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Inspiring climate leaders, such as UNECA's Fatima Denton, are needed for Africa to tackle climate change (Photo: UNECA)
Africa moves ahead to tackle climate change
… change to actually tackling it. In doing so, they showed how ideas about tackling climate change (adaptation as well as mitigation) were … Africa and climate change at the Barbara Ward Lecture on Thursday. As IIED director Camilla Toulmin recently wrote , while the continent faces … climate resilient future for itself. Saleemul Huq (Saleemul-huq@iied.org) is a senior fellow at IIED. …
Insight, 17 November 2014
Informal settlements in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The World Bank estimates that some 29 million Indonesians live in urban areas with poor access to basic services (Photo: Axel Drainville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban risks: where are the top five biggest blind spots?
… how little we know : we have to start by admitting how little we know about the hazards facing much of the world's urban population, and thus also how little we know about the most serious risks they face. Data on large disasters for … and acting on them.  David Satterthwaite  ( david.satterthwaite@iied.org ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group …
Insight, 18 April 2017
Corporate responsibility: what's in a name?
… About the series: Making markets work for small-scale farmers? At the latest provocation from IIED and Hivos , held in Brussels last week (22 June), a group of around … as an effective tool to support development. How has the change come about? Howitt, who hosted the provocation in association with …
Article, 27 June 2011
Countryside in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. Photo: Duncan Macqueen
Strength in numbers: the promise of forest producer organisations
… and 2010 is almost single handedly responsible for the decrease by about one third in the net global rate of deforestation – and forest farmers had planted about 70 per cent of this new area. Total forest sector output is … co-sponsored by the Forest and Farm Facility , a partnership between IIED, FAO and IUCN. China has established more than 1000 forest …
Insight, 28 November 2013
Relocated street vendors operate in the car park below the alun-alun of the Masjid Raya Mosque in Bandung, but this basement area does not attract many customers and vendors have to breathe in car and motorcycle fumes due to the poor air circulation (Photo: Kemal Jufri/Panos Pictures)
Building trust through dialogue with street-food vendors
… urban food systems in Indonesia. The interviews can also be viewed on IIED's YouTube channel . Dirty alternative In some areas, vendors … not only of a sharp decrease in customers and profits, but also about the discomfort of working in a hot, humid area with poor air … informal vendors necessary to achieve a real dialogue.  In Bandung, IIED and Hivos are collaborating with local partners to create a safe …
Insight, 05 November 2015
Participants at the third China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform meeting in Beijing (Photo: Simon Lim/IIED)
China-Africa Forest Governance Learning Platform puts focus on business solutions
… is available to download (PDF) , while presentations are available on IIED's SlideShare platform , as follows: Why Africa's forests are … programme director, InFIT Programme , summarised a group discussion about how Chinese guidelines and future policies regarding land-use … James Mayers, director of the Natural Resources research group at IIED, summarised key points made during the China-Africa Forest …
News, 14 February 2017
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Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest
… by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the University of Life Sciences (UMB). The fieldwork was … communally owned forest, the Ongo Community Forest, which is located about 54km from Masindi Town off Masindi–Butiaba Road covering an …
Publication, 01 December 2013
A Coca-Cola sign outside a small town in Benin. Bloomberg’s new health initiative will support cities to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks, but this isn't the biggest health challenge facing low-income urban residents (Photo: Lorena Pajares, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bloomberg and public health: did he get it right?
… needed to understand health priorities and develop health plans. What about a US$5 million fund to support these health initiatives?  … say, "leave no-one behind".  David Satterthwaite (david.satterthwaite@iied.org) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group and visiting professor at the …
Insight, 07 June 2017
Gaspar Martins sits alongside representatives of the Marshall Islands, United States, Germany, Norway and others as part of the "High Ambition Coalition" (Image: Matt Wright/IIED)
Least Developed Countries create pressure for climate shift
News, 09 December 2015
A poster at COP25
COP25: the morning after
Insight, 13 January 2020