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A pastoralist with camels in Niger. Pastoralists use resources flexibly and adapt to climate variability more easily than many other groups. State policies that favour settled agriculture are more of a challenge (Photo: Stephen Andersen/IIED)
Does climate change cause conflicts in the Sahel?
… to political and historical factors as the root cause.  However as climate change becomes a leading global political issue, an emerging and … as a major driver. But how valid is this argument? Examining the climate-conflict link Two elements underpin the climate-conflict … Climate change … Does climate change cause conflicts in the Sahel? …
Insight, 13 September 2016
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Understanding local climate priorities: applying a gender and generation focused planning tool in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar
… Climate change adaptation must be mainstreamed into local government planning in rural settings. Marginalised groups are especially vulnerable to climate change because it affects the natural resources that they rely on. … Climate change … Understanding local climate priorities: applying a gender and generation focused planning …
Publication, 01 September 2020
A partly visible road and bridge due to muddy water covering half of it.
Loss and damage does not happen in a vacuum – it relates to power and politics
… ‘Loss and damage’ refers to the adverse impacts of climate change that have not, cannot, or will not be avoided. Climate change has already caused widespread losses and damages. These … Climate change …
Insight, 16 August 2022
The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
… settlements around the world are not forgotten as cities develop climate plans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is convening an international scientific conference in … is senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group . This blog originally appeared on the Climate Home website , and …
Insight, 06 March 2018
The 2016 Bonn climate change Conference featured a workshop and numerous informal consultations on gender-responsive climate policy (Photo by IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
LDC women in world climate talks: building a cohort of champions
… The upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn will include a workshop on 10-11 May to develop … are among the topics to be discussed. The Least Developed Countries Group , which IIED works closely with, will engage fully in these … Climate change … UN climate change conference (COP23) …
Insight, 02 May 2017
A photo and a plan of a small plot.
CBA15: Four messages ahead of COP26
Insight, 05 July 2021
A flooded village with damaged houses.
Practical lessons on implementing business unusual 
Insight, 15 June 2022
Two women standing in a forest.
Sisters are doing it for themselves in biodiverse Belize
… an agroforestry plot to restore landscape diversity and enhance climate-resilient landscapes, they were welcomed into the programme. How … ‘planting-baskets’ to restore landscape diversity and enhance climate-resilient livelihoods). Its objective is that opportunities for … plants but local farmers still face the daunting prospect of climate change: hotter temperatures, less rainfall and more extreme weather …
Insight, 18 March 2024
Vanuatu is one of the Least Developed Countries, and is increasingly affected by climate change. Here local people are constructing a river crossing using rocks and coral after flooding destroyed a bridge (Photo: 350.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Financing climate change adaptation in LDCs
Insight, 22 April 2015
A man bends over to tend his crops in a field
Bright spots of success: local adaptation brings answers to the global climate crisis
… At the UN Secretary-General’s climate summit in September, a day before the annual General Assembly … also demonstrate how they are accelerating action to adapt to climate change. The summit is a chance for a breakthrough; an opportunity for … to grow as well as a subsidy to buy an irrigation pump for a group of five farmers. The group has been using the water pump on a …
Insight, 02 September 2019