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A woman stands to the side of a barren area through which small shoots of a mangrove forest can be seen
Community solutions for a nature-based, resilient future beyond COVID-19
… Beyond COVID-19: grassroots visions of change This article is part of an IIED series that brings together … more resilient and adaptable, ready to face other risks, such as climate change.  It has shown how local communities and grassroots … are bearing the brunt of interlinked societal challenges including climate change, biodiversity loss and pandemics. Helping them to …
Article, 07 October 2020
View of the Earth from the space
Four ways local organisations can use AI to support locally led adaptation and build resilience
… and industry. But what does it mean for those on the frontline of climate adaptation work?   Beyond ChatGPT– a dialogue-based information … incredible pace. So how can they be mobilised to support locally-led climate action?  For years, organisations in the Majority World, … characteristics reflect neo-colonial tendencies within the aid and climate finance sector.   Their ability to put locally led adaptation …
Insight, 25 May 2023
An Ethiopian farmer arrives for a field day on climate change adaptation. Ethiopia is the first LDC to submit its intended Nationally Determined Contribution in preparation of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC (Photo: ILRI/ZerihunSewunet, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Next steps for climate negotiations on the road to Paris
Insight, 17 June 2015
A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.
Mitigating farmer-herder conflict
… enmity and competition for scarce resources, now aggravated by climate change, the media, policy and academic circles increasingly insisted … After validating our findings through discussion with a reference group that included researchers and representatives of pastoral … Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity …
Project, 04 March 2022
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Forest Governance Learning Group - Malawi 2012 work plan
… The Forest Governance Learning Group is an informal alliance of in-country groups and international … and small forest enterprises, legitimate forest products, pro-poor climate change mitigation and adaptation, and transnational learning and … Forest Governance Learning Group - Malawi 2012 work plan …
Publication, 01 September 2012
A delegate at COP18 in Doha (Photo: N. Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at the COP18 UN climate summit
… Doha talks A blog by Camilla Toulmin, entitled Seven ways to reignite climate action after dismal Doha Video updates IIED senior fellow … and development practitioners to debate the central theme of climate change adaptation (CCA). Sessions at COP 18 focused on … and future needs. The chair of the Least Developed Countries Group (LDC , Pa Ousman Jarju, chaired the event. Governance frameworks …
Article, 20 December 2012
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Forest Governance Learning Group - South Africa: Work plan 2013
… The Forest Governance Learning Group is an informal alliance of in-country groups and international … 2013 include providing inputs into the development of a forest sector climate change response strategy, convening learning events and making use of … Forest Governance Learning Group - South Africa: Work plan 2013 …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
Insight, 16 February 2015
A woman scoops water in a dry riverbed near Kataboi village in the Turkana region of Northern Kenya (Photo: Marisol Grandon/DFID via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Kenya's new climate fund listens to community ideas for building resilience
… are only likely to become more common and severe with the effects of climate change. The last drought in the Turkana region was only a few years ago … members a voice and aims to build their resilience to the effects of climate change could help. First implemented as a pilot project in … Climate change … Kenya's new climate fund listens to community ideas for building resilience …
Insight, 03 April 2014
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Pre-COP Training Workshop 2017
… focused on priorities for the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); an introduction to the conference agenda; gender; … Climate change …
Publication, 01 November 2017