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Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
… Under the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change  196 countries committed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 … ) is a research associate with IIED's  Climate Change research group  and biodiversity team. With thanks to Ali Raza Rizvi, programme … Climate change …
Insight, 13 January 2017
Achala Abeysinghe focuses on why a legally binding agreement is essential (Image: IIED)
A legally binding agreement in Paris? Points to watch
… gathering in Paris to negotiate an agreement on how to combat global climate change. A key issue is whether the talks will result in an agreement … technical adviser to the chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group for the UNFCCC. In this role she has been closely involved with … Climate change …
News, 03 December 2015
Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… has been replaced by a challenging new agenda ; global action on climate change has high ambitions set by the Paris Agreement , while the impacts … ) is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . Halina Ward ( [email protected])  is an independent … What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change? …
Insight, 26 January 2016
Prakash Mathema speaking at the opening ceremony of the 8th annual conference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA8) held in Kathmandu, Nepal in April 2014 (Photo: IIED)
Q&A: Helping the poorest nations with development goals
Article, 19 September 2014
Delegates at CBA8 in Nepal travel to Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District to see the effects of climate change as part of the pre-conference fields trips (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Crowd-sourcing ideas to help community-based adaptation finance reach the most vulnerable
Insight, 01 May 2014
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Comment and Analysis: Initial Results Management Framework of the GCF
Publication, 01 May 2014
International climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are preparing the text for a global climate deal to be negotiated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A 1.5 degree goal could save us from ourselves
Insight, 10 June 2015
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
Insight, 09 March 2015
A giant temple bell in Mongolia (Photo: David Berkowitz via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
The IPCC rings the warning bell louder. Is anyone listening?
… The co-chairs of the working group crafting the summary, Chris Field of the United States and Vicente … in policymaking under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), each IPCC report has provided significant momentum to … Climate change …
Insight, 02 April 2014
A water tap in Rwanda. Measuring sustainability of investments in water and sanitation makes more sense than focusing on annual freshwater withdrawal and access to improved water and sanitation (Photo: A'Melody Lee/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Making World Bank aid sustainable
… the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS). Landmark agreements… At … ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Climate Change research group . … Climate change …
Insight, 10 October 2016