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A view of a large camp in a desert landscape.
Advancing understanding of disaster displacement in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
… guidelines on how to reduce risks arising from displacement caused by climate change, address the impacts of displacement, and implement … for institutions involved in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and displacement/migration planning in Ethiopia and for … the design and delivery of interventions to save lives, protect livelihoods and reduce disaster displacement risks in the face of …
Project, 14 September 2022
Five farmers bend over tending rice crops in a flooded field, as another farmer watches while pushing a cart in the background.
Layering interventions is necessary to address loss and damage effectively
… Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a working group report that highlighted … impacts, critical infrastructure, services, ecosystems, lives and livelihoods are being disrupted, damaged or destroyed. But loss and … loss and damage caused by these shocks but to recover at all. Climate adaptation measures like planting saline-tolerant rice cultivars will …
Insight, 05 September 2022
Aerial view on Sao Paulo showing different types of housing like sky scrappers and slums.
SECURe: Strengthening and Enhancing Contextual Urban Resilience
… in low- and middle-income countries drives the accumulation of climate risk globally, and will continue to do so over the coming … recognised as complex systems where urban development and adaptation are shaped by dynamic socio-economic, environmental and … face climate-related risks, particularly flooding, disrupting livelihoods and basic services. The intervention focused on co-producing …
Project, 01 April 2025
Indian women working a rice field
Enhancing climate resilience impacts of India’s social protection programme
… of the scheme towards poverty reduction is well documented, climate change has emerged as a major threat and could reverse these development gains. However, by integrating climate risk management into its provisions, social protection … Climate change … Climate-resilient development … Enhancing climate resilience impacts of India’s social protection programme …
Project, 07 January 2021
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Mainstreaming adaptation benefits for Bangladesh’s freshwater ecosystems
… The unplanned climate change adaptation benefits of a programme focused on … a useful tool for managing freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity for livelihoods. The programme could be improved by increasing participation … Climate change … Mainstreaming adaptation benefits for Bangladesh’s freshwater ecosystems …
Publication, 01 August 2018
Tree branch stuck in the sea.
Listen to young people: cultural practices can provide answers to the climate problem
… Pacific. Coming from an island nation, every day I hear stories of climate change affecting our communities. I see food production decreasing due … and earthquakes are devastating islands in Fiji, wrecking lives and livelihoods. Money matters One of COP26’s goals is to mobilise finance. … Climate change … The 2021 'super year' for climate, nature and people …
Insight, 26 September 2021
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Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Southeast Kenya
… Climate uncertainty challenges the  livelihoods of  smallholder farmers … of the farmers. This study contributes to existing climate change adaptation research by increasing our understanding of  how physical and … Climate change … Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in …
Publication, 01 October 2021
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IIED at London Climate Action Week, November 2020
… This was the second series of London Climate Action Week events this year, with IIED again taking … Speakers : Andrew Norton (moderator); Stanley Kimaren Ole Riamit, Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA); Harriet Bulkeley, professor of … for climate action Reforming climate finance to support locally led adaptation: principles for moving to business unusual  Online event   …
Event, 17 November 2020
People sit on the floor in group under cover facing a standing man making a presentation/speech
Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in Odisha, India
… about the possible significance of the work in building resilience to climate change. This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , …  to provide immediate support to migrant and informal labourers whose livelihoods had been lost. This provided employment in well-planned, … Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in …
Insight, 07 February 2022
Adapting to climate change in Bangladesh
… Here, the local research center of the Bangladesh Centre for Adaptation Studies (BCAS) has been researching interesting ideas that allow communities to adapt to the climate with the use of ‘technologies’ like raised houses. BCAS has also … such as the lack of education, access to health care, and other livelihoods and communication facilities. The group felt that these …
Insight, 30 March 2011