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Essential oil production contributing to climate resilience in Nepal
… This climate resilience case study (No.6) from Nepal is the sixth of ten case … (FFF).  It describes the actions of the Laliguras Herbal Women Group (LHWG) within the Chisapani Community Forest Users Group (CFUG) in … used 40ha out of a total of 495 ha of community forest land. Climate change has begun to affect the livelihoods of farmers in communities …
Publication, 01 October 2020
Forty governments and leading institutions commit to support locally led climate adaptation
… the United Kingdom and Irish governments, UN Development Programme, Climate Investment Funds, Zurich Investment Group, BRAC and Slum Dwellers International, have committed to a new set … IIED, World Resources Institute and International Centre for Climate Change and Development facilitated the principles’ development with over …
News, 25 January 2021
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Building climate resilience through commercial agroforestry tree nurseries
… This climate resilience case study (No.4) from Kenya is the fourth of ten … the actions of the Lake Elementaita Tree Nurseries Self Help Group (LETNSHG) in finding nature based solutions (NbS) that give … provide advisory services on cultivation to local farmers. Climate change is perceived as a major threat, with rainfall irregularities, …
Publication, 01 October 2020
With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change
… networks of cities have been quick to show leadership in addressing climate change risks, mitigating climate change drivers, and adapting to climate change effects. Cities … Climate change … With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change …
Insight, 06 June 2011
IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq announces the Kathmandu Declaration to delegates at CBA8 in Nepal in April 2014 (Photo: Stephanie Andrei)
Kathmandu Declaration: recommendations for financing communities most vulnerable to climate change
News, 14 May 2014
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Ethiopia readiness assessment: delivering anticipatory social protection
… gaps and opportunities to improve anticipatory measures and climate resilience.  The analysis shows that the Ethiopian National … food and cash transfers, as well as public works geared toward climate resilience. Alongside this, a risk financing mechanism and an … Climate change …
Publication, 28 October 2023
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AFRICA ¿CON EL AGUA HASTA EL CUELLO? Segundo informe del Grupo de Trabajo sobre el cambio climático y el desarrollo
… “Africa – Up in Smoke?” is the second report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. It has a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, … Climate change …
Publication, 01 July 2005
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Three eras of climate change
… Climate change as a global challenge has evolved through a series of stages in … address the problem. In the first era, from the late 1980s to 2000, climate change was seen as an “environmental” problem to do with prevention of … Climate change … Three eras of climate change …
Publication, 01 October 2006
Video updates from Saleemul Huq
Watch now: daily video updates from COP22
… Saleemul Huq is providing daily video reports from the UN climate talks. These can be viewed in the playlist above and on IIED's … Huq explains why his institute, the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, hosts regular networking events on loss and … by the Climate Vulnerable Forum, and the formation of the V20, a group made up of finance ministers from vulnerable countries.  LDC Group …
Article, 04 November 2016
Anne-Marie Trevelyan looks into a camera and speaks
UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key aim for COP26
News, 18 June 2021