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Many residents of Dar es Salaam live in informal settlements and are vulnerable to a wide range of climate threats, including sea-level rise and coastal erosion and flooding (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
4th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA4)
… The conference brought together stakeholders and practitioners from across … – and particularly Africa – to share and discuss knowledge about community-based adaptation (CBA) planning and practice.  Conference highlights … Climate change … 4th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA4) …
Article, 02 February 2010
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Community Based Adaptation: 6th International Conference 16-22 April 2012 - Conference proceedings
… Community-based adaptation (CBA) has a growing group of interested supporters, … of a world altered by climate change. The sixth international CBA conference in 2012 was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 16-22 April 2012 and … Climate change … Community Based Adaptation: 6th International Conference 16-22 April 2012 - Conference proceedings …
Publication, 01 August 2012
Anne-Marie Trevelyan looks into a camera and speaks
UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key aim for COP26
… Change.  She addressed the closing plenary of the  15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15)  via video recording. … Climate change … UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key aim for COP26 …
News, 18 June 2021
Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus spoke at the Dhaka adaptation conference. Yunus pioneered the concepts of microcredit and microfinance, and in 2006 won the Nobel Peace Prize for creating economic and social development from below (Photo: IISD Reporting Services)
3rd International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA3)
… The Global Initiative on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (GICBA)  promoted  community-based … to adaptation.  GICBA was launched at the 3rd International Conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA3), which was held in … Climate change … 3rd International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA3) …
Article, 25 February 2009
An image of Saleemul Huq at the podium giving a speech. On the final day of the CBA10 conference, he called for federations and communities of the urban poor to be better utilised by urban developers, climate change practitioners and local government to mainstream local adaptation (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and infrastructure investors to work with urban community federations to mainstream and finance local adaptation
… and do adapt to climate change. This year, for the first time, the conference had an urban focus, with the theme of 'enhancing urban community resilience'. Discussions at the conference highlighted … slum dwellers associations have the potential to scale up community-based adaptation projects and initiatives and continue the work started …
News, 28 April 2016
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Community-based adaptation: financing local adaptation - conference proceedings
… The 8th international CBA conference reported on in these proceedings was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24-30 April 2014. The theme was “Financing Local Adaptation” in recognition of the need to understand how best to finance … flows to ensure the most vulnerable communities can adapt to climate change. … Climate change …
Publication, 01 July 2014
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Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets
… wildlife and agrobiodiversity, and strongly support climate change adaptation and mitigation by protecting ecosystem services, including … of Sustainable Mountain Development and in the run-up to the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD … targets, the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement. IPLC-governed area-based conservation measures in mountains — such as Biocultural Heritage …
Publication, 23 November 2022
A young man looking at a mangrove seedling
CBA14 Setting the stage: from crisis to climate action
… The annual International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA) puts practitioners’ solutions to climate change … Climate change … CBA14 Setting the stage: from crisis to climate action …
Event, 21 July 2020
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Fourth International Conference on Community Based Adaptation-Tanzania
… CBA Conference Tanzania - Leaflet … CBA conference … Climate change … Fourth International Conference on Community Based Adaptation-Tanzania …
Publication, 01 January 2010
Aerial view of poor community. Overtext reads "We can shape the future"
Happy new super year! Why is 2021 such a big deal for climate, nature and people?
… future. What’s happening in 2021? Before the pandemic, the global community was gearing up for a big 2020. But as the pandemic spread and … stage: the 26th UN climate talks (COP26) and the 15th UN biodiversity conference (COP15) will bring countries together to set the agenda on … Gobeshona Global Conference , International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change and the Development and Climate Days …
Insight, 02 February 2021