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CBA11 conference proceedings: harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for adaptation
… took place in Kampala, Uganda, from 26-29 June 2017, and had the theme 'Harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for adaptation'. It …
Publication, 01 January 2018
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… levels, looking ahead to 2020.  This year's D&C Days event had the theme ‘Global ambition. Local action. Climate resilience for … with a plenary session on the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC , published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in … papers for each of the themes. Resilience through empowerment This theme focused on how to eradicate poverty while empowering and ensuring …
Event, 08 December 2018
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Save the date for 2020 Development and Climate Days
… thinking from various sectors – food and agriculture, finance, cities, infrastructure, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction – that are … no one behind; financing a resilient future; establishing resilient cities and infrastructure; and working with nature to build resilience – …
News, 09 November 2020
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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
… can review the  full conference agenda . Day 5 Day 4 Day 3 Day 2 Day 1 Day 5 UK minister says enabling more locally led adaptation is a key … the films bring to life how communities from around the world are adapting to the challenges of climate change.   Stories of solutions … of climate change.  Lopez is particularly interested in CBA15’s theme on innovation for adaptation. She told us: “The climate is deeply …
Article, 14 June 2021
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Cities: where public health and climate experts must meet
… Given the impact that climate change and disasters have on health in cities, there are growing calls for the two disciplines to connect. And … comprehensive approach for managing the many simultaneous risks that cities have to face. Lessons from urban resilience Pandemics managers … of Mayors for Climate and Energy , the World Organization of United Cities , C40 and ICLEI have contributed to making tackling climate …
Article, 24 July 2020
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D&C Days 2019: five themes for climate resilience for all
… no one behind Financing a resilient future Establishing resilient cities and infrastructure , and Working with nature to build resilience … conversation. Click on the links above to go straight to a specific theme. 1. Building resilient food and agriculture systems Transformative …
Article, 22 November 2019
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… Cities occupy only 0.5 per cent of the world's land but account for an … at the launch , was at Habitats I and II. Picking up on a common theme from the E&U articles, he observed that the impact of the first … noted that the language of Habitat returns incessantly to the theme of 'inclusion', but fails to consider the drivers of urban …
Insight, 13 May 2016
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
… year, for the first time, the conference had an urban focus, with the theme of 'enhancing urban community resilience'. Discussions at the … and do build resilience to climate change, and help strengthen the cities they live in. Working with community federations of the urban … Urban community federations represent very poor communities living in cities and should be an important intermediary to ensure that climate …
News, 28 April 2016
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Youth and the city
… This issue of Environment and Urbanization is on the theme Youth and the city and it has papers on: the opportunities and … flooding in Lagos; mainstreaming climate change adaptation in Indian cities; the food price crisis and urban food (in)security; urban …
Publication, 01 October 2010
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CBA10 proceedings: enhancing urban community resilience
… struggling with climate change impacts and finding ways to cope, the theme for CBA10 was ‘Enhancing Urban Community Resilience’. Following …
Publication, 01 May 2016