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Two women stand on a hillside next to a concrete post with two taps, waiting for their water containers to fill.
Achieving an inclusive approach to the Global Goal on Adaptation
Insight, 02 June 2022
As a group people mill around a room and talk with one another at an event, an elevated TV screen shows the transcript of speakers at the event.
Making CBA events more accessible for disabled people
… years of running the event online, IIED’s flagship International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change returned in person, hosted in … Climate change …
News, 18 September 2023
Climate adaptation conference to open in Bangladesh, the "adaptation capital of the world"
… The 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA7) takes place in Dhaka on 22-25 … Climate adaptation conference to open in Bangladesh, the "adaptation …
News, 18 April 2013
CBA9 starts with opening speeches - but will quickly make way for films and games (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
A community of doers: celebrating the CBA conferences, and looking forward
Insight, 28 April 2015
Fisheries account for 12 per cent of The Gambia's GDP. The country's Atlantic coastline and the mangroves along the River Gambia estuary are vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Javier D. Creative Commons via Flickr)
GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia
… events. Since 2013, the government has been taking an ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approach, promoting small-scale projects that … grounds to help boost fish stocks. They have also supplied five community gardens with solar-powered boreholes to support crop … and local levels in poor countries. Ahead of the 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation , IIED is profiling national …
Insight, 22 June 2017
Field visit as part of the Mountain Ecosystem-based Adaptation project, Mount Elgon, Uganda (IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Uganda
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem … Having a high level of flexibility that takes into consideration community needs, time, resources and local knowledge, and  Including EbA … climate risk in Uganda ' was distributed during a post-COP23 (Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on …
Project, 15 February 2018
Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
… to build resilience to the effects of climate change. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is one such strategy: the sustainable management … and communities from climate change risks, and work to increase community resilience in Southwest China through participatory plant … of EbA as a strategy for adaptation, IIED's 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA11)  will bring together …
Insight, 13 January 2017
The nuts of the Babacu palm have a high oil content and many uses. The Babacu Fund is delivering climate finance to landless palm nut collectors in the Brazilian Amazon (Photo: JcPietro, Creative Commons via Wikimeida)
CBA13: Adaptation finance – show us the money
… Climate finance will be a key theme of the 13th international conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA13) , that will take place on 1-4 … Climate change … CBA13: Adaptation finance – show us the money …
Article, 19 February 2019
Two women wearing traditional gowns stand in a maize field
EbA Evidence and Policy: China
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem … transfer and seed exchange. FSN's participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture project was implemented from 2000 to … lessons learned in China at the Community-based Adaptation ( CBA15 ) conference in June.  We continued to support local farmers to implement …
Project, 13 June 2018
Four images of people from IIED's 2021 'super year' video, including a fisher hauling nets
IIED and the ‘super year’
… or were directly engaged in are outlined below. Gobeshona Global Conference 1 Date : 18-24 January 2021 This  online conference organised … in this process and beyond. 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change Date : 14-18 June 2021  This annual … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP26) …
Article, 02 February 2021