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Urban Resilience Strategic Exchange: Climate Week NYC 2025
… for the first time on Wednesday 24 September. URSE is a member-led platform to strengthen collaboration between global funders and … convened by IIED and SouthSouthNorth, and was chaired by the CLimate Adaptation and REsilience (CLARE) programme of the UK Foreign, … exchange was part of an initiative designed to scale the impact of locally led adaptation by addressing governance and financial barriers …
Event, 24 September 2025
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Climate funds need to prioritise local action
… of the world’s biggest multilateral ‘green funds’ needs to ensure locally-led climate action is central to any reform plan. The organisation’s … main funds: the Green Climate Fund, the Climate Investment Funds, the Adaptation Fund and the Global Environment Facility. The flow of finance …
News, 17 June 2024
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Overheating cities: lessons from informal settlements in Dar es Salaam
… people living in informal settlements, reduces the effectiveness of adaptation measures for vulnerable populations. This briefing draws on findings from community-led data collection in two informal settlements in Dar es Salaam, … to address heat risks and underline the importance of community-led data collection. …
Publication, 20 August 2025
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The realities of country platforms for LDCs and SIDS: ten key lessons
… paper explores the evolving use of 'country platforms' as nationally led, programmatic financing mechanisms designed to align climate and … platforms more effective, inclusive and transformative. Emphasising locally led adaptation and political ownership, the paper argues for a shift away …
Publication, 25 April 2025
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Stockholm+50 must build a legacy of support for locally-led action for people, nature and climate
… be a commitment from leaders to accelerate support and finance for locally-led action for people, nature, and climate – where decision-making … only 46% of finance committed from international sources for climate adaptation was intended to give agency to local actors. Within this … Stockholm+50 must build a legacy of support for locally-led action for people, nature and climate …
Insight, 27 May 2022
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Multilateral climate funds: three ways to step up for the world’s most vulnerable nations
Insight, 28 October 2025
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D&C Days 2025: Key messages
Article, 07 November 2025
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Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17
… The 17th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA17) held in Bangkok, Thailand, brought together more than … to discuss, debate and devise practical ways for driving forward locally led adaptation (LLA) to climate change.  This first in-person CBA in … Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking …
Insight, 20 June 2023
The Sistema Agroflorestal Dendê - or palm oil agroforestry system in Tomé-Açu managed by Cooperativa Agrícola Mista de Tomé-Açu.
Trailblazing in Tomé Açu: inspiring a global agroforestry transition in northern Brazil
… sustainability. It is home to the Sistema Agroflorestal Dendê – known locally as SAF Dendê – a pioneering mixed industrial-scale agroforestry … from Tomé Açu), the TERRA initiative is Brazilian and was born and led by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA). …
Insight, 03 August 2026
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Three asks to strengthen locally-led action in new biodiversity finance
… and decision-making power must shift to the local level to support locally-led action by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs). The … and organisations endorsing the principles for locally led adaptation . Supporting IPLC-led initiatives in nature and biodiversity … Three asks to strengthen locally-led action in new biodiversity finance …
Insight, 13 July 2022