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A community workshop. Social learning processes were a key element of a successful 10-year collaboration between the International Potato Centre (CIP) and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Andes (Photo: IIED)
It's the process, stupid 
… As climate change escalates and its impacts deepen, resources to support poor … aid and broader criticism of overseas spending threaten funding for climate change initiatives in some of the world's most vulnerable … social learning approaches have helped solve natural resource management issues, for instance by working out ways to share scarce …
Insight, 16 March 2017
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Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Section 4: South Asia Region Section 4.1. South Asian Regional Scoping Study
… Document begins: CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION ON KEY RESEARCHABLE ISSUES SECTION … 6 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 12 WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE 17 DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE 20 COASTAL … Climate change … Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Diagram showing change at different scales (Image: Stefano D'Errico/IIED)
Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development
… national and local levels, IIED engages a wide variety of 'agents of change' from across different stakeholder groups in different countries. … new thinking and frameworks for assessing policies and practice on climate risk management, climate adaptation, the impact of social protection areas, …
Project, 01 March 2017
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Building agile institutions and resilient communities
… This Reflect & Act looks at the action-research programme Devolved Climate Finance, which is piloting an innovative devolved finance and planning mechanism devised to channel global climate funds to vulnerable communities. Pilots are taking place in … institutions. The approach builds financial, planning, and project management capabilities at local government and community level. It …
Publication, 01 April 2018
Francisco Sagasti (Photo: CADE Peru via Flickr)
Negotiating a fair future at COP20
… and technology issues are back on the agenda, led by the hand of the climate change negotiations. Science has shown us the dangers of greenhouse gas … natural resources in a sustainable manner. Some of the biggest climate change impacts facing Peru today are changes in weather patterns … Climate change …
Insight, 28 November 2014
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
… services. Multidimensional vulnerabilities Multiple risks including climate change, natural disasters, food insecurity, conflict and pandemics − as … the support that women and other disadvantaged groups need to manage climate-related shocks and other risks. Understanding the impact of …
Insight, 07 September 2021
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Resilient Farming Systems in Times of Uncertainty: Biocultural Innovations in the Potato Park, Peru
… landscape in Peru's high Andes. It also explores recent trends in climate, livelihoods, food security, crop diversity and social capital. …
Publication, 01 March 2016
Experts available at Financing for Development conference
… event, 'Unlocking transformative financing for renewable energy and climate resilience in Africa: from evidence to widespread replication', … IIED director, and Nanki Kaur, principal researcher in the IIED Climate Change Group, will be available to talk on the following areas: …
News, 13 July 2015
The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)
'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
… project is working with traditional farmers in areas vulnerable to climate change to identify, conserve and spread resilient crop varieties and … Natural resource management …
News, 16 February 2015
While one of the objectives of the 2014 World Day to Combat Desertification is to strengthen the visibility of the drylands on the international environmental agenda, much more is needed (Photo: Marie Monimart)
Celebrating the drylands
… [PDF] , often building on centuries of understanding of ecosystem and climate dynamics to create livelihoods based on a portfolio of diverse … from science, and failed to include or serve dryland people. As the climate changes, and more communities around the world are faced with … to learn from people who have lived with extreme cycles of climate change for generations. From them, we can discover how to live with a …
Insight, 17 June 2014