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A flooded street
How the Philippines’ national M&E system integrates climate and development
Article, 30 October 2019
Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… who were highly affected by [COVID-19] restrictions on movement. 3 Locally-led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey … and the journey ahead . This 10-year journey to promote locally led adaptation will use three annual events to keep partners – both …
Article, 23 December 2021
View of Harpan village of Panchase – the upstream of Phewa Lake (Photo: Amit Poudyal/IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Nepal
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem … a project called ' Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy ' (EbA … Nepal 2018 June Anu Adhikari from IUCN Nepal presented at the IIED-led session at Adaptation Futures in South Africa on ‘Scaling-up …
Project, 26 June 2018
Group of people sitting outside in a semi-circle looking at someone presenting
Message to the Green Climate Fund board: step up finance access for the most vulnerable
… this call. Responding to the LDC call, the Global Commission on Adaptation’s (GCA) Locally Led Action Track has developed a set of eight principles  to guide the …
Insight, 12 March 2021
Farmer looking at coffee cherries in Belize
The benefits of backing family agroforestry businesses – food for thought
… when they were invited to present their business case at an IIED-led ‘Making a business of agroforestry’ training course, held at the …
Insight, 01 October 2024
Bangladesh: schoolchildren attend lessons at a school located on a boat (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ten lessons on community-based adaptation
… Bangladesh for the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change . The event, which has been held annually … Bangladesh, Tanzania, Vietnam, Nepal and Kenya. Community-based adaptation (CBA) is about enabling and empowering the most vulnerable … Adaptation Fund to join discussions on adaptation finance. This led to the Kathmandu Declaration , which demanded that 50 per cent of …
Insight, 16 March 2016
Aerial footage of palm oil plantations alongside a river
Q&A: CBA15 innovation theme highlights transformative change
… Innovation for adaptation will be one of the five themes at the 15th International … adaptation by urban communities: the transformative power of citizen-led data ' [15 June, 8-10am (BST)]. This session will explore how … trust and partnerships that will deliver, and sustain, effective locally-led adaptation. …
Article, 03 June 2021
Aerial view of poor community. Overtext reads "We can shape the future"
Happy new super year! Why is 2021 such a big deal for climate, nature and people?
… Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) convened adaptation researchers under the theme of locally led adaptation. And last week, the Dutch government convened thousands …
Insight, 02 February 2021
In Kebkabiya, North Darfur, the NGO Practical Action has been helping communities prevent conflict between farmers and pastoralists by encouraging the construction and rehabilitation of watering points (Photo: Margaret Gardner, Practical Action)
Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
… ‘Measuring and enhancing adaptation’ is the key theme at this year's Community-Based Adaptation … Increasing incidence and severity of drought in North Darfur has led farmers to migrate into traditional pastoralist corridors, … peacebuilding, and conflict-sensitive development. The organisations led a Participatory Action Planning Development process, engaging with …
Insight, 23 April 2015
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
… to limit greenhouse gas emissions and support climate change adaptation in developing countries. The fund has more than US$10.3 … Making the case for going local We are building political support for locally-led adaptation in both national and international climate change …
Article, 25 January 2017