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Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… centred on the knowledge and solutions of Indigenous Peoples in a conference dominated by high-level officials, big corporations and NGOs … systems - as well as agrobiodiversity, wildlife and ecosystems - for community health and wellbeing, livelihoods, food security and climate adaptation and mitigation, based on customary laws. They provide a crucial tool for achieving …
News, 16 June 2023
Woman carries a solar panel and walks through a forest
Five key questions for making the Global Goal on Adaptation work for local people and places
… The 2015 Paris Agreement  set out that a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) would be established, presenting an adaptation … make the GGA work for all of society.     The GGA must be based on an understanding of what resilience means for individual … all countries. Parties should ask themselves – how can we build community resilience in our country?  This is the starting point …
Insight, 22 July 2021
CBA13 participants speaking
CBA13: bringing key messages to the global stage
… The  13th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA13) took place in Ethiopia from 1-4 April 2019. The … Climate change …
News, 17 July 2019
IIED director Camilla Toulmin makes a key speech during the closing ceremony of CBA8
Toulmin: More power to the people to tackle climate change
… the remarks during the closing ceremony of the 8 th international conference on community based adaptation to climate change , which took place in Kathmandu, … Climate change … Toulmin: More power to the people to tackle climate change …
News, 12 May 2014
The Forest Investment Program, an example of an investment fund with simplified funding frameworks, has invested $10 million in a $24 million project with the African Development Bank to restore Ghana's rapidly degrading forests (Photo: Greg Neate, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Six steps to local climate finance
… that hinder local ownership; and poor enforcement of policies for community engagement. Promoting local finance in practice  And yet … local level have used grants rather than loans to finance community-based projects, but there could be more experimentation with innovative … on Climate Change will travel to Marrakech, Morocco for their annual conference. One of the key themes will be the review of the …
Insight, 06 November 2016
CCAFS, together with partners, is trying to develop new ways to communicate climate change adaptation. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
New ways to communicate climate change and adaptation - is it time for something “loopy”?
… in turn informs a new way of proceeding or of organising our systems based on that new experience and reflection, and, done well, can … paper by IDS, IIED and the University of York presented at the conference and now shared here in this CCAFS working paper.      Learning from the local? Drawing on good practices for CCAFS’ community engagement Communication initiatives for climate change and …
Insight, 19 October 2012
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… negotiators gather for global talks on climate change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework … the Paris Agreement 2nd EbA Knowledge Day – Strengthening ecosystem-based adaptation in policy frameworks: communicating benefits, … and informing policy. Research overview and overarching questions Community-based adaptation: research, practice and partnerships for …
Event, 06 November 2017
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
… negotiators gather for global talks on climate change at the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework … Pocket guide to the Paris Agreement   Contributions of the research community to climate action and implementation of the Paris Agreement … capacity building, and education. This session highlighted evidence-based case studies of such practices that advance climate action and …
Event, 02 December 2018
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Draft programme for 4th international conference on Community-based adaptation
… 4th international conference on CBA, Dar es Saleem, Tanzania, 21-27 February 2010 … Climate change … Draft programme for 4th international conference on Community-based adaptation …
Publication, 01 January 2010
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CBA7: 7th international Conference 18th to 25th April, 2013 Dhaka, Bangladesh
… What are the latest approaches for mainstreaming community-based adaptation into international, national and local planning and processes? IIED’s CBA7 Conference aims to provide the latest thinking from climate scientists, … Climate change … CBA7: 7th international Conference 18th to 25th April, 2013 Dhaka, Bangladesh …
Publication, 01 April 2013