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Vulnerability profiling of cities: a framework for climate-resilient urban development in India
… vulnerability assessment in order to understand what is required for building climate resilience. The framework can be used to highlight the … nature, size and density of its settlements; and the existing coping capacity of its society and governance system. The situation is … identify key vulnerabilities and their linkages with natural causes, sustainable practices and the capacities of the concerned authorities. …
Publication, 01 March 2014
A cement factory
COVID-19 and global economic ordering: radical shift or more of the same?
… the ability of states to reshape their economic policy depends on development patterns, political economies and their integration into the … adjustment, and harsh loan conditionalities, which eroded state capacity; trade agreements restricting policy space, including options … trajectories are possible. But if we are to develop a fairer and more sustainable economic order, people will have to fight for it. As Samuel …
Insight, 24 April 2020
Kaleta Dam under construction in Guinea (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?
… CO2/Kwh to levels of nearer 50g/Kwh. Many planners are banking on sustainable hydropower to play this role, by managing the known social … an economically productive use of natural resources for growth and development. Global investment in clean technologies reached US$437 … hydropower as more than just a provider of kWh. It has the capacity to provide grid strengthening services that are vital to the …
Insight, 17 December 2018
The Paris Agreement is celebrated (Photo: francediplomatie, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Briefing: After Paris – what's next for the LDCs?
Event, 22 February 2016
Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
Insight, 26 September 2019
A family fishes in Chandpur, Bangladesh
New rules for high seas must include poorest countries’ needs
… Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national … And they would be able to participate proactively in research and development, and sustainably use the high seas as a source for …
Insight, 05 September 2018
Washing in Kolkata. Urban poor groups must engage with city government and utility companies in order to become drivers for change (Photo: Wolfgang Sterneck, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can global funds be accountable at the local level?
… With landmark agreements including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement in place, there is much … international agencies and global funds depends on the quality and capacity of the (mostly local) intermediaries that implement the …
Insight, 09 August 2016
This map of the covered and open drains in Jamshed Town, Karachi illustrates how communities have led on installing sewers and drains (Image: Orangi Pilot Project–Research and Training Institute)
Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'
… by very high life expectancies. Local government responsibility The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mention addressing these risks and … on local knowledge to identify and understand risk, and then local capacity to respond. Where conventional responses are too expensive or … too. Urban ARK is a three-year programme of research and capacity building led by 12 policy and academic organisations from across …
Insight, 08 May 2017
A woman makes clothes for SOKO, a Kenyan textiles supplier that combines fashion manufacturing with bettering local livelihoods.
SOKO: Learning lessons on how to add value to the East African apparel sector
Insight, 11 February 2013
The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)
World Water Week 2016: key resources
… relating to water across the globe. This year's theme is 'Water for Sustainable Growth', with water seen as central to all the challenges at … Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) , a partner of IIED, is building the capacity of stakeholders in cities in India, Thailand, Vietnam, …
Article, 24 August 2016