Items tagged:
Low carbon resilient development
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Funding local adaptation in Kenya: nationally vs. locally managed funds
How do nationally and locally managed climate funds compare in creating impact on the ground? Guest blogger John Nyangena weighs up the pros and cons of each approach
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Author Q&A: The political economy of low carbon resilient development
Neha Rai answers questions on a new book that highlights how low carbon resilient development approaches can reduce carbon emissions at the same time as increasing resilience to the impacts of climate change
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Reaching those that need it most: learnings for climate finance programmes
Representatives from Nepal, Bangladesh, Rwanda and Ethiopia, including government stakeholders' researchers, civil society groups and multilateral bodies, such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF), this week discussed how climate finance can better reach the people who need it most – the poorest in society
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How are Rwanda, Ethiopia and Bangladesh preparing for climate change?
Ethiopia, Rwanda and Bangladesh are developing their national low carbon climate resilient strategies. The public policy team within the Climate Change Group at IIED have just finished 18 months of research into these planning processes. The research helped clarify what is motivating countries to become more climate resilient. It also highlighted some ways these processes could be better supported and brought together.
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Building climate change resilience in South Asia
South Asia as a region has witnessed favourable economic growth and is gearing up to capitalise on opportunities provided by urbanisation, economic diversification and a young population. At the same time the region is also home to the world's largest population of the poor and is extremely vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change
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Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014
The Gambia's Special Climate Envoy identifies four themes for action on climate change in the UN negotiations and beyond
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Urgent action needed says leader of the Least Developed Countries Group
Ahead of the latest UN climate negotiations in Bonn, the Least Developed Countries Group Chair points out that while science tells us that we can limit global temperatures to save the world's poorest countries, we need the will to do it
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Least developed countries lead on low-carbon resilience
Some of the least developed countries are at the forefront of an approach that combines efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to climate change and achieve economic and social development.
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Bangladesh: from adaptation to low carbon resilience?
Is it fair to ask Bangladesh to adapt to the impacts of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions? How does the government view this approach?
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The private sector’s role in low carbon resilient development
How can the private sector be effectively engaged not just to reduce the long-term impacts of climate change, but also to help communities adapt to the changes they’re experiencing now?
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What does low-carbon resilience look like in Latin America?
Many Latin American countries are showing how the pursuit of low-carbon strategies can create ‘win-win’ scenarios for economic growth and forest protection.
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Low carbon resilience in the least developed countries: a panacea to address climate change?
Instead of talking about climate change mitigation or adaptation, low carbon resilience has become the new buzzword in climate policy.
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Theories of change for low carbon resilient development
Policies for low carbon resilient development aim to support climate resilient development in the poorest countries while also addressing climate change through reducing carbon emissions. This research programme seeks to bring together the two aspects of the climate change debate: mitigation and adaptation.
