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The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… in 2016. Decisions taken at the 2015 Financing for Development and climate change conferences started to take effect. LDCs needed advice … development, including community development, environmental management, climate change, energy, communications and the economics of … AMFN. He has led or contributed to several international programs on adaptive collaborative management, governance, verification, …
Article, 03 August 2015
Afghan farmers and extension workers assess an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan (Photo: Barbara Adoph/IIED)
Introduction to building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems
… agriculture and food systems and their resilience to the effects of climate change. Farmers and pastoralists in many parts of the world are losing … application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable agro-ecosystems. Agroecological principles are … Climate change …
Article, 05 August 2013
A collection of IIED's most downloaded publications in 2014 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2014: publications
… would improve on the more limited current focus on sustainable forest management, deforestation and reforestation targets. Download the report … oceans' by 2050 and millions of livelihoods lost unless there is a change in current trends. This report sets out a clear and achievable … key positions of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in climate change negotiations Ahead of the UN climate summit in New York …
Article, 29 December 2014
Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
… steps in this key year for development on the road to Paris and the climate summit, but they set a direction that must go beyond Paris, … of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) addresses our greatest global challenge. Without …
Insight, 10 September 2015
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… 1. Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe This report … press release . 10. Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods This 66th issue of Participatory Learning and … the links between participation, sustainable natural resource management and improving livelihoods. It includes articles on how …
Article, 27 December 2013
Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’
… based on local, not central government, control . A year later at the climate conference in Durban, South Africa, many others are saying the … emissions must not lead to recentralisation of land and resource management. We need to steer the high momentum of REDD+ towards focused … a deep, long-term endeavour — complications should be anticipated and adaptive capacity built. • Carbon rights — equity must trump efficiency. …
Insight, 30 November 2011
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Development organisations beware! Biodiversity loss is not just an environmental issue
… against the goals will be assessed; the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will assess whether the commitments for 2020 laid out in … and content of the post-2020 international framework for biodiversity management is being discussed now. Prominent suggestions for the …
Insight, 29 April 2019
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Community maps reveal rich resources of land policymakers think is empty
… to an "A-Z of London". Ced Hesse, principal researcher in IIED’s climate change group, presented the project at the 7th International Conference … project could make them easier and help them advocate for better management of the land they know so intimately.  Watch this above video … Climate change …
Insight, 25 April 2013
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Cost and Values Analysis of TAMD in Cambodia
… and Evaluation (M&E) framework enables public authorities to assess climate risk management processes and contributions from adaptation/climate resilient development policy. In Cambodia, TAMD is used to guide … Climate change …
Publication, 01 March 2015
women distributing counting eggs
New narratives for a 'new normal'
… and advising their peers on reducing impacts of disaster and climate change. What’s more, such exchanges have attracted the attention of … possibilities based on stories of mask-making, soapmaking, quarantine management and food distribution – exchanged by their peers.  Are …
Insight, 22 July 2020