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COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
… 6 December Venue:  Bieszczady, Zone G Partner organisations: Led by African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Speakers: Dr Joanes … What is the role of trade in delivering climate mitigation and adaptation in land-using sectors? How can biomass value chains be made … UNFCCC transparency and accountability demands?  Venue: Cesarksa Room Led by: IIED Session 3A: How can we develop new and support existing …
Event, 02 December 2018
Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask
Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times
… of where this had been addressed How comprehensive, community-led informal settlement upgrading has much to contribute to climate change adaptation Innovations driven by grassroots organisations and their … as a blog by Supawut Boonmahathanakorn about a 4.8 hectare community-led urban farm in Chiang Mai and one by Ofelia Bagotlo on support for …
Article, 09 May 2022
A group of women siting around a table.
Learning from each other: community groups share experiences across continents
… neighbourhoods in the global North. For the last three years, women-led neighbourhood groups in Manchester, and now Sheffield, have been … Savers groups in the area, supported and facilitated by Community Led Action and Savings Support (CLASS) . This is the latest in a  series … to bring something new which will be really valued by older people locally. We’ve been working on this initiative for over two years now – …
Insight, 18 July 2022
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… Terry Cannon, Saleemul Huq and Angela Milligan Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change brings together those working in the … scientific and community knowledge about climate change, and plan adaptation measures. Lessons and challenges are beginning to emerge, … Indigenous Peoples’ Assessments of Climate Change Indigenous peoples-led initiative, in partnership with IIED, the United Nations University …
Article, 01 December 2009
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… always remember who is left (or pushed) out of these processes in NGO-led, government-led or 'community-led' modes. (Short-term tenants, for example, are often sidelined in …
Article, 10 December 2021
A seated man cleaning a crutch.
Disability, inclusion and cities: can COVID-19 trigger change?
… Technology Assessment  conducted in 2019 as part of our ' Community-led solutions: assistive technologies in informal settlements ' research project, led by the Bartlett Developing Planning Unit  and Global Disability Hub … as well as raising awareness of their needs across sectors. As locally embedded organisations, Kaki Kota and FEDURP could make quick …
Insight, 01 October 2020
Woman waling with crutches steps outside a hut to a flooded road
New solidarity funds could ringfence finance for loss and damage
… loss and damage, on top of that which is purposed for mitigation, for adaptation or for development. Yet much  much more financing is needed: … The different responses to these different impacts need to be locally led and the mosaic of financing arrangements to support action must be …
Insight, 08 November 2021
An illustration showing two people reading a book titled "Participatory Learning and Action" in front of the words "positive change"
Participatory Learning and Action: archive
… reduction in China August 2011 PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa November 2010 PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change December 2009 PLA 59: Change at hand: Web …
Article, 31 January 2022
LDC vision landscape
LDC 2050 Vision for a climate-resilient future
… of finance flows supporting local-level action by 2030. 3 Integrate adaptation, mitigation and resilience across our national and local … 70% of finance supporting local-level action by 2030. We need a 50:50 adaptation/mitigation balance, with at least half of total finance flows … work hand in hand for a climate-resilient future. LIFE-AR is an LDC-led, LDC-owned initiative that has involved the LDCs working with more …
Article, 23 September 2019
A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
… decision making. Policies to promote low carbon growth and climate adaptation in both developed and developing countries have strong … aims to understand how citizen engagement participatory processes and locally led climate action can be improved and fed into national level climate …
Project, 15 October 2020