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The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is a global leader in sustainable development. As an independent international research organisation, we are specialists in linking local to global. In Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Middle East and the Pacific, we work with some of the world’s most vulnerable people to ensure they have a say in the policy arenas that most closely affect them from village councils to international conventions. Through close collaboration with partners at the grassroots, we make our research and advocacy relevant to their needs and alive to their realities.
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weADAPT Knowledge Manager
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E-masterclass: Locally led adaptation
This Masterclass is a structured learning experience to help you translate the eight Principles of Locally Led Adaptation into practical tools and approaches for real-world use.
- January 15, 2026
- 2 min read
Multiple Authors
Blog: How hidden barriers exclude marginalised groups from creating and sharing knowledge, critical for climate adaptation
Inclusion is integral to discourse around social and climate justice. Yet at different levels and in different contexts, crucial voices go unheard. Susan Nanduddu and Lilian Motaroki highlight hidden barriers that can obstruct inclusion of the groups most vulnerable to climate impacts.
- September 4, 2025
- 4 min read
Multiple Authors
Brief: Shifting climate adaptation finance to local communities through effective intermediaries
This briefing highlights how effective intermediaries, such as the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA), can shift climate adaptation finance to local communities, ensuring resources reach women, Indigenous Peoples, and other marginalised groups to advance equitable, locally led climate action.
- September 2, 2025
- 3 min read
Nora Nisi
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Resilient cities, resilient futures: taking urban lessons from CBA19 to COP30
Urban action was one of three themes framing the 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA19). Urban communities brought critical insights on how to make climate adaptation both just and equitable. These insights must be integrated into global climate decision making at COP30 later this year.
- July 24, 2025
- 3 min read
Tom Mitchell
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Long read: Finance for climate adaptation in the most vulnerable places… Time for a major rethink?
Rewriting the rules on how climate adaptation and resilience are supported in the most exposed and vulnerable communities
- July 2, 2025
- 9 min read
Acuda Aaron
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Good practices in accessing and delivering adaptation finance to support Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries
The article outlines strategies and innovative practices to enhance access to and delivery of adaptation finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), emphasizing the importance of equitable, country-led mechanisms and innovative financing approaches to address climate vulnerabilities effectively.
- December 4, 2024
- 6 min read
Multiple Authors
How to fix funding bottlenecks and pave the way for locally led adaptation
A new survey explores the operational bottlenecks preventing local organisations from accessing climate adaptation funding. As the UN General Assembly approaches, IIED’s May Thazin Aung and BRAC’s Sousan Suha share the survey’s findings and explains how funders can smooth the way for locally led adaptation.
- September 16, 2024
- 4 min read
Multiple Authors
Intersecting realities: Four approaches to making locally led adaptation more inclusive
This blog shares key takeaways from a peer learning session which took place at the CBA18 conference in May 2024 and sought to answer the question: What does locally led adaptation look like when intersectionality is intentionally considered as part of an intervention?
- July 11, 2024
- 4 min read
Elisa Schmidt
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Tracking Community Perspectives on Climate Resilience in Bangladesh
In 2022, Ground Truth Solutions partnered with IIED and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), to survey the opinions of more than 2,300 citizen in three areas of Bangladesh particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The aim was to understand how they perceive the quality and impact of adaptation programmes in their communities, and the extent to which they feel their views, opinions and experiences are considered in decision-making.
- April 24, 2023
- 7 min read
Xiaoting Hou-Jones
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Nature-based Solutions in Action: Lessons from the Frontline
Explore real-life evidence of how high quality NbS can deliver positive outcomes for climate, nature and people through 13 case studies in this IIED report.
- November 16, 2022
- 4 min read