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Screenshot of a videocall with 21 people waving at the camera
There’s no stopping comms – going online with Communications Learning Week 2022
… and so on). I’ve never planned to that level of detail before!  Building up a buzz  We’d had an introductory meeting three weeks before … to make programme adjustments and from the third day cut things back and built in more time for working together.   The sessions we …
Insight, 18 March 2022
Collins Ade (washer, 17)
Voices from artisanal mining communities in Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Ghana
… because her health is failing. My dad passed away some few years back. I have four siblings, and only one is schooling because I am not … also my upkeep. I have plans of saving some of the money so I can go back to school. This job is my only hope right now. Kojo Attah (washer, … I get from mining. I have also started some savings hoping to go back to school. For now, mining is my livelihood. Maame Esi Rose …
Article, 19 January 2016
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Biodiversity at IIED
… IIED’s work on biodiversity dates back over 20 years – although it has not always been labelled as such. … programme on environmental economics – a new discipline at the time. Building on this earlier work, biodiversity was formally established as …
Publication, 01 September 2010
Angola aims to achieve its mitigation goals through the promotion of renewable energy, stabilisation of agricultural emissions, carbon sequestration from the forestry sector and other activities (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance is vital to secure a future worth having
Insight, 09 December 2015
Tree branch stuck in the sea.
Listen to young people: cultural practices can provide answers to the climate problem
… are resilient and innovative But we islanders are never ones to sit back and suffer in silence. We are known for our resilience and always …
Insight, 26 September 2021
Skyline of Kolkata, India.
How regional and national capital cities influence urban change
… global economy. This blog looks at how urban change is influenced by building the institutions of government in national and regional … populous state, Uttar Pradesh, had 200 million inhabitants in 2011.   Building government The end of colonial rule drove the rapid growth of … other urban centres.  There are so many examples in history (going back millennia) of capital cities changing in response to political …
Insight, 10 September 2020
Participatory community mapping and community land protection can yield tangible results for poor and vulnerable populations (Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)
Next steps to strengthen global land governance
… of activity globally. There have been pilot projects and capacity-building training, as well as manuals, guidelines and toolkits galore. … in the land registry office, with inadequate records and no legal back-up? Not surprisingly, investors can ride rough-shod over any … Facilitating private-sector investment needs to be balanced against building state and civil society capacity for holding businesses to …
Insight, 15 May 2016
A question of time
… people’s rights, knowledge and insights in generating innovation and building more resilient dryland livelihoods. If you’d like to contribute … economic argument would bring world leaders together in Copenhagen to back an ambitious, fair and effective global deal. Twelve months on, we …
Insight, 25 November 2010
CBA12: Key messages
… evidence to influence. The event was built around three workstreams: Building a shared understanding of effective devolved climate finance … that drives better policies and investments Top-line messages Building a shared understanding of effective devolved climate finance We … technologies can be divided into three broad categories: those building ‘infrastructural assets’ (dams, reservoirs, areas of gravity, …
Article, 11 June 2018
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The houses that Karachi's poor want
… little time to look after their families and carry out housework. Building upwards So it's no surprise that most families prefer to live in the city centre, and over the past decade many have moved back. Demand for accommodation, driven by migration and population … set to get worse. These high-rises do not follow environmental or building control regulations set by the Karachi Building Control …
Insight, 23 April 2014