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This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
… adaptation technology – whether existing or new technology – is all about implementation . It is the doing . The Paris Agreement commits … and where the risks are. A big part of leveraging support will be about demonstrating what works financially as well as technically and … was compiled by Teresa Corcoran , communications content officer in IIED's Communications Group . …
Article, 27 February 2019
A house on stilts, surrounded by flood water
Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games
Insight, 04 December 2019
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From legal caravans to revising the Mining Code: Lessons from experience with legal empowerment in communities affected by mining, Mali
… facilitates local debate on what ‘law’ is, and raises local awareness about legal rights and procedures to exercise them. The legal caravans … revision of Mali’s Mining Code. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. This publication forms part of IIED’s work to identify pathways towards inclusive and responsible …
Publication, 01 March 2014
A woman using a hoe
Q&A: Achieving sustainable intensification of agriculture – decisions and trade-offs
… difficult choices as they seek to increase their productivity.  IIED managed the three-and-a-half year project. Here, the project lead … researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources research group , talks about why the research was important and what they found out. Q: What SITAM is all about? BA: First of all, I should explain what sustainable agricultural …
Article, 17 February 2020
A community sanitation facility in Jinja, Uganda (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
World Toilet Day: People need equality and dignity when they 'have to go'
Insight, 18 November 2014
A woman picks fresh greens
Beyond maize: exploring agricultural diversification in Zambia
… To support people facing hunger, the government needs to raise about US$176 million. This is a wake-up call for Zambia to think beyond … Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) project implemented by Hivos and IIED, we have produced a discussion paper that explores the options for … sustainable diets.  Globally, the private sector still allocates about 45% of its research investment to maize, while funding for …
Insight, 22 August 2019
Farmers loading tea leaves in Malawi (Photo credit: nchenga nchenga, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture (EPIC)
… creating income-generating opportunities. But there are also concerns about top-down approaches, unequal negotiating power, unfair business … rural people, particularly in their supply chain relations. What is IIED doing? Empowering Producers in Commercial agriculture (EPIC) responds to this challenge. Led by IIED, EPIC will support rural producers, their organisations and their …
Project, 03 May 2018
The home page of the AdaptaClima web platform
Sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation in Brazil
… the creation of an online platform on adaptation knowledge. What did IIED do? IIED worked with Brazil’s Ministry of Environment and the Center for … who led the project on behalf of IIED, delivered a presentation about this inclusive co-creation process for AdaptaClima at the …
Project, 14 May 2018
Maurice Strong at the High Level Dialogue on Global Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Sergio Greif, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Remembering Maurice Strong, pioneering environmental champion
… Maurice Strong, we have lost one of the last links to the founding of IIED. Maurice was one of IIED's creators, his involvement stemming from the UN Conference on the … Klaus Töpfer, former Executive Director of UNEP, and spoke animatedly about the Paris climate conference and its prospects for success. The UN …
Insight, 04 December 2015
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Beyond inclusion: a queer response to climate justice
Publication, 12 July 2023