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Ruth Nguli looks at her crop of drought-tolerant beans in Makueni County, Kenya. Developing and sharing climate-smart farming techniques can help communities adapt to climate changes (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How do we measure adaptation?
Insight, 11 March 2015
Trees, poverty and targets: forests and the MDGs
… services such as those provide by forests," writes the head of IIED's Natural Resources Group, James Mayers. "These services are the … forests. The guide shows that there are plenty of good news stories about forestry in developing nations but that there are many recycled assumptions and missing facts about the importance of forests to human wellbeing.   Download: Trees, …
News, 18 April 2007
In Kenya's Isiolo County, repeated droughts are forcing pastoralists out of herding and into farming. The county has used TAMD to assess climate risk management schemes (Photo: Martin Karimi/ECHO)
Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD): Country work
Article, 28 October 2014
The timber depot of Green Timber, a Chinese-owned timber concession that are licensed to operate in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa Forest Governance project
… timber is exported to China. But despite the scale, we know little about the impacts. There is also a lack of dialogue between Chinese and … livelihoods. Our goal Through research, dialogue and joint action, IIED and its partners will contribute to improving forest governance, by …  With in-country partners, we are generating reliable knowledge about the current status and trends of China-linked investments in the …
Project, 22 September 2014
David Dodman, director of IIED's Human Settlements research group, addresses the conference on urban crises (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Urban crises conference: time to put learning into practice
… Sierra Leone and Somalia. The high-profile event was organised by IIED and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) , and was titled ' … to influence policy at all levels. Speaking at the closing session, IIED's David Dodman said a recurrent theme of the discussions had been … by the Urban Crises Learning Fund over the last three years. About the urban crises programme The urban crises programme was a …
News, 23 November 2017
Cover for 10000IIED.pdf
Adaptation Day at COP9
… was held in Milan, during December 2003. For the second year running, IIED and the RING held ‘Adaptation Day at COP’. Sessions were held on … to those who attended, but also to a wider audience curious to learn about the latest developments in the arena of adaptation to climate …
Publication, 01 January 2004
2009 Development and Climate Days film festival highlights
… film makers were present at D&C Days and participated in discussions about their work.  We've picked out the top nine films which we … The details of the films are below, and you can see the films on IIED's YouTube channel . Amiham : A tourist island off the coast of Cebu … Music video featuring 25 Jamaican artists united to spread a message about climate change.   Tofiga O Pili Aau : This participatory video …
Article, 22 July 2010
The cover of Vision 2030 Jamaica
One people, one vision
… two changes of government. On a recent visit to Jamaica I learnt about the country's sustainable development progress and how it is … international development framework.  Not surprisingly, I heard a lot about Vision 2030. I also found out how a country with an already strong … set of targets. The research described here is being carried out by IIED in collaboration with the University of the West Indies' Institute …
Insight, 22 December 2016
A CCAFS and CIAT participatory photography project in Chiquimula, Guatemala. A framework on how to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches is now available. (Photo: Gian Betancourt/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Paper outlines framework to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches
… is still a lack of robust evidence on the best methods for bringing about social learning, and in what contexts it contributes to achieving … ties to Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) , IIED and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) , that … The aim was to bring together initiatives seeking to learn more about social learning and share their own work with others, but also to …
Insight, 13 February 2015
The Nebbou area, between Ouagadougou and Leo, a dry reservoir used for the manufacture of handmade bricks in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR))
Archive of completed drylands and pastoralist projects
… change on pastoralists living in the drylands is one of many videos IIED has helped produce to break down misconceptions and increase … universities in Africa and Europe to influence content and teaching about the drylands. This briefing encapsulates main points from the … Africa This project (2007-2009) aimed to increase our understanding about the importance of livestock mobility in drylands by drawing …
Article, 17 December 2012