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Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… Assembly. Both are fundamental and bring many challenges if we go back to the needs of food security and sustainable livelihoods for …
Insight, 25 September 2015
The logo of PAGE and information about the conference on 27-28 March 2017
IIED at ministerial green economy conference
… with national governments, offering technical advice and capacity building services, and promoting synergies between governments, the … discussion on how to bring the insights gained at the PAGE conference back to country leaders for policy consideration. This panel … GEC, IIED and partners hosted a conference in February 2016 aimed at building a new policy agenda to integrate the informal economy with …
Event, 27 March 2017
Building an embankment in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh has been forced to learn how to cope with the realities of climate change (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Does "leave no-one behind" risk too narrow a focus?
… to pick them apart and think carefully about what they imply. Building on the MDG agenda Since the SDGs were adopted in September … different countries and actors than for the MDGs. Which brings us back to 'leave no-one behind'. In the context of this shared agenda, …
Insight, 01 March 2016
Climate change negotiators have several gaps to bridge at the COP19 talks. Photo credit: Oxfam International
COP19: What the Least Developed Countries expect from the climate talks
Insight, 06 November 2013
Report warns of future food crises in Africa's poorest nations
… soils and water, and giving people a voice in how decisions are made. Building local resilience is key to reducing vulnerability." Dr Youba …
News, 10 July 2007
Temporary settlements in Kirtipur, Nepal, which was devastated by earthquakes in 2015 (Photo: Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed)
Cash transfers in urban crises: do they work for women?
… a strong sense of community was helping people slowly put their lives back together. Nonetheless, almost 20 months after the first earthquake, …
Insight, 08 March 2017
Example of bucket and pulley system on a traditional well - Senegal
Global Water Initiative: Senegal
… POAS). The proposed structure of these agreements were set out as far back as 2008, but there had not been any information dissemination or capacity building to implement them. Following our work with local communities …
Project, 16 February 2018
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Camila Oliveira on NBSAPs revision in Brazil
… Ministry of Environment together with the Ministry of Planning went back to each ministry, upon request, to discuss actions with them. We … new partnerships. Our consultant is currently [November 2013] building a plan from this information and match up actions and causes … moment and we are being encouraged by the Ministry of Planning to cut back. Connecting to Brazil’s development planning cycle The current …
Insight, 01 May 2014
Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
Insight, 10 December 2015
A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
Insight, 07 January 2013