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UNESCO considers Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area to be of global importance for biodiversity conservation, but it faces significant development pressure from tourism (Photo: Justin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into wider planning and policy
… reduction strategies, despite its importance to poor people. Yet nature-based solutions can help poor people adapt to, and mitigate the effects of, … Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into wider planning and policy …
Article, 16 August 2013
The Sundarbans mangrove forest (dark green on the image) is a fragile ecosystem threatened by rising levels of salinity (Photo: European Space Agency)
Making ecosystems resilient through Bangladesh's Delta Plan
… The climate threats facing Bangladesh pose a very real threat to the … country's prosperity and mean we have little choice but to invest in adaptation. These risks are the result of our location on a river delta, … by the Bangladesh Planning Commission. Integrating ecosystem-based adaptation The plan recognises the risk posed by climate change to …
Insight, 12 June 2017
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
Event, 06 November 2017
Rickshaws on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital city.
Bangladesh: from adaptation to low carbon resilience?
Insight, 10 July 2013
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FEBA Discussion Paper. Shared goals – joined-up approaches? Why action under the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 needs to come together at the landscape level
Publication, 01 December 2016
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019
Solar-radiation management aims to reduce the amount of solar energy warming the planet by blocking the sun with tiny particles (Photo: Mike, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Geoengineering and development – what price on equity and justice in the coming climate culture wars?
Insight, 20 December 2017
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. … that have been undertaken. Further, these estimates have tended to be based on strong assumptions, such as perfect foresight, and there are … the ideas put forward in this paper are an attempt to find practical solutions to meeting climate change needs on the ground through …
Article, 14 November 2008
Protesters with a banner
IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… management is being discussed now. Development and rights-based organisations need to get on board, and fast. 3 China’s … that are welcoming to all types of road users? 9 Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change September:   Xiaoting Hou Jones  and Hannah Reid  looked at  how nature-based solutions can help tackle the impacts of climate change .  Natural …
Article, 27 December 2019
The Bandiagara plateau in Central Mali has been hit by repeated droughts. Climate change is making the weather unpredictable, resulting in poor harvests and increased malnutrition (Photo: Irina Mosel/ODI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
Article, 24 November 2015