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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
Article, 07 October 2020
"A masterpiece of the world's intangible heritage", bark cloth is processed to be used in fashion, accessories, house wares, interior design, and other forms of art (Photo: David Nkwanga)
Field visits to highlight community-based adaptation in Uganda
Insight, 25 April 2017
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?
Insight, 13 January 2017
Woman bends over a seedbed.
IIED at the 2022 Nature-based Solutions Conference
… is co-convening conference session four, on the the critical role of Indigenous People and local communities in delivering successful NbS, on … through a process that fully respects and champions local rights and knowledge, and generates local benefits. Evidence from science and … Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP): Indigenous food solutions to the climate crisis Taking adaptation to the ground: a story of accessing …
Event, 05 July 2022
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… Saleemul Huq and Angela Milligan Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change brings together those working in the fields of disaster … and effects of climate change, integrate scientific and community knowledge about climate change, and plan adaptation measures. Lessons … possible climate change impacts. Most publications free to download. Indigenous Peoples’ Assessments of Climate Change Indigenous peoples-led …
Article, 01 December 2009
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
News, 18 November 2015
“Protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous people benefits us all”
… He gave the example of indigenous peoples in Peru who are responding to climate change by reintroducing native potato varieties and so are … an enormous diversity of traditional crop varieties, practices and knowledge, and that these play an important part in building resilience … “Protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous people benefits us all” …
Insight, 09 June 2011
Representatives from indigenous mountain communities gather in Bhutan to discuss the impacts of climate change and how to respond using their biocultural heritage
New film highlights mountain communities' climate workshop
News, 18 May 2015
Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… of 2021 Read a blog about our top 10 videos of 2021 1 Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature April : Our most read … Western economics is destroying the environment and the Indigenous knowledge that has conserved nature for millennia.  Ironically, the same … by [COVID-19] restrictions on movement. 3 Locally-led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey January : In …
Article, 23 December 2021
View of Kunming, China, of a lake and houses in the background
Learning from Paris: what would ‘Kunming-compliant’ look like for development cooperation agencies?
Insight, 25 February 2021