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Locally led adaptation
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Significant new support for locally-led adaptation principles
Danida, Sida, USAID and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the latest donor agencies to endorse eight principles for locally-led adaptation, developed to help ensure that local communities are empowered to lead sustainable and effective adaptation to climate change at the local level
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Humanitarian action is part of climate response – but must be early and locally led
Humanitarian actors could be key players in the global climate response, especially through their efforts to address climate-induced loss and damage. But their actions must be pre-emptive and locally-led. Anna Carthy and Simon Addison look at a new funding mechanism that helps humanitarians scale up local efforts and proactively address climate risks
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Framework guides local governments towards people-led climate-resilient development
IIED’s framework supports local governments to shift away from ‘development as usual’ − to development planning that places climate at its heart, champions bottom-up community participation and values local knowledge
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Five key questions for making the Global Goal on Adaptation work for local people and places
Emilie Beauchamp discusses how parties to the Paris Agreement could agree on a roadmap towards a Global Goal on Adaptation that will work for the whole of society
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Taking locally led adaptation global – episode 3 of podcast mini-series
This episode explores ways to align global climate finance systems more effectively with the real-life situations of people in communities and at the local level, to ensure successful locally led adaptation to climate change
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The ‘A’ Factor: accountability for locally led adaptation – episode 2 of podcast mini-series
In the second episode of ‘Locally led adaptation – a time for action’, organisations that have signed up to the principles of locally led adaptation are held to account by two expert judges. Will their plans for tracking progress on putting local people in control of local level adaptation make the grade?
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From principles to practice: commitments from donor organisations – first episode of new podcast mini-series
At the start of 2021, 40 governments and leading organisations endorsed eight principles for locally led adaptation. As the number of endorsers grows, IIED has launched an innovative podcast mini-series to explore what this commitment will mean in practice
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Locally led adaptation – a time for action podcast
In the run-up to the UN climate summit (COP26) negotiations, IIED presents a new mini-series of three podcast conversations examining issues affecting and solutions to locally led adaption to climate change
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Sleepwalking into COP26 collapse – why the UK must drop its aid cuts
Britain's decision to trim its aid budget sends entirely the wrong message to world leaders – that under-delivering for vulnerable countries is OK
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Biden’s climate summit needs to show leadership for the most vulnerable – here’s how
As US President Biden hosts a virtual climate leaders summit, Andrew Norton focuses on adaptation, resilience and loss and damage challenges and how the summit can continue the momentum for solutions
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Message to the Green Climate Fund board: step up finance access for the most vulnerable
Earlier this year, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) released new guidelines to help vulnerable countries enhance their direct access to international climate finance. Ahead of the GCF board meeting next week, we set out why the fund needs to go further – and how
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Locally led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey
In early 2021, a fast-growing group of experts will meet in Gobeshona to define a 10-year learning agenda to advance principles for critical locally led adaption to climate change. Saleemul Huq and Clare Shakya explain the importance of this group and the journey ahead
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Climate Adaptation Summit 2021
IIED and partners took part in the 2021 Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 on 25 and 26 January
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Gobeshona Global Conference 1
IIED and partners will participate in the Gobeshona Global Conference 1, a week-long digital event from 18-24 January 2021
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Introduction to our work on climate-resilient development
IIED works with national and local government policymakers and planners, civil society organisations, private sector companies and local communities to design, test and evaluate equitable solutions to the climate emergency in low-income countries
