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Diagram showing change at different scales (Image: Stefano D'Errico/IIED)
Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development
… , which uses free open source software, household surveys and community workshops to ensure that key stakeholders are fully engaged in … assess the resilience benefits of different approaches to community-based planning for adaptation. Supporting the evaluation community of … sustainable development. In 2015 IIED organised the 9th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA9) , hosted by the …
Project, 01 March 2017
Children with backpacks walking along a path with a building on the left and a forest and looming hills behind.
Vietnam: project with children at its heart wins CBA6 Solidarity Grant
… Bai province was recognised by participants at the 6 th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change, who awarded it a US $5,000 … Climate change …
Insight, 10 May 2012
Venn diagram of LDCs
Least Developed Countries
… such as the  UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  Conference of Parties. Few can send more than a handful of delegates to … capacity of development practitioners, government agencies, NGOs and community-based organisations to enhance resilience to climate change. We do this … Climate change …
Article, 30 April 2009
A giant temple bell in Mongolia (Photo: David Berkowitz via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
The IPCC rings the warning bell louder. Is anyone listening?
Insight, 02 April 2014
Isiolo County, Kenya: dryland areas make up more than 80 per cent of Kenya's land and are home to some four million pastoralists (Photo: James Patison/IIED)
A new approach to climate resilient drylands agriculture
… The new book will be launched at a press conference on Tuesday 28 April at 7am at the Intercontinental Hotel … reflected within its pages. This book provides new and compelling community perspectives that policy-led strategies for the drylands need … development and linking local priorities to global challenges. We are based in London and work on five continents with some of the world’s …
News, 27 April 2015
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Assessing the CBA community of practice
… or even how to evaluate these. A good example to learn from is IIED’s conference series on community-based adaptation. The meetings have nurtured networks of practitioners … Climate change … Assessing the CBA community of practice …
Publication, 01 April 2013
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Vietnam: Mangroves break waves and help the people of Dai Hop Commune break even
… forest breaks the waves (during large storms) and protects the community,” said Dang Thanh Tung, referring to their crucial role in … met Nguyen Thi Nhung and Nguyen Thi Son during the 6th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change , which is an opportunity for … Climate change …
Insight, 17 April 2012
Two women carrying farming tools
IIED's best of 2019: videos
… net zero emissions by 2050. They call for the international community to support LDC-driven initiatives to deliver concrete action … in Ghana (NETRIGHT) and includes an interview that explains how land-based investments are threatening tenure security in Ghana. The short … There was a controversial conclusion to the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework …
Insight, 06 January 2020
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… mineral processing facilities. We are also using dialogues to drive community forestry: working with communities across the Congo Basin, … improve effectiveness . The project culminated in an  international conference in November 2017  at which government, humanitarian agencies … argued for a PES programme initially focused on hydropower and nature-based tourism. This has now been embedded in the proposal for Bhutan’s …
Page, 24 October 2018
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… living in and around the PA.  The methodology uses a combination of community workshops to identify significant social impacts; a short … discussed at a side event at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico in December.   Chinese businesses in … and how they impact on people, the planet and the economy. Ecosystem-based adaptation: a win-win formula for sustainability in a warming …
Article, 02 January 2017