Nepal

Forest businesses 'fit for life'

Mountains, forests and rice paddies in Nepal. Photo: Sajal Sthapit
18 February 2013
Blog entry
Forests
Green economy
Sustainable markets
Those designing forests businesses that are ‘fit for life’ won’t be taking any inspiration from Doha airport, says one weary blogger.

Investing in locally controlled forestry: Where to put scarce money?

Early morning in a forest in Nepal’s Langtang valley.
5 February 2013
Media release
Forests
Natural resource management
As policymakers and donors begin to recognise the value of locally-controlled forest enterprises they will need to decide which of the many possible types of enterprise to support with their scarce resources.

Understanding the political economy of the Climate Investment Funds

Solar panels on a floating school, Bangladesh
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Policy and planning
IIED is examining the ideas, resources and ‘power dynamics’ that shape how the Climate Investment Funds achieve development impacts. Together, these factors make up the ‘political economy’, and examining them will help governments and development organisations understand how climate investment funds can best bring about the transformational change the funds aim for.

Tracking adaptation and measuring development

Street market in Pakistan
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Policy and planning
Countries need new tools to check whether climate change adaptation is keeping development on-track, and whether costs and benefits are fairly distributed. IIED and partners are developing a framework that does this by assessing risk management and resilience at many levels.

Empowering communities to adapt to climate change

Group meeting on climate change on boat run by Shidhulai. Natore, Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Participation
Many communities that are vulnerable to climate change impacts have been dealing with climate variability for decades and have a wealth of knowledge about how to adapt. Community-based adaptation to climate change focuses on empowering communities to use their own knowledge and decision-making processes to take action.

How do we tell whether climate change adaptation is making headway?

Discussing climate resilience in Kinna, northern Kenya.
6 December 2012
Blog entry
Climate change
Governance
Policy and planning
IIED and its partners are developing tailored frameworks to help developing countries evaluate their climate adaptation investments.

Nepal: Vice-President and top singer launch report that signals steps to sustainable development

A Nepalese man carrying a large sack on his back walks up some steps with the Himalayas soaring behind.
14 May 2012
Media release
Governance
Policy and planning

The Vice-President of Nepal — His Excellency Parmanand Jha — hosted the launch of a new report that details how the country can benefit from bringing its environment and development policies into harmony.

Five-nation study sheds light on costs of adapting agriculture to climate change

25 November 2011
Media release
Economics
Climate change
Food and agriculture

Research in Africa and Asia has shown that efforts to assess the costs of adapting agriculture to a changing climate often fail to reflect the diversity of the sector.

Forest Connect: linking small and medium forest enterprises to markets and services

18 September 2008
Project
Forests

Many small and medium forest enterprises work together in associations to reduce transaction costs, adapt to new market opportunities and shape the policy environment in their favour.

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