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A sign near Kathmandu, Nepal, warns of the dangers of landslides (Photo: Doug Letterman, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Nepal: Measuring resilience to climate change from the community up
… might not have otherwise included. In some communities people talked about the importance of owning an ox to deal with variable rainfall. … one you must wait for it to be available, and so can't be as flexible about planting times. Another indicator they identified was reliance on … as through climate change plans. Susannah Fisher is a researcher in IIED's climate change group ( susannah.fisher@iied.org )  Read more …
Insight, 07 February 2014
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru
Project, 04 September 2018
A market stall. According to recent studies, 75% of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and five animal species (Photo: Hivos)
Cooking for our future
… asks Frank Mechielsen, programme manager for the joint Hivos and IIED Sustainable Diets for All project . Income from selling street food … but also a catalyser for innovation. A meal can tell a story about a unique history, lifestyle, and value system; and about our hopes, dreams and beliefs. Join our global movement and tell …
Insight, 20 February 2019
Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
… in agriculture. This did little to improve urban food security. What about poverty? This is because while this narrative is partly right, it … urban areas. Food insecurity is closely related to poverty . But as IIED's David Satterthwaite has noted , most discussions on food and … is the goal, than it is indeed time to change the way we think about food. Paolo Cravero ( paolo.cravero@iied.org ) is a researcher …
Insight, 23 February 2015
A woman wearing a chef's uniform and hat poses in front of a breadmaking machine
Getting personal: tailoring support to power up Tanzania’s rural businesses
… differ. Our recent review of  surveys – carried out by the IIED-HIVOS Energy Change Lab and NGO CEFA – examined the needs of 40 … on, each requiring unique policy approaches. For instance, when asked about plans to upgrade their businesses, several were only interested in … systems – failing.  Only a handful of interviewees were thinking about genuinely innovating or trying to break into new markets. An …
Insight, 01 December 2020
This 500W solar system in a rural village in Uganda powers a home, a public broadcasting system, a barbershop and a video hall (Photo: SolarNow via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable?
… to access the finance they would need to take solutions to scale. IIED is exploring the barriers stopping climate finance reaching local … to support adaptation at the very local level Pooling information about potential markets or enterprises for investment to enable investors to make quicker and easier decisions about risks and returns  Bundling smaller enterprises or multiple small …
Insight, 19 June 2018
Meeting of the Ogiek community of Sasimwani to review their draft by-laws (Photo: Namati/Jaron Vogelsang)
Using community by-laws to secure customary land rights in Kenya
… to their lands and natural resources.  On Wednesday 16 November 2016, IIED hosted a webinar on strengthening the security of tenure of … livelihoods are affected by agricultural projects. Outline programme IIED senior researcher  Philippine Sutz  introduced the seminar David … deals and enhancing the role of women in land management decisions . About the speakers David Arach is a Ugandan national who has experience …
Event, 16 November 2018
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… regard these forest-dependent people. Conservationists worry about their encroachment into biodiversity rich areas. Industrialists … year between 2000 and 2010. That tree planting effort decreased by about one third the net global rate of deforestation.  While that … while reducing poverty . Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is a principal researcher in the forest team within IIED's …
Insight, 07 September 2016
A shoal of muguraan circle above a bait net
First steps towards a global agreement
… without benefit to the bulk of the world’s population. That is why IIED is working to support the Least Developed Countries negotiating … towards establishing a fair and inclusive global instrument. It’s about sharing half of the planet with all of the world’s people. All … with the pace of progress, it’s important to remain optimistic. IIED will continue to provide on-demand, real-time support to the Least …
Insight, 21 September 2018
First detailed study of large land acquisitions in Africa warns of impacts on poor rural people
… by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) at the request of UN Food and Agriculture Organization and … can also cause great harm if local people are excluded from decisions about allocating land and if their land rights are not protected. The report highlights a number of misconceptions about what have been termed land grabs. It found that land-based …
News, 25 May 2009