Youth initiatives, key to tackling climate change loss and damage in Rwanda as captured in IIED’s latest animation
Climate-related loss and damage is now a reality in Rwanda. In the final of our three animations on loss and damage from climate change in the Least Developed Countries, youth climate activist Ineza Umuhoza Grace explains that Rwandans heavily rely on land for their food and livelihoods, but changing weather patterns caused by the climate crisis make it harder for them to adapt.
The short clip available in English and Kinyarwanda shows that since most Rwandan women rely on farming as their primary source of income, the burden of the climate emergency falls disproportionally on them. Grace emphasises the power of youth-led initiatives to bring stories of loss and damage to the international policymaking level.
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Blog by Brianna Craft
Challenges for climate diplomacy during a pandemic
International decisions taken this year will shape outcomes for climate, nature and people. COVID-19 challenges the processes for making these decisions, with virtual engagement presenting fundamental barriers to vulnerable countries’ abilities to participate.
Read the blog.
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"Both AOSIS and the LDC Group convened high-level climate summits in 2020. This wouldn’t have happened in-person – bringing together world leaders would have been prohibitively expensive. Hosting virtual climate summits allowed climate vulnerable countries to shape the agenda."
– Brianna Craft
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Guest blog by Arif Hasan
How community mapping of storm water drains is fighting evictions in Karachi’s informal settlements
Urban poor communities are generating their own evidence to uncover the reasons – overlooked by authorities – that Karachi floods.
Read the guest blog.
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Interview with Juliet Grace Luwedde
Q&A: CBA15 – is your climate innovation hot enough for the Dragons’ Den?
Juliet Grace Luwedde, audience vote winner of the Dragons’ Den contest at the 14th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA14), talks about her experience, what she learned, what she gained and how we can make this year's Dragons’ Den event even better.
Read the interview and register for CBA15 now.
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Blog by Andrew Norton
UK aid cuts threaten climate leadership role of COP26 president
Cuts to the overseas aid budget risk not only undermining the UK’s reputation for progressive development action, but also the chances of the UK presidency delivering a successful outcome to COP26. Sustainable development must be climate resilient: a lower aid spend is in real terms a blow to climate finance and ambition.
Read the recent blog.
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Guest blog by Joseph M Macarthy and Mary S Kamara
Fire disaster makes more than 1,000 homeless in Freetown
A fierce fire in Susan’s Bay, Freetown, highlights the insecurity and lack of access to basic services faced by residents of Sierra Leone’s informal settlements.
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Toolkit, 99 pages
Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas (SAPA) Methodology manual for SAPA facilitators
This manual provides detailed guidance for using the Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas (SAPA) methodology. SAPA is a relatively simple and low-cost methodology for assessing the positive and negative impacts of a protected or conserved area (PA/CA) and related conservation and development activities on the wellbeing of communities living within and around the PA/CA. This second edition replaces the first edition, which was published in March 2016.
Download the toolkit / téléchargez le manuel en français.
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Briefing
Réformes foncières en Guinée : défis et perspectives pour la reconnaissance des droits légitimes
En Guinée, la législation foncière et les processus de réformes successifs ont montré leurs limites face à la multiplication des grands projets d’exploitation des terres et des ressources naturelles en milieu rural. Le gouvernement a lancé récemment de nouvelles réformes de sa gouvernance foncière. Pour assurer leur réussite, plusieurs défis majeurs devront être relevés en priorité.
Téléchargez le briefing.
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We're hiring
Consultant – support to development of LIFE-AR communication and engagement strategy
Our climate change research group is seeking a consultant to provide support and expertise to the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) in establishing a communication and engagement strategy for a multicountry initiative.
Find out more and submit an expression of interest by 14 April.
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