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Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal ecosystems
… handbook provides practical guidance for planning and implementing community-led ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in three vulnerable ecosystems: mountains, drylands and … Climate change … Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal …
Publication, 01 September 2018
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Consent and conservation: getting the most from community protocols
… knowledge and genetic resources, and calls for support of ‘community protocols’ that set out rules for access and benefit sharing. … irreplaceable biological resources, and support climate change adaptation and sustainable development. But to get these benefits, … Protocol with national laws and institutions, and support community-led participatory processes. Follow the links below for more about our …
Publication, 01 October 2012
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Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
… justice approach to climate finance – leading the international community in a push to get more effective support to people at the … crisis. Biodiversity – rediscovering leadership DFID has in the past led the way on biodiversity and its links to development and poverty … to both mitigation (through carbon storage and sequestration) and adaptation (by enhancing resilience and adaptive capacity  of productive …
Insight, 31 May 2019
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
… varies by location. This means that local actors – local governments, community organisations, NGOs, micro-enterprises and others – have a … to limit greenhouse gas emissions and support climate change adaptation in developing countries. The fund has more than US$10.3 … case for going local We are building political support for locally-led adaptation in both national and international climate change …
Article, 25 January 2017
More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
News, 28 June 2017
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… for putting Durban on the map as a frontrunner in climate change adaptation.  She led the Durban Adaptation Charter for Local Governments , developed and … cities and climate change at the 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation, in 2013 Roberts is a regular contributor to … Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture …
News, 19 July 2016
A man walking in a flooded street
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
… in some of the most vulnerable developing countries to pursue locally led action to adapt to climate change. One of us represents millions of slum dwellers in … essential workers, namely health practitioners and other key local community leadership workers who provide us with food and other … Climate change …
Insight, 22 April 2020
People sitting in a pasture
International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP)
… INMIP is an Indigenous Peoples-led network coordinated by the Peruvian indigenous NGO ANDES … learning about how to address shared challenges through empowering community-led processes. Background INMIP was established in Bhutan in … focus on learning from local biocultural heritage and climate adaptation work – such as revitalisation of native fruit trees in …
Project, 27 June 2019
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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
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)
Addressing risks facing informal workers
… or infrastructure, making residents and workers more vulnerable to climate change impacts such as extreme heat, storms or flooding. What … health and safety within the informal economy. This was followed by community-based and participatory action research to assess informal … and enhance benefits? These findings were used to develop worker-led initiatives to address risks, strengthen assets and promote public, …
Project, 01 October 2018