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14 September 2011
The lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Asian cities have been transformed thanks to an innovative project that enables the urban poor to improve their living conditions in partnership with city governments.
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30 August 2011
Rising demand for the dominant form of renewable energy worldwide – wood – could drive yet more acquisitions of land in developing countries where food insecurity is rising and land rights are weak, say researchers at IIED. ›
25 August 2011
Tropical countries that seek a share of billions of dollars of climate finance in return for protecting their forests risk creating strategies that fail to bring social and environmental benefits, according to a report released today by IIED. ›
29 July 2011
A report published by IIED today (29 July) examines how governments, donors and businesses can work together to provide poor communities with low-carbon energy supplies.
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1 July 2011
Principles intended to encourage socially and environmentally responsible investments generally fail to do so, according to the first comprehensive review of their use — published today by IIED.
A growing number of investors have signed up to such principles for various reasons, from improving reputation to minimising risks and improving long-term investment prospects. But the review concludes that investment principles are generally too weak and vague to overcome the basic tension between profitability and both sustainability and equity....
15 June 2011
The Climate Change Media Partnership has today published a briefing paper that recommends ways for policymakers to support a better class of climate change journalism that is relevant to local audiences, builds public awareness of the issues and contributes to improved policymaking.
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10 June 2011
The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) is proud to announce the launch of a Fellowship program that will send journalists to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban (COP17) in late 2011.
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27 May 2011
In this short video Dr Saleemul Huq — senior fellow in IIED's Climate Change Group — talks about an international research project that is looking at how communities can adapt to the impacts of climate change. ›
26 May 2011
Cities can break the link between high living standards and significant contributions to climate change, using many technologies and policies that are already available if not widely used.
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23 May 2011
On June 13-14 2011 in London IIED; the Institute for the Study of the Americas (London University); and the Centre for Caribbean and Latin American Research & Consultancy (London Metropolitan University) will co-host and international conference on climate change in the Caribbean.
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