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Cover for 12515FIIED.pdf
Qui contrôle l’eau ?
… mainly in Africa, but also in Asia. Three to four Issue Papers of about 30 pages accompany each Haramata, allowing for subjects to be …
Publication, 01 July 2005
Cover for 14573IIED.pdf
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… of climate change, to integrate scientific and community knowledge about climate change, and to plan their adaptation measures. The Tips for Trainers section includes an article about Communication Maps. The In Touch section includes a variety of …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Study warns of failure to plan for rapid urbanisation in developing nations
… Association of Population Studies) and Dr Gordon McGranahan (of IIED) — say the critical first step is for policymakers to recognise the … and, especially, its mistakes." Brazil's population is now about 80% urban (up from 36% in 1950). The country has urbanised far …
News, 06 August 2010
Adaptation to climate change faces major constraints in urban areas
… governments lack the capacity to adapt," says David Satterthwaite of IIED. "The international agencies concerned with climate change do not … three climate change specialists (Saleemul Huq, Hannah Reid, both of IIED, and Patricia Romero Lankao, of the US National Center for … move from hazardous sites, but only if they are involved in decisions about where to move and how the move is organised." "But there are often …
News, 13 November 2007
Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the SDGs , organised by IIED, the ESRC's STEPS Centre and the Least Developed Countries … in the SDGs, can it challenge the mindset of 'tech transfer' and talk about other ways to support innovation within countries? 3. Mobilisation … be difficult to have properly inclusive debates in some countries about how to achieve the SDGs and climate targets. At an international …
Insight, 28 June 2016
Cover for 9502FIIED.pdf
Mythes et réalités de la gouvernance locale : l’expérience de la commune rurale de Sanankoroba, Mali
… in Mali as events here, broadly reflect some of the major concerns about decentralisation. …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Cover for 17123IIED.pdf
Agricultural land acquisitions: a lens on Southeast Asia
… issue in media houses across the world, with reporters quick to write about deals involving millions of hectares, particularly within Africa. …
Publication, 01 April 2012
Cover for 13527IIED.pdf
Development from diversity: Guyana’s forest-based associations
… to use forest-based products and services, and are concerned about sustainability. Opportunities to support such associations exist, … only by association memebers or a few trusted intermediaries. Lesson about what types of associaton work and why, lead on to conclusions about how to give appropriate support. …
Publication, 01 January 2006
Cover for 17111IIED.pdf
Adapting agriculture with traditional knowledge
… agriculture to climate change. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 October 2011
Cover for 17136IIED.pdf
His REDD+, her REDD+: how integrating gender can improve readiness
… To change the ways people use forested land, we need to ask questions about the roles of men, women and children. Nearly fifty countries have …
Publication, 01 September 2012