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Aerial view of a slum.
Can we reduce urban poverty and inequality and achieve net zero cities?
… long-term sustainability and avoid exacerbating social, economic and environmental inequalities. Towards urban climate justice: decarbonising … an urban lab in Buenos Aires, focused on understanding how an in-situ participatory slum upgrading programme in Villa 20 – which is already … while responding to housing and basic service needs? How can our approaches build on decades of experience of on-site participatory …
Insight, 03 October 2021
View of Monterrey, Mexico
New coalition to transform cities – and lives
… transformation processes need to go beyond individual technological approaches, and they must focus on building support by improving quality … radically new approaches. Curitiba in Brazil, for example, introduced participatory budgeting, the direct co-determination over city budgets … as possible, so quantity often takes precedence over quality, and environmental or climate considerations rarely play a role, which is …
News, 10 May 2021
Covers of Environment and Urbanization publications
Environment & Urbanization local organisation profiles
… organisations. [accordion] 1. Grassroots organisations Developing new approaches for people-centred development: Jockin Arputham (2008) Jockin … needed, manage relocation schemes. Community-based organisation and participatory planning in southeast Mexico City: Pedro Moctezuma B … developed the Zimbabwean Homeless People's Federation. The Payatas Environmental Development Programme: micro-enterprise promotion and …
Project, 18 August 2014
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Land Reform and Rural Territories: Experiences from Brazil and South Africa
… identity (distinctive productive, historical, cultural and environmental features) amongst different stakeholders and social … spaces; and (2) creating new, inclusive multi-stakeholder fora for participatory development planning and implementation at the meso … Land Reform and Rural Territories: Experiences from Brazil and South Africa …
Publication, 01 February 2008
Climate Communications Day at Doha: New approaches to reach new audiences
… were successful. But what works at a community level – such as participatory drama or school curriculum materials in Bangladesh – does … Discussions focused on topics such as the importance placed on good governance, both locally and nationally, gender issues, and the … Bonnie Frye Hemphill, of Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, said of the Climate Communications Day "This is …
News, 13 December 2012
Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’
… them on their head. • Cracking the additionality conundrum. Proven approaches derived from long-running initiatives in participatory forest management and payments for environmental services are key building blocks for REDD+. But where they …
Insight, 30 November 2011
A pot with bubbling food sits cooking on an open fire.
Sustainable energy: can a new initiative succeed where Rio+20 failed?
… the Brazilian government to achieve universal electricity access in Brazil by 2014. In a Rio+20 briefing session Ban Ki-moon announced: … is the golden thread that connects development, social inclusion and environmental protection.” But SE4ALL has merely been "noted" in the UN … and the programmes and it implements needs to be people-driven and participatory. It must not only include civil society when it suits …
Insight, 25 June 2012
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… solutions', the congress presented, discussed and created original approaches for conservation and development, helping to address the gap … (CoopeSolidar, Costa Rica), Duan Biggs (ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Australia), Johnson … (ZSL) The aim of this session was to explore, in an interactive and participatory fashion, three dimensions of the question 'What space …
Event, 12 November 2014