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Policy-makers discussing, reflecting, learning and building skills and capacities for climate adaptation at village-level. All key social learning activities. (Photo: E. van de Grift)
Social learning event features case studies from around the world
… These were presented during a social learning event, organised by IIED, held in the midst of a windy but still surprisingly warm and sunny … several key social learning traits within its structure. Learn more about why Scenarios can be seen as a social learning case study: Case … in this case related to watershed management and use. Learn more about this project and how it approaches social learning: Upstream in a …
Insight, 04 August 2014
Isilda Nhantumbo, Bright Sibale, and Duncan Macqueen exchange ideas at a Forest Governance Learning Group Learning Event in Mozambique. Photo: Leianne Rolington
Private sector involvement with REDD+
… Private sector involvement There has been ongoing debate about the extent and the timing of private-sector engagement in REDD+. … projects that will benefit local forest-dependent people. What did IIED do? To inform this debate, IIED worked with partners to develop national-level case studies to …
Project, 12 September 2013
Solar phone charging on a Ugandan island shows even isolated areas in Africa are getting connected by mobile phones and creating demand for energy (Photo: futureatlas.com/blog/)
Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella
… These were the questions discussed at a meeting on 21 July that IIED, Chatham House , the Royal African Society and others held with Dr … All. This was an opportunity for experts from organisations concerned about energy access, sustainable development and poverty reduction to … for such enterprises, while local banks don't have enough knowledge about how these models work and are unwilling to lend them money. …
Insight, 31 July 2014
Views from Ilo, Perú
The often forgotten role of small and intermediate urban centres
… This is the latest in a series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of … But despite their diversity, incorrect generalisations are made about smaller urban centres – that they are growing more rapidly than …
Insight, 03 February 2021
People installing solar panels in a field
Accelerating energy access with aggregation
… US$20 billion per year will be needed to meet the ambition of SDG7. IIED has identified aggregation as a promising way to accelerate access … of being left behind by established approaches. Estimates suggest about half the people gaining electricity access between 2016 and 2030 … that can be used to target subsidies to those who need them most. IIED is seeking effective ways to measure the impact of energy finance …
Article, 13 November 2019
An elephant feeds on Acacia trees in Kenya's Ol Kinyei Conservancy. The privately managed conservancy offers employment and training to local communities (Photo: Stuart Price/Make it Kenya Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Turn up the volume: community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… were either not invited or kept on the sidelines. This time around, IIED and partners set out to change this. Immediately prior to the … together  community representatives so they could have their say about IWT and their role in tackling it. What do communities think about the commitments their countries have made? Forty-plus community …
Insight, 31 October 2018
Site discussions to integrate biodiversity into mine planning and operations (Photo: SANBI)
Mining for common ground: putting biodiversity on South African mining companies' agendas
… operations and reputations. Although there was a wealth of data about the country's biodiversity, much of it was highly complex or … was nervous.  The mining industry was nervous. They were worried about meeting NGOs – and even the government – for fear that it would … (PDF) Stories of change: mainstreaming biodiversity and development , IIED & UNEP-WCMC (2015), IIED tool SA Mine: Review of trends in the …
Article, 21 March 2016
Women opening the fruit of the marula tree to extract the kernel for making marula oil (Photo: CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Encouraging collaboration: drafting a new law to stop biopiracy in Namibia
… them as stakeholders in the international business.  Talking about benefit sharing  In a bid to tackle this issue, the Namibian … of parliament changing over that time, many people are now briefed about the potential for biotrade and the negative effects of biopiracy.  … Stories of change: mainstreaming biodiversity and development , IIED, UNEP-WCMC (2015) IIED tool  Indigenous natural products , National …
Article, 21 March 2016
Women washing laundry at Sélingué dam, Mali, the second largest provider of energy for the country (Photo: Alioune Ba/Global Water Initiative)
Three big financial shifts put spotlight on social and environmental impacts of large dams — again
… of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), is whether it is possible to build dams to mitigate climate … required for mitigation in national standards. The challenge is about where to aim in terms of delivering multiple benefits, such as … and mitigation of climate change." In a paper published today by IIED today, Skinner and Lawrence Haas show although changes in how dams …
News, 06 May 2014
D&C Days at COP20 focused on innovative approaches and incisive dialogue for climate-smart development
Development and Climate Days event at COP20 focuses on zero-zero
Event, 06 December 2015