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A man herds goats amid the dust
Responding to climate change in Kenya by strengthening dryland governance and planning
… underpinned by shared principles and a common approach to devolving climate finance to the local level. County governments in Kenya are … implementing policy frameworks for mitigating and adapting to climate change. While these frameworks are aligned with national development … to make sure citizens are able to participate in decision making.  Mainstreaming climate into the public finance management system In 2013 …
Project, 06 March 2018
Delegates at CBA12 in Malawi gather around a table and write on a document
CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action
Insight, 22 January 2019
View of Kunming, China, of a lake and houses in the background
Learning from Paris: what would ‘Kunming-compliant’ look like for development cooperation agencies?
Insight, 25 February 2021
IIED research associate Nathalie Seddon discusses nature-based solutions to climate change in a video interview (Photo: IIED)
Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain
… the growing consensus about the value of nature-based solutions to climate change – including ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation – and set … nature, capacity gaps and knowledge gaps, financing and mainstreaming. She said a strong evidence base on EbA would allow … Climate change … Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain …
News, 10 August 2018
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… ‘Development’s Invisible Hands: Development Futures in a Changing Climate.’ 8th November 2008, Church House, Westminster, London 1. Introduction It is now well established that anthropogenic climate change is a reality, and that those worst affected will be the poorest … target of traditional development assistance; and secondly, through mainstreaming adaptation into development planning to achieve climate …
Article, 14 November 2008
Mangroves and seagrasses in Lembongan, Indonesia. Conserving mangrove forests be part of ecosystem-based adaptation, protecting coastlines and biodiversity (Photo: Steven Lutz/Blue Forests, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Help pilot the navigator of tools for ecosystem-based adaptation
News, 15 January 2019
Three girls wash their clothes in the Akaki river, near Addis Ababa. Climate change is affecting the quality of water in Ethiopia and much of the wastewater released by the industries and houses in Addis Ababa reaches the Awash River untreated, putting public health at risk (Photo: Beatrice Mosello/ODI, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will new development banks help or hinder on climate change?
Insight, 06 July 2015
An image of Saleemul Huq at the podium giving a speech. On the final day of the CBA10 conference, he called for federations and communities of the urban poor to be better utilised by urban developers, climate change practitioners and local government to mainstream local adaptation (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and infrastructure investors to work with urban community federations to mainstream and finance local adaptation
… conferences looking at how local communities can and do adapt to climate change. This year, for the first time, the conference had an urban … climate change practitioners and local government to mainstream local adaptation. Delegates showed that with the right support, these … International climate adaptation conference calls for governments, NGOs and …
News, 28 April 2016
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Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into the World Bank's Operational Work Lessons learned from Adaptation To Climate Change In Bangladesh
… Document begins: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into the World Bank's Operational Work Lessons learned from … Climate change … Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into the World Bank's Operational Work Lessons learned …
Publication, 01 January 2002
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Taking steps: mainstreaming national adaptation
… Climate change poses a massive threat to development. The poorest populations of … the worst of the impacts with the least capacity to do so. Clearly, adaptation to climate impacts must be seamlessly integrated into any development planning and policy. This four-step plan for mainstreaming climate change aims to fulfil that need. A ‘learning by …
Publication, 01 November 2008