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A glacial lake near the Jomolhari mountain in Bhutan. Receding glaciers threaten Bhutan's ecosystem with flash floods, landslides and water security problems (Photo: PNUD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: A crucial year for our planet, says Prime Minister of Bhutan
Article, 24 November 2015
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
Article, 24 November 2015
A group of women use a ladder to climb up to an imposing well to collect water in a desert-like landscape
Integrating gender and intersectionality in social protection programmes
… gendered and intersectional social protection, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at the local level. For poor …
Insight, 07 September 2021
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… and their external partners, so they are protected and saved for adaptation in the future.  Successful initiatives, such as those in …
Insight, 07 October 2014
Delegates from the LDC Group, including chair Gebru Jember Endalew and IIED's Achala Abeysinghe discuss the revised APA text, Bonn, May 2017 (Photo: IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
Introduction to our work on global climate law, policy and governance: supporting LDCs in and outside of the UNFCCC process
… the international level, and Supporting long-term LDC initiatives on adaptation and resilience , renewable energy and energy efficiency , and …
Article, 17 December 2012
The logo of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
… and Indigenous knowledge for monitoring in situ potato diversity and adaptation to climate change. Session details: Wednesday, 1 November …
Event, 30 October 2017
Cover for 10706IIED.pdf
Modelling demand for catastrophic flood index-based insurance in Da Nang City, Vietnam: Using choice experiments
Publication, 01 June 2014
Cover for 10710IIED.pdf
Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable groups to disasters and climate change: sustainable energy solutions in Quy Nhon City
… finds that, in spite of awareness of climate change and its impacts, adaptation measures are not being considered either by households or the …
Publication, 01 June 2014
Cover for 14620IIED.pdf
PLA66: Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods
… Islands has generated multiple benefits, including ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. • How a modified form of scoring, used …
Publication, 01 September 2013
Cover for G02831.pdf
RCPLA Network pages (PLA 60)
… Terry Cannon and Angela Milligan. Keywords: CBA, climate change, adaptation, participation, DRR, disaster risk reduction. To read the …
Publication, 01 December 2009