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The Gambia

22 entries

Woman wearing traditional dress walking through a field where food is growning in The Gambia.

A storm overhead and a leaky bucket: reflections from the Spring Meetings

Insight, 07 May 2025

Man, holding a wlaking stick, stands in front of a well full of water

World Bank must get behind climate finance mechanisms that see funds go directly to hardest hit countries

Insight, 06 April 2023

Two people sail a canoe around stilt houses.

Financing least developed countries’ climate strategies: taking the long view

Insight, 04 November 2021

A woman holds a poster with instructions. Another one holds a loudpseaker and points at a poster.

Building resilience and greening the COVID-19 recovery in least developed countries

Active Project

People walking on agricultural land

Envisioning a better future for The Gambia

Insight, 19 July 2021

Preview of 20271IIED

Towards a low-carbon climate-resilient future. Developing The Gambia’s 2050 Climate Vision

Publication, 24 June 2021

Preview of 20211iied

Sustainable financing of The Gambia’s development in a COVID-19 era

Publication, 01 July 2021

Preview of 20096IIED

Planning a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in The Gambia

Publication, 21 April 2021

Indian woman does maintenance work on solar panel, with mountains in the background.

Experience sharing on long-term strategies (LTS) in least developed countries

Event on 13 August 2020

A coastal river system seen from above

Developing a vision for The Gambia’s future

Insight, 20 April 2020

A beach with cows

Supporting LDCs to develop long-term strategies

Active Project

Fisheries account for 12 per cent of The Gambia's GDP. The country's Atlantic coastline and the mangroves along the River Gambia estuary are vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Javier D. Creative Commons via Flickr)

GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia

Insight, 22 June 2017

Evidence of coastal erosion in The Gambia. Erosion is threatening not only Gambia's tourist industry but also wetlands, roads and infrastructure (Photo: Diego, Creative Commons via Flickr)

A diplomatic approach to raising climate ambition

Insight, 19 February 2016

Gambia is hoping to develop its tourism industry, but coastal areas are environmentally fragile and threatened by erosion. (Photo: Nick Brooks, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: The Gambia expects solid financial commitment at Paris climate talks

Article, 24 November 2015

Group of people posing for a picture in front on a building

Helping poorest nations engage in climate diplomacy

Active Project

Pa Ousman Jarju, the first Special Climate Envoy to be appointed from a Least Developed Country (Photo: IISD)

Q&A: Why is the Green Climate Fund's pledging meeting important?

Article, 18 November 2014

The island state of Tuvalu is profoundly threatened by climate change. Tuvalu’s Prime Minister announced plans to switch to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2020. He was one of several LDC leaders to announce climate action. (Photo: Tomoaki Inaba)

Bold climate pledges from the Least Developed Countries

Insight, 28 September 2014

Ol Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya is home to four of the seven northern white rhino left in the world. The park is using SAPA as part of its community programme (Photo: Guy Lemal)

Piloting Social Assessment of Protected Areas: some initial reflections

Insight, 23 September 2014

Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)

Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC

Insight, 06 August 2014

LDCs can use the example of Brazil, which has achieved a drastic fall in emissions thanks to avoided deforestation, to see what is possible despite limited economic capacity. Pictured is deforestation for the use of clay in Rio de Janeiro (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)

Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014

Insight, 04 June 2014

Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)

Forest and Farm Facility Phase I

Archived Project

There was an 'atmosphere of suspicion' at the climate change talks in Warsaw in November (Credit: DrabikPany, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Climate diplomacy can build the trust needed to secure our common future

Insight, 14 January 2014

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