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Resource Spotlight: Equitable Climate Adaptation for Local Governments Discover strategies for local governments to prioritize equity in climate adaptation efforts. This guide offers insights, case studies, and tools to foster community engagement. To read more click here: https://lnkd.in/dVA9H5tf #ClimateAction #Equity #Sustainability ICLEI Canada

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📢🌾 New insights on climate adaptation in Rangpur, #Bangladesh! @OneCGIAR_TAFSSA  #DataNote highlights how local households are responding to climate variability and weather extremes, focusing on five types of capital. Read more👉https://shorturl.at/86ygQ

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Intervening in the climate is as scary as anything. But not talking about it doesn't mean it will never happen. At the ICFG, we aim to help policymakers with what they need to know to make better decisions.

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Policy Dialogue Workshop on “Co-work between buffer zone and local government” was organized jointly by Chitwan National Park, Buffer Zone Management Committee and WWF Nepal in Buffer zone of the National Park on 7th May 2024. Nepal’s remarkable achievements in biodiversity conservation should be linked with the livelihood of local communities for co-existence of people and wildlife. For this, coordination and collaboration framework between buffer zone management organizations and local governments should be developed. To begin with, some reforms are needed in policy, institutions, and practices related to conservation and development. WWF Nepal

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Nice overview of the work we do to advance community-oriented CDR approaches at ClimateWorks Foundation.

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A workshop focused on climate resilience, we emphasized the importance of engaging with community stakeholders and activists. As a country that is both developing and among the top 5 most climate-affected nations, we have witnessed catastrophic disasters in recent decades, predominantly impacting marginalized communities. Our discussions centered on the necessity of building resilience to reduce risks and our strategies for climate action. #climateaction #solconpk

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Re-connecting in person at the WB Land Conference #landconf2024, with peer practitioners, country officials, researchers, and development partners alike, has been energizing and fulfilling. Deep elaborations on the importance of land in our response to the climate agenda were addressed across many critical cross-cutting topics. The experiences shared from knowledge panels experts and discussions the ability to question and discuss these through the week gives hope that the confluence of land and the climate agenda will be given the needed attention over the next decade.  #landandclimate #landrights

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I just learned about a report called #BestBets by Innovations for Poverty Action thanks to a call with Elizabeth Koshy. The report looks at the innovations that are "supported by solid evidence....and have some commitment from partners." But to take these emerging innovations forward, there is still a need to address key questions around cost-benefit, efficient delivery /distribution, targeting, long-term impacts, and so on. I was speaking to Elizabeth about the evidence linked to entrepreneurship and MSMEs. The two big bets in this report linked to that space are: 📢 Soft-skills training to boost business profits and sales 📢 Consulting services to support small and medium-sized businesses I know so many organizations working on these issues. How can we make sure that a learning agenda is integrated so that benefits can go beyond just the implementing agencies. Flagging this to colleagues at Access to Finance Rwanda and Mastercard Strive. https://lnkd.in/e-_9uxuC

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Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) programs can be an important tool for state and local governments as part of a broader climate adaptation strategy. Naomi Jennings ’24 provides a practical background analysis for a state agency or local government interested in using TDR programs. She includes examples of options available to governments in establishing a program, such as creating TDR banks and using TDR programs to incentivize affordable housing development. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ebm_R-WB

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🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay, @OneCGIAR_TAFSSA highlights climate adaptation in 5 districts in #SouthAsia. Over 44% of households impacted by climate shocks adopt coping strategies, yet challenges remain. Read the #DataNote on Nalanda climate adaptation👉https://shorturl.at/OKVsr

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Waking up in Bhutan to find your work published in DC time, is a treat! I am elated to share the policy brief I authored while at The Brookings Institution In my policy brief I propose "gender-transformative climate literacy" (#GTCL) as a framework to rethink climate education in ways that recognize the gendered impacts of climate change and promote learning spaces and pedagogical approaches for supporting Bhutan’s green growth and climate strategies. With your willingness, I have 2 requests: 1. Help me get this policy brief out and about to as many pairs of eyes and minds as possible. This will help me as I plan to do multiple outreach to start discussion, generate and share ideas, in the following weeks and this will help boost/feed to my 2nd request. 2. As a follow on and building upon this publication, I am currently working/researching to deepen the novel concept of #GTCL framework accompanied by a learning guide and instructional toolkit. In this pursuit, if you have any leads on publications/research and organizations/people I should talk to, please share. Thank you!! Lastly, I am grateful. It took a community of people, spaces for intellectual stimulation and discussions, time and patience for writing to create this.

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In Bihar, a state heavily reliant on agriculture, less than 15% of smallholder farmers are resilient against the impacts of climate change. The scarcity of financial and social resources exacerbates the vulnerability of these farmers. This amplifies the challenges they face to adapt to climate shifts. Such a predicament is not unique to Bihar. Smallholders worldwide grapple with the repercussions of climate change on their livelihoods. Despite the growing recognition of these challenges, only a handful of studies have quantified smallholder farmers’ resilience levels. This gap in understanding hampers the development of targeted interventions to enhance their resilience. MicroSave Consulting (MSC) has crafted a unique quantitative methodology—the Smallholder Farmers’ Climate-Resilience Index, to precisely measure smallholders’ resilience against climate hazards. Our approach uses cost-effective survey tools and marks a significant advancement to address this critical issue. We believe our frugal approach will catalyze the development agencies and private sector entities that work with smallholders and encourage them to consistently assess and enhance resilience levels in the face of climate change. Read more about the methodology here 👉 tinyurl.com/5cmwxuf6 #ClimateChange #LocallyLedAdaptation #ClimateResilience #ClimateAdaptation #Smallholderfarmers Graham A N Wright Partha Ghosh Kunal Sharma

