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Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
Insight, 10 December 2015
Four people sat around a table speaking into microphones
The trouble with growth: Make Change Happen podcast episode 4
… IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our … Andrew Norton, the discussion features Essam Yassin Mohammed, IIED’s head of blue economy; Clare Shakya, director of our Climate … seriously: with a broader understanding of how people really feel about their lives, and how that is reflected in the economy, things …
Article, 11 March 2020
Aerial view of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Demanding urgent responses to the loss and damage caused by climate change
… to communities so that they can define and manage the response. IIED is working with people in LDCs to build awareness and improve … in the global South to talk with donors and decision makers about what they are doing, the solutions they have found and their … policymakers to act. Watch the animations in the playlist below or on IIED's YouTube channel . The animations are available in different …
Article, 01 March 2021
A soup stall in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Many of the urban poor rely on frequent food purchases, often cooked food prepared by street vendors (stefans_box, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How the urban poor define and measure food insecurity
… typically lack accurate data on food security and nutrition. What is IIED doing? IIED is working with the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) to … grassroots communities in cities and towns in Cambodia and Nepal about the challenges they face in putting food on the table, their …
Project, 14 March 2018
Diagram showing change at different scales (Image: Stefano D'Errico/IIED)
Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development
… and learning capacities at the global, national and local levels, IIED engages a wide variety of 'agents of change' from across different … and network change, organisational change, and institutional change. IIED works across the four areas with a range of different partners from … between communities and local and national authorities about improving living conditions These initiatives are also key to …
Project, 01 March 2017
Working with local journalists: a mutually beneficial partnership
Insight, 16 December 2011
The Stone Village Seed Park lies in the Himalayan foothills of Yunnan, Southwest China. It is the homeland of the ethnic minority Naxi people. 
Biocultural heritage territories film now in Spanish
News, 30 August 2016
The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 will focus on "tough talk on poverty and climate"
2015 Development & Climate Days: tough talk on crucial transitions
… Commission for Africa's (UNECA) Climate Policy Initiative, spoke about Ethiopia's plans to build a zero carbon economy. She said that … and the case for equity and fairness so countries can see this is about enlightened self-interest." Members of IIED's LDC Independent Expert Group participated in numerous sessions . …
Event, 23 November 2015
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Why it makes more sense to invest in farmers than in farmland
… of higher food and commodity prices and government concerns about longer-term food and energy security have made land a more … and improve farmers’ livelihoods. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 July 2010
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… that gives strength to economic ecosystems," said Camilla Toulmin of IIED. 2. Build platforms for exchange If informal workers are to identify their needs, talk about them and engage governments to shape policies that address them, … micro-businesses that have been formalised in Brazil, success stories about integrating the informal economy begin with self-organisation. 4. …
Insight, 10 March 2016