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Gender and urban change
… April 2013 issue of Environment and Urbanization, on Gender and Urban Change. It includes papers on: where and when urban women enjoy … key issues covered is open-access. This issue also has two papers on climate change, which are a detailed benefit-cost analysis applied to Durban; … Gender and urban change …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Representatives from indigenous mountain communities gather in Bhutan to discuss the impacts of climate change and how to respond using their biocultural heritage
New film highlights mountain communities' climate workshop
News, 18 May 2015
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
Insight, 06 November 2014
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
… working to highlight the importance of decentralising development and climate finance – to make sure that funding gets to those that need it … The most effective way to reduce poverty and respond to climate change varies by location. This means that local actors – local … Development (DFID) Partners Adaptation Consortium National Drought Management Authority, Kenya Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Akiba …
Article, 25 January 2017
Men and women sit around a table listening to a woman talk next to a white flipboard. behind them is a giant illustration related to climate change.
Strengthening ethical and equitable partnerships
… these issues of power and resource differences. This work aims to change this dynamic.  Partnerships are central to IIED’s vision and … partners, donors, intermediaries and collaborators, and on promoting change to address inequality and colonial legacies in funding, research … , conferences on community-based adaptation and the Development and Climate Days conferences , all of which emphasise a focus on local …
Project, 27 October 2022
Kaleta Dam under construction in Guinea (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?
… doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow. If 2050 global temperature change targets are to be met, the energy intensity of electricity needs … adaptation and mitigation needs in developing countries. So far climate funds have shown resistance to fund hydropower, due to the … from engineering companies, lenders and developers, discussed the management of risks, which are significant in all hydropower projects. …
Insight, 17 December 2018
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Climate Policy 2(2002) 243-246 The Bonn-Marrakech Agreements on Funding
… Document begins: Climate Policy 2(2002) 243-246 The Bonn-Marrakech Agreements on Funding … the need for countries to take adaptation measures and to build adaptive capacity to climate change. This issue was also recognized by … Transfer (c) Energy, transport, industry, forestry and waste management and (d) Activities to assist developing country parties . in …
Publication, 01 January 2002
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PLA66: Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods
… the links between participation, sustainable natural resource management and improving livelihoods, including: • How a participatory … generated multiple benefits, including ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. • How a modified form of scoring, used within a livelihoods … PLA66: Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods …
Publication, 01 September 2013
Woman digging a hole in the forest
Reimagining solutions to India’s water challenge: the art of governance
… and are influenced by multidimensional issues such as poverty and climate change. We therefore need an approach that focuses on the ‘art of … with and then scale up workable good practice in water resource management. It would aim to build collaborative partnerships with a …
Insight, 20 January 2021
Lesotho's population is heavily dependent on agriculture. Drying river systems threaten a lack of drinking water for livestock (Photo: Jonas Merian, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Legalise Paris agreement
… small southern African country cannot afford to turn a blind eye on climate change issues, which are causing unreliable and erratic rainfall … shared the country's expectations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) taking place in … Climate change …
Article, 24 November 2015