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Group of ASOM women members holding plants in a field, smiling at the camera.
Land, climate and justice: grassroots women at the Global Land Forum
… Rural and Indigenous women across the globe rely on land, forests and water for … and other natural resources, especially for women. At the same time, climate change and biodiversity loss intensify the challenges faced by … grounded in community realities Each case study is grounded in the knowledge and lived experience of our local partners and the communities …
Insight, 11 June 2025
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Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers
Insight, 14 March 2023
A man kneeling on the ground holding a hose
Climate adaptation needs urgent philanthropy support
Insight, 31 May 2023
A group of Indigenous farmers, wearing brightly coloured clothes, smile as they lean on a wooden rail and gather around a large rock, in front of a scenic landscape of mountains under a blue sky.
Weaving resilience: biocultural territories and agrobiodiversity zones in the Southern Andes
… of rich agrobiodiversity and ecosystems shaped by ancestral knowledge. This biocultural heritage includes high levels of crop … and ecological knowledge that are critical for resilience to climate change, but that face a number of threats, such as youth … challenges, such as loss of biodiversity and displacement of Indigenous communities, driven by the  rising global demand for copper …
Project, 10 April 2025
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Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17
… practical ways for driving forward locally led adaptation (LLA) to climate change.  This first in-person CBA in four years created a … with communities and active recognition of the value of local and Indigenous as well as scientific knowledge would help to rebalance the system.  Let’s not fake locally …
Insight, 20 June 2023
A shepherd and a herd of sheep in a mountain
COP27: vital but at-risk IPLC landscapes urgently need more climate finance
Insight, 08 November 2022
Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
Insight, 26 September 2019
Headshots of six people over a forest
Walking the talk of climate ambition – why that walk needs nature too: Make Change Happen podcast episode 14
Article, 01 November 2021
IIED's Krystyna Swiderska discusses the latest research on how indigenous people adapt to climate change at a side event at the 2016 UN climate conference in Marrakech (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Indigenous people use own knowledge to boost food yields despite climate change, research finds
… Latest findings from research by IIED and partners shows how indigenous people are using traditional knowledge to counter growing threats to food security in the face of climate change. Droughts, floods, heat stress and other extreme weather … Climate change … Indigenous people use own knowledge to boost food yields despite climate …
News, 22 November 2016
A group of people look at a TV screen, in front of which a computer shows how they appear on the screen.
Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… The International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) , IIED and the Mountain Partnership … territories ’. This was one of the few events that centred on the knowledge and solutions of Indigenous Peoples in a conference dominated … towers’ and access to clean water are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution (from mining, for example) and privatisation. …
News, 16 June 2023