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23 November 2011
A study into how large dams in West Africa have affected local people has identified ways to share the benefits of future dams more equitably and create development opportunities for communities. ›
22 November 2011
A book published today by IIED paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of local communities.
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21 November 2011
A briefing paper published today (21 November) by IIED outlines three steps to ensure developed countries meet their agreed commitments to help poorer nations adapt to climate change.
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14 November 2011
Saleemul Huq, senior fellow in IIED's climate change group, gave the following speech to government ministers at the Climate Vulnerable Forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 13 November.
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31 October 2011
Governments are ignoring a vast store of knowledge -- generated over thousands of years -- that could protect food supplies and make agriculture more resilient to climate change, says a briefing published today by IIED.
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21 October 2011
The International Institute for Environment and Development celebrates four decades of research to identify policies that meet people’s needs while sustaining the environment upon which all good development depends.
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20 October 2011
Plans for a multi-billion dollar fund to help developing countries deal with climate change hit a big barrier this week when countries could not agree on the design of the fund.
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6 October 2011
A growing focus on national and international security challenges posed by climate change could detract attention from the root causes of the problem, the needs of the most vulnerable people and the search for appropriate solutions.
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5 October 2011
The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) has awarded journalists from 15 countries with fellowships to attend crucial UN talks in Durban that could spell the demise or rebirth of the Kyoto Protocol.
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16 September 2011
Developed countries are being far from transparent about the climate-change finance they promised to developing nations at the Copenhagen summit in 2009, according to a scorecard published today (19 September) by IIED.
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