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Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
… and non-state actors into the COP process, which is mainly led by member states. Along with sharing technical expertise and … policies and practices with local producers, processors, traders, community leaders, city representatives and consumers. This has the …  solutions such as bio-dykes and wetlands stewardship can increase flood resilience. We need to go to scale with these solutions – with the …
Article, 12 November 2021
A man kneeling on the ground holding a hose
Climate adaptation needs urgent philanthropy support
… some states lost a third of their crop yield. In places like coastal Bangladesh and the Horn of Africa, whole territories are losing their … pressing climate problems. Growing funding for approaches that build resilience to climate change now is critical to avoid massive losses. … organisations have endorsed a framework of principles for locally led adaptation (LLA) , which were formulated by the countries and …
Insight, 31 May 2023
A seated panel of four people listen to a speech given by a remote colleague on a television screen positioned to their left.
Europe needs transformational adaptation: lessons from the frontline
Insight, 16 August 2023
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… but it cannot solve the problem by itself. Investment in human and community knowledge, awareness and capacity is also necessary. Special … to Sandy’s arrival, the city issued a mandatory evacuation of coastal Flood Zone A. The evacuation did help to prevent some loss of life, … advise the city on adaptation for its critical infrastructure. She co-led the Metropolitan East Coast Regional Assessment, sponsored by the …
News, 22 January 2013
Flooding
2020 in review: climate impacts in the least developed countries
Insight, 08 April 2021
Farmers carry bottled water to pour on a field of onion crops
Introduction to our work on climate-resilient development
Article, 17 December 2012
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… to certain types of participation, but not all. For example, while community-based participation in water and sanitation projects is … always remember who is left (or pushed) out of these processes in NGO-led, government-led or 'community-led' modes. (Short-term tenants, for … has been working on violence against girls; her work on gendered resilience could be useful.   TS: Youth and child participation is a …
Article, 10 December 2021
Aerial footage of palm oil plantations alongside a river
Q&A: CBA15 innovation theme highlights transformative change
Article, 03 June 2021
Indigeonous communities join government officials, NGOs and academics to participate in a ridge-to-reef mapping workshop in Cagayan de Oro City to identify threats to the forest and environment ecosystem (Photo: Horacio Marcos C. Mordeno, MindaNews, Creative Commons via Flickr)
International Disaster and Risk Conference 2016: key resources
Article, 28 August 2016