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The 'Diffa; The Morning Light' video is one of a series of videos exploring the impact of climate change on drylands pastoralists (Image: IIED)
Pastoralism videos/Vidéos pastoralisme
… series of documentaries by Saverio Krätli focuses on thriving despite climate change. As the environment becomes more unpredictable all over the … (Kenya) Further videos Peace, trade, livelihoods and adaptation to climate change in Africa's drylands Education for nomads: voices of the … Climate change …
Article, 15 June 2011
“Protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous people benefits us all”
… gave the example of indigenous peoples in Peru who are responding to climate change by reintroducing native potato varieties and so are “helping to … deter indigenous peoples from investing in sustainable resource management and continuing traditional occupations. And growing poverty …
Insight, 09 June 2011
Two people pour liquid on a plate of potatoes.
Indigenous food systems prove highly resilient during COVID-19
… crops, maintaining and enhancing their genetic diversity to adapt to climate change. But the knowledge, innovation and resilience of Indigenous … uncertain world with multiple and interconnected challenges – from climate change to food insecurity to pandemics – highlights the … Natural resource management …
Insight, 26 August 2021
Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams
… their commitment to a shared and common approach to sustainable management of the water resources their populations rely on to survive. In the context of climate change, energy and food production were high on the international agenda … Natural resource management …
News, 16 December 2015
Two women carrying farming tools
IIED's best of 2019: videos
… Developed Countries (LDC) Group of the UNFCCC. Launched at the 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York, the LDC 2050 Vision is the LDCs’ long-term strategy for climate resilience and net zero emissions by 2050. In the video Tenzin … 70% of climate funding to drive local-level action, holistic climate change planning from the local to the national level, and ensuring …
Insight, 06 January 2020
Arid landscape with mountains in the background
Talking transdisciplinarity
… in our work? The societal challenges of the 21 st century – notably climate change, biodiversity loss and global inequality – are interlinked and …
Insight, 16 April 2021
The Nebbou area, between Ouagadougou and Leo, a dry reservoir used for the manufacture of handmade bricks in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR))
Archive of completed drylands and pastoralist projects
… This video exploring the impact of climate change on pastoralists living in the drylands is one of many videos IIED … expanded focus on access to natural resources (and related conflict management), economic aspects of the drylands, and women and youth … Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity …
Article, 17 December 2012
More than 80 representatives of slum-dwellers federations attended the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Photo: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: the World Urban Forum brought together governments and grassroots – what next?
… governments to account, there is a better opportunity for meaningful change to take place. At the end of the World Urban Forum, the … for Housing Rights (ACHR) , the Huairou Commission – could access climate finance to support adaptation in informal settlements. This could be transformational . Resourcing local organisations with climate finance would build their capacity to plan and manage projects. …
Article, 14 February 2018
The field team designing a REDD strategy talk to farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi as part of their field research in Meceburi Forest Reserve, Mozambique .Photo by Mike Goldwater
Inclusive environmental investments
… commitments at an international level for mitigating and adapting to climate change . One of the best-known climate change mitigation mechanisms … degradation, and includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks” – UN REDD …
Project, 07 September 2013
Aerial view of an arid landscape. A group of people walk.
IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists
… with an emphasis on participatory development, governance and climate resilience. In this conversation, they discuss the importance of … What we need to do is adapt to new challenges. Of course, climate change has been always there. People have learned to live with climate … emergence of a new type of civic engagement around natural resource management. There is a strong activism developing in the region: local …
Article, 29 November 2021