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This Guatemala-Peru exchange visit was part of a project that promoted partnerships and networking for forestry-dependent communities
Working in partnership with others
… of the way we work: our stated mission is "to build a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action and influence  in partnership … allow us to leverage resources and extend our reach, to nurture the capacity of marginalised groups and to widen the impact of our policy …
Page, 28 July 2022
The cracked mud of a dried-up reservoir bed, with a dead river-mussel shell in the foreground and an abandoned boat in the background
Strengthening development in the face of the climate crisis and environmental destruction
Insight, 31 October 2019
Woman waters seedlings
Delivering high-quality, predictable and accessible climate finance for least developed countries
Insight, 03 November 2021
Sewing on the street in Djibouti. The informal sector still plays an important role in most of the LDCs (Photo: Charles Roffey, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries
… Domestic resource mobilisation? There was strong emphasis on LDCs building capacity to mobilise financial resources locally. Tax reform – including … of goals and targets set by various global frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals, IPoA, the Paris Agreement on climate … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 29 June 2016
Aerial view of a floded town and vegetation
National Adaptation Plans: LDCs need financing to turn words into reality
… To support countries in building resilience to the worsening impacts of climate change the UN … countries (LDCs), NAPs play a crucial role in enhancing adaptive capacity in the face of escalating climate-related risks. Yet despite … them to directly access funding and support locally relevant and sustainable adaptation efforts, and Investments in data collection and …
Insight, 24 April 2023
Boats on the sea shore
Fish Night 8: Keeping up momentum for artisanal fisheries and aquaculture
… forward. IYAFA provided an opportunity to highlight the diversity, capacity and potential of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture. It … inclusion of small-scale fishers, fish farmers and fish workers in building enabling policy environments, supporting inclusive value chains … to overcome challenges and fulfil their potential contributions to sustainable development. About the speakers Editrudith Lukanga  is …
Event, 28 March 2023
A hippo emerges from the Zambezi near the Mana Pools Wildlife Conservation Area in northern Zimbabwe (Photo: Terry Feuerborn, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Biodiversity stories: building understanding in the media leads to richer reporting
… NBSAP revision team. The response, three months later, was a capacity-building workshop on biodiversity reporting facilitated by the … as well as the need to manage biodiversity and the environment in a sustainable way. Radio Zimbabwe is the most listened to station in the … Stories of change: mainstreaming biodiversity and development …
Article, 21 March 2016
IIED's 2017 strategy update
Our strategy: 2014-2019
… period from 2019. Our strategic priorities The signing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and the 2016 Paris … in the LDCs to promote climate diplomacy, climate action planning and capacity and resilience building. We also worked across our programmes to support effective …
Page, 29 July 2022
This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
Article, 27 February 2019
A washed-out road near Lake Bisina in Uganda. Uganda is experiencing significant impacts of climate change such as increased frequency of extreme weather events like floods (Photo: James Anderson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Assessing adaptation and development progress
Insight, 06 July 2018