted, the fund has helped community members build their resilience to climate change through … of community-prioritised adaptation.The success of the CCCF model has led to it being replicated in Mali, Senegal and Tanzania. …
Insight, 18 April 2016
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Urban ARK 8: The possibilities and limitations of community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; findings across the city studies
… Community-based organisation and action can contribute greatly to … and interlinked to this, to building resilience to the impacts of climate change. However, as the case study cities from the Urban Africa: … from everyday small and large disasters. In addition, community-led data collection on conditions in informal settlements can inform and …
Publication, 01 November 2017
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… in climate change negotiations South Asia - vulnerable region and adaptation strategies  Side event Date: Tuesday 2 December Speakers:  … for building synergies between adaptation and mitigation.  Mountains community-based adaptation  Workshop Date: Thursday 4 December Speakers: … food security in the face of climate change, based on community-led strategies that link traditional knowledge, culture and biodiversity …
Event, 01 December 2014
Solar panels on a lake.
Organisers offer busy events programme in the countdown to CBA14
… inclusivity, the organisers of the  14th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA14) are hosting a wide range of pre-conference events. … essential experience to this global challenge. The session will be led by Practical Action , which has been working on this in Zimbabwe for … Climate change …
News, 31 August 2020
In Mozambique, government ministries for development planning and for environment work with district authorities and NGO partners to support climate adaptation at a local scale
Monitoring and evaluation in Mozambique shows how to link local and national climate adaptation
… Climate change increasingly challenges the ways people live and … and the drive to adapt is picking up speed. We know that effective adaptation happens when local actions are supported by a national … district. The authorities are being supported by an NGO consortium led by Save the Children International . IIED and our research partners …
Insight, 28 February 2014
Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
… presidency at this year's UN climate talks. The tiny Pacific Island led with big ambition, sealing Parties' agreement to the main outcome of … including the guidelines for nationally determined mitigation and adaptation plans, the global stocktake for assessing progress in … of the LDCs needs to be matched by support from the international community. A crucial year ahead 2018 will be a crucial year for climate …
Insight, 21 November 2017
The Nairobi Declaration will be taken to this year's UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) by Fatima Mohamed Hussein, on behalf of the Kenyan government, the conference hosts (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
International climate adaptation conference says 2015 summits must address the needs of the world's poor
…  says: It is the responsibility of developed countries to support the adaptation efforts of poor and vulnerable groups Global agreements must … representatives from governments, civil society, the scientific community, and international and non-governmental organisations. The … their needs in 2015's high-level summits." Huq added: "Participant-led initiatives like CBA9 show the level of initiative that is taking …
News, 29 April 2015
Climate change and religion in flooded Bangkok
… and scientific presentations from eminent international scientists on climate change, while at the same time wondering whether we’ll have to evacuate … report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which led to the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate … Climate change …
Insight, 20 October 2011