Video announcing the Sixth International Conference on community-based...
In this video blog, Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow, of IIED's Climate Change Group provides information about the upcoming conference in Hanoi. It’s key theme is: communicating about how communities are...
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A tale of typhoons, trees and tiny creatures that stood between a community...
Nguyen Viet Nghi’s enthusiasm was infectious as he showed off a scene of remarkable renewal in what was once a disaster zone.We were in Da Loc commune, a sleepy part of Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa province....
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Vietnam: Mangroves break waves and help the people of Dai Hop Commune break...
Well-fed women smile out from under their hats as they pull in their catch of fish, shrimp and crabs from the mangrove forest. The simple images are in an educational booklet on the benefits of...
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Building one village’s resilience to climate change starts with a cave
As I stood beneath a stalactite in Tien Ong cave in Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam I wondered what stories it could tell about the people who have sheltered within its limestone walls, if it could speak.It...
View ArticleTop tips for pitching climate change adaptation stories to the media
You have a great project and a pressing problem – but the media’s not interested. Why? You’re speaking the wrong language and the editor can’t hear you. When climate change practitioners pitch stories...
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Where honey means money and climate means change
Ha Thi Ngan is a young woman with a buzz about her. She's a beekeeper and her story provides a snapshot of the way poverty, nature and climate can combine to affect lives and set questions with no easy...
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Knowledge is power in this game of chance (called life)
I roll the die once: five. The group rolls a second die: six. Total: 11. Result: I lose. In this game of chance where I’m playing the role of a farmer, my crops are wiped out by heavy rains and my kids...
View ArticleCBA6: tweet by tweet and blog by blog
Given that the theme of the 6th International conference on community-based adaptation to climate change was communications, it's only fitting that participants embraced social media with open...
View ArticleConference buzzes with stories of communities adapting to climate change
Last week more than 300 climate change specialists from 60 countries gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam for the 6th Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change. The meeting, organised by IIED...
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Vietnam: project with children at its heart wins CBA6 Solidarity Grant
The children in Hong Ca commune, Vietnam, know that practising rescue drills can save lives in the event of a real natural disaster.This is due, in no small part, to NGO Save the Children’s pioneering...
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Community-based adaptation (CBA) conference archive
IIED and its partners have organised a series of international conferences on community-based adaptation (CBA) to enable practitioners, governments and donors to share latest developments and best...
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6th Conference on community-based adaptation to climate change
More than 300 climate change specialists from 60 countries gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam for the 6th Conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change in April 2012.The conference theme was...
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