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Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
… of the SDG agenda will not be achievable, especially in the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs) . For the LDCs, the Paris process brings the hope of …
Insight, 10 September 2015
Protection for high seas is crucial to safeguarding vulnerable coastal communities – new research
… Oceanography Centre (NOC), demonstrates that coastal communities in least developed countries (LDCs) are highly dependent on key areas of the ‘high seas’. …
News, 11 March 2019
Pope Francis is providing global leadership in the battle to take action on climate change (Photo: Raffaele Esposito, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A papal message reaching out to everyone
… links between social justice and climate change, given our focus on least developed countries where poverty and vulnerability intersect with greatest force. … Climate change …
Insight, 18 June 2015
Poultry farming is part of the sustainable agriculture system, along with crop production and fisheries, at Songhai Centre, in Porto Novo, Benin (Photo: Mark Surman via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
LDC experts to share ideas on building productive capacity
… as both the defining challenge and opportunity for developing countries to progress. Enhancing productive capacity will help these … collaboration with the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small …
Insight, 25 July 2014
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Mitigation: what's in it for Africa
… more intense on the continent than other regions with many African countries suffering from the impacts of extreme weather events such as … future economic progress and development particularly for many Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa, which are not driving the problem … Climate change …
Publication, 01 September 2009
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Mitigation: What’s in it for Africa?
… more intense on the continent than other regions with many African countries suffering from the impacts of extreme weather events such as … future economic progress and development particularly for many Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa, which are not driving the problem … Climate change …
Publication, 01 September 2009
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… with clear direction . Frustrated by this unwieldy document, we have developed an alternative version of the New Urban Agenda – in one page. … financing mechanism to support climate action in developing countries. Neha Rai and Sarah Best reported on a study analysing over a … valuable (or essential) for local governments. Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries June: The Least Developed Countries Group was …
Article, 28 December 2016
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… articles highlight innovative participatory methods which are being developed to help communities analyse the causes and effects of climate … and international experts working on adaptation to climate change for least developed countries. Their aim is to strengthen the capacity of organizations in … PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change …
Article, 01 December 2009
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Ethiopia’s effective climate diplomacy: lessons for other nations
… Despite its Least Developed Country status, Ethiopia has played a leading role in climate … by a growing evidence base gathered by the state. As nations — LDCs and others — work together to ratify and fully implement the Paris Agreement, the diplomatic efforts of proactive countries like Ethiopia will remain fundamental to the effort. …
Publication, 01 October 2016
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IIED's best of 2020: publications
… economic impact pushes millions more women, children and men in these countries into poverty. This issue paper published in September 2020 … . 5 What is effective climate adaptation? Case studies from the least developed countries I ssue paper Adaptation is an investment that …
Article, 23 December 2020