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Pastoralists are 'invisible assets' in fight against poverty and climate change
… that pastoralists bring to national economies and efforts to confront climate change, says the International Institute for Environment and Development … livelihood systems to cope with difficult environments, global climate change is raising new challenges for them. "Action at local, … Pastoralists are 'invisible assets' in fight against poverty and climate change …
News, 18 June 2009
Political leaders, experts and civil society representatives from the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)
What do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21?
… world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the outcome of the Paris climate talks (COP21) is crucial. Ahead of COP21 in Paris, IIED's LDC … plans ahead of the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties in Paris (COP21), detailing … seven in 10 people in the country dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, there is a need for emergency action as well as longer …
News, 25 November 2015
Climate refugees of the future
… erosion. Erosion is nothing unusual in Bangladesh. But the threat of climate change has made the country much more vulnerable. Now Jalil, once a … has even said international migration is one of the country's major adaptation strategies.In December 2008 member states of the UN Climate … Climate change …
Insight, 30 April 2009
Boats on the sea shore
Fish Night 8: Keeping up momentum for artisanal fisheries and aquaculture
… fisheries and aquaculture are critically important sources of livelihoods and nutrition for hundreds of millions of men and women. … and adaptive capacity of small-scale fisheries to shocks and climate change. Fish Night 8 discussed the importance of the small-scale …
Event, 28 March 2023
Woman walking through a field, carrying a bag on her head.
How to green Africa from the grassroots
… adapt and prosper in the face of land shortages, urban migration and climate impacts. People get on with daily survival despite shortcomings … international levels. At a time when COVID-19 has now joined climate change as another ‘problem without a passport’, local capacity and … on boosting production than ensuring sustainable food security and livelihoods for Africa’s predominantly smallholder farmers. They need …
Insight, 04 January 2021
CBA10 side events
… complement the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA10) in Bangladesh from 21-28 April 2016. To host or … will begin with a pot gan performance: 'The lived experience of climate change: the story of one piece of land in Dhaka', by Joanne … on recent research that has been analysing the effects of cyclones on livelihoods as well as lives. Is it possible to protect assets and …
Article, 18 April 2016
African Climate Policy Centre director Fatima Denton speaks at the 2015 Development & Climate Days event at COP21 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Breaking out of the development silos
… The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are showing that action on climate change no longer needs to be seen as separate from development, … of climate change were affecting their economies and affecting livelihoods. She said that this made it clear how crucial climate … And they are doing quite a lot also in terms of just plugging the adaptation gap." Climate change, she explained, is affecting key sectors …
News, 22 March 2016
Isiolo County, Kenya: dryland areas make up more than 80 per cent of Kenya's land and are home to some four million pastoralists (Photo: James Patison/IIED)
A new approach to climate resilient drylands agriculture
… the publication, entitled 'Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate-resilient drylands development' . A product of research from … and land fragmentation has undermined local economies and livelihoods – creating inequity, degradation and conflict. … IIED, Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative (DLCI), the Adaptation Consortium and funded by the Ford Foundation . Notes to …
News, 27 April 2015
Moving climate talks forward: new parliamentary group consider the options
… and members of parliament — on the expected outcomes of the upcoming climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, and their implications for the poor. … (NGOs) began by highlighting the links between environment, climate change and poverty eradication. David Norman, the World Wildlife Fund’s … on the river and forest for their food, water, medical supplies and livelihoods. Laura Webster, head of policy at Tearfund, told the meeting …
News, 30 November 2010
A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.
Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice
… The 'Engaging citizens for socially just climate action' project  examines deliberative and participatory … patterns directly affect customary natural resource management and adaptation strategies. The alliance does not have any systematic … to rapidly share information that directly impacts pastoralists’ livelihoods, such as information on diseases or market information. …
Article, 11 December 2020