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CBA7 conference proceedings
… Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation: Mainstreaming CBA into national and local planning … Climate change … CBA7 conference proceedings …
Publication, 01 July 2013
Development and Climate Days COP16
… Cancun, Mexico.  D&C Days is an annual event held during the UNFCCC Conference of Parties and organised by IIED in collaboration with the … relevant literature and reports, and to showcase videos of community based adaptation innovative work. The focus of the event at COP16 was on … Climate change … Development and Climate Days COP16 …
Event, 13 October 2010
CBA12: Key messages
… focused on getting local experience on climate action heard. The CBA community of practice shared innovation, discussed getting climate … on integrated watershed resource management (IWRM) and ecosystems-based adaptation (EBA). This is not disputed; however, to use … highlights Keep reading for some of the highlights of the four-day conference: In this audio clip, Saleemul Huq, IIED senior fellow, …
Article, 11 June 2018
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)
Global leaders must not neglect the world's poor and vulnerable
News, 30 April 2015
An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice
… When you ask participants about the best part of the conferences on community-based adaptation (CBA), the overwhelming response is the field trips. … take action to clean a canal. The visits tallied perfectly with the conference theme of urban community resilience. Here are some of my … Climate change … CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice …
Insight, 27 April 2016
With food and climate change, policymakers risk betting on the wrong horse
… It urges negotiators at the UN climate change conference in Durban later this month to give stronger support to … crops to hedge bets against uncertain futures, breeding new varieties based on quality traits, and having systems in place to protect … and this is a more self-reliant and sustainable farming system for adaptation. Modern varieties on the other hand have to be bought each …
News, 31 October 2011
Screenshot of a video call with 25 participants.
Local must lead action to tackle world’s multiple interconnected challenges
… higher ambitions for responding to these challenges.   The Climate Adaptation Summit in January will be the culmination of the Global … in real world contexts.   Local must lead For over 16 years, the community-based adaptation (CBA) community of practice has been making the case … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP26) …
Insight, 08 October 2020
Protestors march during UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen.
People power critical for tackling climate change
… about climate change issues have proliferated in recent weeks, and conference busses and posters fill the city. As understanding of the … a National Implementing Entity that can access funding from the Adaptation Fund [PDF], or how to influence national Reducing Emissions … communication between network partners, especially when they are based in different countries and speak different languages, or how to …
Insight, 26 November 2012
Adaptation in Bangladesh: notes from the field
Insight, 29 March 2011
Participants around a table at D&C Days 2016 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Transparency and accountability in the Paris Agreement: eight questions climate negotiators must tackle
… the scale of estimated losses from climate impacts and international adaptation funding available to ameliorate expected damage is widening. … country delegations, including the LDCs and EU. We will develop web-based outputs that people can refer and respond to, while host partners, … private sector, the climate negotiators and the climate adaptation community. The host partners –  Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre , …
Insight, 23 October 2017