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Making sustainable development a reality – movements that inspire change: Make Change Happen podcast episode 17
… development; Saleemul Huq , director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) ; and former IIED director … our partners have played in each one. We hear about the multi-actor climate justice movement, which Huq has fought to bring to global platforms, particularly the long-overlooked dimension of climate adaptation . Toulmin, a drylands expert, highlights the …
Article, 21 June 2022
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”?
… York to stimulate a new discussion in the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the … working paper offers an overview of current theory and practice on climate change communication and social learning in the global South … the communication initiatives are northern based and linear in style, delivering top-down information which is intended to inform people’s …
Insight, 19 October 2012
The island nation of Tuvalu is one of the Least Developed Countries that is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with an average elevation of just two meters above sea level (Photo: Nick Hobgood, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The road through Paris: key messages for ministers
… only five weeks left before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference (COP21)  starts, when all countries are due to adopt a legally binding agreement to act on climate change, ministers have been called together by the French COP … for the post 2020 regime Developed countries must show leadership in delivering action and support to developing countries in the agreement …
Insight, 09 November 2015
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019
Tanzania has just 20 years to adapt agriculture to climate change, warn economists
… out for Tanzania to adapt. The researchers predict that impacts of climate change in Tanzania's agriculture sector will reduce the nation’s … adaptation in the sector this could rise to 5-68% by 2085 as greater climate shifts take hold and trigger a chain of impacts that spread … Tanzania's farmers and farming practices do not adapt, the impacts of climate change will be extreme and they will ripple through the …
News, 01 October 2009
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Access to finance for forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs)
… biodiverse ecology, carbon sequestration and hydrology – the basis of climate resilience for us all. The aggregate gross production value of … that production and make it sustainable and resilient will be key to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate … organisations (FFPOs) can help to reduce the transaction costs of delivering such investment. But there is still much to be done to …
Publication, 01 December 2018
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Financing inclusive low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries
… Ethiopia, Nepal and Rwanda – to show how countries can use climate finance to invest in inclusive low-carbon resilient development. … The paper examines how new public-private investment models are delivering renewable energy investment to communities and households in … Climate change …
Publication, 01 December 2015
A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
Insight, 24 November 2015
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Why Should Development NGOs worry about Climate Change?
… Speech delivered to the Seminar on Climate Change and Development Dublin, Ireland 20 April 2006 organised … on development is therefore: - Make yourself more aware about the climate change issue (in particular how it might affect you or your … Climate change … Why Should Development NGOs worry about Climate Change? …
Publication, 01 April 2006
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Latest IIED podcast puts the focus on energy access
… the technologies and financial mechanisms that are available for delivering energy to poor communities. IIED has recently published a … energy as a resource for helping poor communities to adapt to climate change. The IIED podcast – listen and subscribe The ‘Make Change … sets out IIED's response to the critical challenges of our time, from climate crisis to biodiversity loss and increasing inequality. Episode …
News, 15 November 2019