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My reaction to the findings of the latest WMO report, 'State of the Climate in Asia 2023,' highlights the impact on India and its preparedness level, as well as what needs to be done to respond to the rising impacts published by Priyali Prakash in The Hindu Here is the link to the full article - https://lnkd.in/edcCy4yx #climate #climatechangeisreal #climatejustice #ClimateJusticeNow #climateaction #climateactionnow #stopclimatechange #climatechange #adaptation #climateadaptation #resilience #climateresilience #riskreduction #india #thehindu

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Jayati Ghosh is spot on in this new piece. The world needs tax justice to close the development and climate-financing gaps. "It is time to move beyond the hollow “billions to trillions” mindset and ensure that the billions we do have are spent wisely. This requires boosting LMICs’ public revenues by facilitating sovereign-debt reductions, enhancing cooperation to ensure that multinational companies and the super-rich are properly taxed, and advancing new allocations of special drawing rights (the IMF’s reserve asset). Together, these measures are far more likely to generate the trillions of dollars needed to close development- and climate-financing gaps in the developing world." https://lnkd.in/g4t93Yab

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In response to the current socio-economic situation of Bangladesh, SAJIDA implemented UTTARAN to address complex challenges, covering a range of services within an integrated, holistic framework. UTTARAN aims to improve the socio-economic and health outcomes of vulnerable populations through improved livelihoods, increased access to primary and secondary healthcare facilities and health financing. To learn more about UTTARAN's initiative, visit https://lnkd.in/gVaQXNAG

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💡 Small Island Developing States are at the forefront of climate action and biodiversity protection, facing unique challenges but also presenting groundbreaking strategies. Ahead of next week's #SIDS4 conference, SEI's Karina Barquet explores how SIDS are combining nature based solutions with innovative technologies for multiuse and gridless services. These small, modular solutions are increasingly competitive and effective, offering robust responses to climate challenges. Supporting these efforts not only helps build more resilient societies and economies in these regions but also offers valuable insights and solutions for global climate resilience. Read the full guest article for more insights: https://buff.ly/3QVGvJj 🌊 Attending the SIDS4 Conference? Join our side event on 28 May to explore these innovative approaches and discuss emerging trends and opportunities for SIDS. cc International Institute for Sustainable Development #SmallIslandDevelopingStates #ClimateAdaptation #Biodiversity #Innovation #Resilience

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Farmers, and especially small-holder farmers are the bedrock of communities and countries everywhere, and they are massively under threat. What can we do together to build their resilience, and protect their incredible value?   📢 Today in Goa, #India, 15 countries have come together to take part in the 1st Community of Practice for the Financing Resilience of Agriculture initiative, in collaboration with the Government of India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, and UNDP in India. 📢 By simple numbers alone they are 97% of the world’s farmers, (550 million people) working less than 10 hectares of land, millions of those farming much less. They produce a third of the world’s food and feed five billion people each and every day. The provide livelihoods and employment, driving markets in rural and urban areas alike. They are the engine of growth. And, often overlooked, they are critical to society, guardians of the land, a glue that binds millions of communities together. And of course, these same farmers are the foundations for supply chains, feeding the machinery of food distribution and production, from the local to the multinational. Yet the same critical farmers are under great threat. Climate change is at the root of this, driving the US$3.8 trillion losses for crop and livestock in the last three decades (a conservative figure from our colleagues FAO). 40% of the world is affected by drought, which has a huge impact on farmers. But not drought alone. Too little water in some places and at sometimes is coupled with too much, as cyclones and flooding rise in severity and frequency. Coastal erosion, sea level rise, environmental degradation, increasing levels of pests and infestations. Financial Resilience in Agriculture, financed and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is meant to help countries tackle these challenges, build farmer financial resilience, and lay the building blocks for long-term financial risk management across the sector. And the Community of Practice looks to build a group of practitioners, policy experts, and government leaders, to work together, share lessons and experiences, successes and failures, and craft long-term solutions. Through stripping away risk, the initiative looks to incentivise adaptation, innovation and growth, providing smallholder farmers with the certainty to not only be resilient in a world of rising risk, but grow and thrive. Find more at the below link, and more from the UNDP team over the next days and beyond!                  https://lnkd.in/dhn_ApNW #insurance4sdgs #financialresilience #financialprotection #resilientdevelopment Ssenyimba Samuel Collin Marcos Neto Ulrika Modeer Oisika Chakrabarti Ceandra Faria Miguel Solana Lauren Carter

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Super interesting Tender, calling all expert evaluation firms! Agriterra is looking for an experienced consultancy firm to carry out the Mid Term Review (MTR) of Farmers Focused Transformation Programme.  The upcoming MTR will provide crucial insights and actionable recommendations pivotal for designing Phase 2 (2026-2030) of the programme. The aim is to critically analyze the programme's initial design, evolution, and core characteristics, applying learned lessons to strategically guide the next phase. 🌾 𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝐹𝑇 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒 As a purpose-driven organization, Agriterra is dedicated to strengthening farmer organisations in developing nations across three vital tracks: farmer-led business, sustainable services and farmer lobby and advocacy. The Farmers Focused Transformation (FFT) programme runs from 2021 to 2030 and is financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The full 10-year programme period is divided into two phases. Phase 1 spans 2020-2025 and phase 2 spans 2026-2030. 🤝 𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑇𝑜𝑅) We invite experienced evaluators and development consultants to bring their expertise to this MTR. Deadline to submit proposals is July 21st 2024. Interested parties can find the full Terms of Reference for the RfP here: #Agriterra #Farmer Focused Transformation #RfP #Mid Term Review

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