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Multifaceted approach best way for vulnerable countries to overcome climate losses and damage
… Countries most at risk from the impacts of the climate crisis can best address the losses and damage many are already suffering as a result of climate change by using a diverse range of tools and types of finance, according … billions of people to the ever-growing risk of losing their lives, livelihoods, land and culture.  ' Addressing loss and damage: practical …
News, 27 July 2022
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Youth initiatives, key to tackling climate change loss and damage in Rwanda as captured in IIED’s latest animation
… IIED's latest animation about climate-related loss and damage in Rwanda is narrated by youth climate … . However, they are the hardest hit by the effects of climate change.  Climate-related loss and damage is now a reality in the East … African country. Rwandans heavily rely on land for their food and livelihoods, but changing weather patterns caused by the climate crisis …
News, 31 March 2021
Farmer looking at coffee cherries in Belize
The benefits of backing family agroforestry businesses – food for thought
… approximately three quarters of the world’s coffee.  However, as climate change continues to intensify, smallholder farmers who rely on only one … to support coffee farmers and mobilise support for growers whose livelihoods are threatened by various challenges. Since then, coffee … Climate change …
Insight, 01 October 2024
Drip irrigation in Faylar village, Senegal. Investing in solar-powered water pumps and drip-feed irrigation systems can help farmers survive in times of drought (Photo: InnoAfrica, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community
… in Addis Ababa, I have been close witness to the pressures that climate change has brought to Ethiopia, and how these pressures have … to the climate shocks and stresses that threaten the lives and livelihoods of our one billion people. LIFE-AR: taking the long view … Ethiopia’s chairmanship – launched the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) . This LDC-led initiative seeks to …
Insight, 06 March 2019
Combine harvesters in a wheat field
Is adaptation the missing ingredient from the new UN biodiversity action plan?
… it.  What has not been discussed is whether we should also plan for adaptation to biodiversity loss.  Learning from climate change debates  In the language of climate change, taking action … changes in local biodiversity can present major threats to their livelihoods Reduced primary productivity and hence reduced crop yields, …
Insight, 24 February 2020
A motorbike rides through a flooded road. A woman tries to cross the road from the left hand side pavement.
IPCC report signposts pathways to climate-resilient future for cities
… The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released last week provides a definitive … how climate change is already negatively impacting human health, livelihoods and key infrastructure in urban settings. They underline how … insights. Combining sound data with local knowledge First, action on adaptation and resilience needs to spring from a bedrock of sound data …
Insight, 09 March 2022
Tea pickers in Kenya's Mount Kenya region; smallholder folders in Least Developed Countries would be adversely affected by climate change (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Supporting the LDCs on climate change adaptation
… Group (LEG) has provided support, capacity building and advice on climate change adaptation (CCA) to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). As it comes to … of adaptation actions to address climate change impacts, improve livelihoods and promote economic diversification. This knowledge and … Climate change …
Insight, 01 September 2015
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Climate change and migrant workers in India: from vulnerability to adaptation
… The impacts of climate change in India are predicted to increase migration from rural villages … contexts are considered one of the most vulnerable social groups to climate change risks, specifically to livelihood uncertainties such as … Climate change … Climate change and migrant workers in India: from vulnerability to adaptation …
Publication, 01 August 2015
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Participatory toolkits help rural marginalised communities make their voices heard on climate change
… In many rural communities, climate change affects men, women and young people in different ways, reflecting … and crowded out by more powerful actors, which means their climate adaptation priorities are often ignored and their vulnerabilities to … Climate change … help rural marginalised communities make their voices heard on climate change …
News, 07 January 2021
Men queue in front of a table. A woman hands them bags.
Humanitarian action is part of climate response – but must be early and locally led
… The onslaught of recent climate disasters shows the worsening impacts of climate change. Extreme … tackle climate-induced loss and damage. They can protect lives and livelihoods, maintain essential services and help affected communities … by the strong endorsements of the principles for locally-led adaptation (LLA) . Local leadership ensures action is effective and …
Insight, 13 October 2021