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Civil society groups forge solidarity for resilience
In Yogyakarta, Indonesia, a non-profit organisation is building COVID-19 resilient localities and assisting women savings groups to actively fight against the global pandemic. Annisa Hadny reports This is the thirty-third in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Yogyakarta is a historic city on the Indonesian island of…
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Policy gaps and needs analysis for the implementation of NDCs on adaptation, and loss and damage in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Abstract In 2015, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed on a long-term plan to limit global warming to below 2°C or 1.5°C through internationally coordinated, but nationally driven actions. Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs are country-level commitments to achieve this goal. Like many other developing countries, Bangladesh has…
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Locally led adaptation: drivers for appropriate grassroots initiatives
Abstract Adapting to the impacts of climate change is one of the most urgent priorities of our time. Given that the impacts of climate change are experienced at local scales, it makes sense that adaptation should occur locally, and yet, despite this, locals often have little control over how adaptation is funded, designed and delivered…
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Dealing with loss and damage in COP26
Loss and damage from human induced climate change is an issue that has emerged in recent years, as the adverse impacts of climate change are becoming more and more visible around the world, ranging from more severe cyclones to super wildfires and frequent floods, as well as heat waves and droughts. In Bangladesh and West…
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Johannesburg, South Africa: Waste reclaimers joining hands to save the city
In Johannesburg, South Africa, an informal organisation of waste reclaimers is extending knowledge and keeping the city clean during the time of the global pandemic. Shahrin Mannan reports This is the thirty-second in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) is a Johannesburg-based informal…
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Pune, India: Community leaders forming multiple partnerships to tackle the impacts of COVID-19
In Laxmi Nagar, a slum in Pune, India, local community leaders are joining forces with civil society organisations as well as local government to achieve resilience against the global pandemic. Isha Joshi reports This is the thirty-first in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Sanitation services for…
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Principles for locally led adaptation
Recovery from COVID-19 provides a historic opportunity for giving greater voice to local people — especially women, youth, children, disabled, displaced and marginalised ethnic groups — and putting agency over their own adaptation into their hands. To support this shift, we present eight principles for locally led adaptation and invite adaptation stakeholders to join us…
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Joining the global race to resilience against climate change
In order to reach the globally agreed atmospheric temperature target of staying below 1.5 Degrees Centigrade, all the countries in the world have embarked on a race to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases as early as possible. For example, China has agreed to a target year of 2060, the European Union has chosen…
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Nature-Based Solution
Climate Tribune | January 2021 List of Articles “Nature-based solutions should be an integral part of locally-led adaptation” by Haseeb Md Irfanullah “Imagining a pristine Dhaka by adopting NbS” by Tasfia Tasnim and Saleemul Huq “Climate-induced displacement can be prevented through NbS” by Kazi Amdadul Hoque and Towrin Zaman “How environmental restoration and refugee protection are connected” by Mokhlesur…
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Bangladesh can lead the world on the journey towards climate resilience
Two years ago, the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) was set up under the chairmanship of Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary General of the United Nations, and with a number of eminent individuals as Commissioners, including Dr Muhammad Musa from BRAC. The Commission was supposed to study and promote different aspects of adaptation to climate change…
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Women’s group and local government join forces to protect lives
In Chakaria upazila, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, a women’s association is partnering with the local government to raise awareness of Covid-19 and hygiene measures, in the face of widespread misinformation and fake hygiene products. Their coping strategies and organising power demonstrate women groups’ potential to be change-makers. Md Fahad Hossain reports. This is the thirtieth in…