Pushed past coping: IIED animation captures destruction of climate change loss and damage in Sierra Leone
A new animation from IIED – the second in a three-part series of animations on loss and damage caused by climate change in the least developed countries – shows the devastating loss and damage experienced by people of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Meteorologist and UN climate negotiator Gabriel Kpaka describes a time in his youth when the high temperatures and humidity were manageable, and the rains nourished the land. But Kpaka explains how loss and damage from climate change is escalating rapidly, and citizens of Freetown can no longer cope.
In the two-minute clip, available in English and Sierra Leonean Krio, he urges national and international climate policymakers to recognise that loss and damage from climate change wrecks lives and livelihoods, and calls for urgent financial and technical support from governments across the world.
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Blog by Sejal Patel and Marek Soanes
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, we set out why the fund needs to go further – and how.
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"Climate change is a complex crisis, and top-down financing approaches have long been failing the most vulnerable."
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Blog by Philippine Sutz
What role do local governance frameworks play in strengthening women’s voices in land governance?
Across East and West Africa, IIED and partners have been developing and testing approaches to strengthen women’s voices in local land governance. Philippine Sutz reflects on the role and impact of local governance frameworks as these approaches are implemented in different contexts.
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15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15)
Explore CBA15’s themes
The 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15) from 14-18 June focuses on five themes to drive ambition for a climate-resilient future through effective, locally led action: climate finance, nature-based solutions, responsive policy, youth inclusion and innovation for adaptation.
Find out more about the conference themes and register now.
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Project
Increasing the visibility of artisanal small-scale fishers, fish farmers and fish workers
The United Nations has declared 2022 the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture. Ahead of this pivotal year, an IIED-led initiative aims to focus global attention on the importance and the role played by small-scale fishers, fish farmers and fish workers.
Find out more about the project.
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Project report, 16 pages
Using food diaries within a citizen agency framework
Food diaries are a well-established methodology within nutrition studies to gather information about people’s diets. When participants are responsible for collecting their own data they can have a greater degree of ownership and agency. Drawing on studies in Indonesia and Uganda, this paper reflects on the experiences of using food diaries to generate dietary data with citizens, and the usefulness of this data for advocacy.
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Research report, 54 pages
How collective action can influence the direction of a land reform: lessons learned from civil society mobilisation in Senegal
This study examines how Senegalese CSOs operating within the framework for dialogue and action on land in Senegal (CRAFS) mobilised around the process of formulating a draft land reform led by the National Land Reform Commission (CNRF) between 2014 and 2016. After describing how members of CRAFS contributed to the debate on the need for an inclusive land reform and their active and critical contributions to the CNRF process, this paper analyses the achievements and limitations of their engagement in the process and the lessons learned from it.
Download the report in English / Téléchargez le rapport en français.
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