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On the fast track to climate negotiating: learning from my mentor
… I was paired with through a  mentorship programme . This programme, coordinated by IIED and WEDO , matches negotiators new to the UNFCCC with senior negotiators from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group of climate negotiators. It’s designed to provide skills-building, …
Insight, 23 February 2023
Navigating conflict: my difficult journey to become a new climate change negotiator
… and media engagement, as well as personal mentoring from a senior member of the Least Developed Countries ((LDC) Group . I saw the programme as a beacon of opportunity, giving young …
Insight, 03 November 2023
Government group network on climate change mainstreaming
… The group plans to develop a platform to share knowledge, experiences and … government officials from Asia and Africa have formed the Government Group Network for Climate Change Mainstreaming. The group is a community … Vincent Mutie Nzau (MA Economics) Expertise: Development economics Senior economist in the Ministry of Devolution and Planning Preparing …
Project, 29 September 2014
Community-led COVID-19 response: an update from the Philippines
… around the country.  Through its network of community-based savings groups and homeowners’ associations, the federation has tackled problems … to learn online. To give them something to do, the community's youth group recruited them to join an emergency response team. They played a vital role in the COVID-19 emergency response, especially as seniors and other vulnerable people had to stay at home. The young …
Insight, 13 July 2021
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… and human-caused disasters and shocks. The LDC Independent Expert Group (IEG) was created in 2013 to encourage LDCs to take a leading role … on research on adaptation strategies. Prior to this she worked as a senior energy planner with the United Nations Environment Programme in … Nations.  James Murombedzi Dr James Murombedzi has served as the Coordinator of the Responsive Forest Governance Initiative, an …
Article, 03 August 2015
IIED focus on outstanding women in sustainable development
… and Monica Araya . The next interview will be with Philippine Sutz , senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . She will explore women and land rights issues ahead of the World … role of women in bringing the Paris Agreement to bear. Ibrahim, the coordinator for the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad …
News, 08 March 2018
Community-led COVID-19 response: the work of the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation
Insight, 09 June 2020
Climate change negotiation skills: training for LDC negotiators
… in collaboration with UNDP ,  UNEP  and IIED, it builds on ongoing coordination with the chair of the Least Developed Countries Group in the UNFCCC process, Mr. Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu. Through this initiative UNITAR provided training to the LDCs – both senior and emerging negotiators – in the run-up to COP21 in Paris and …
Insight, 28 July 2016
Responding to COVID-19 in a high-density low-income district in Mumbai
… took on responsibility for planning relief work in the area and to coordinate with Shekar sir from the National Slum Dwellers Federation … come together and work for the people. We created a communal WhatsApp group. Whatever the committee decides, we come to know about it. First … last two months or so, those who are handicapped, medically unfit and senior citizens. Also those families who share accommodation and have …
Insight, 13 May 2020
On a learning curve towards gender mainstreaming
… from a gender and learning adviser, we now have a peer support group with solid gender equality skills, ready to advise other … to moving forward with mainstreaming, for example: Encouraging senior management to be role models by acting out the kind of behaviours … at IIED; Morgan Williams (morgan.williams@iied.org) is senior coordinator in IIED's Climate Change research group. … Rosalind Goodrich …
Insight, 25 January 2018