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Gender and urban change
… April 2013 issue of Environment and Urbanization, on Gender and Urban Change. It includes papers on: where and when urban women enjoy … key issues covered is open-access. This issue also has two papers on climate change, which are a detailed benefit-cost analysis applied to … and the different responses of low-income tenants and squatters to adaptation in Khulna. Other papers include: the limitations in the …
Publication, 01 April 2013
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… goods and services (and are already bearing the brunt of climate change). So why does the development community often ignore biodiversity … to tackle dangerous declines in biodiversity. 2 Is ecosystem-based adaptation effective? Perceptions and lessons learned from 13 project …
Article, 23 December 2019
The opening of the UN climate change talks in Bonn in June. The negotiators meet in Bonn again this week (Photo: UNClimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate negotiations: the last stop before Paris
… UN climate negotiators gather this week in Bonn for another five days of … negotiations ahead of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Paris (COP21). The Bonn negotiating session is … from their previous commitments and rapid progression.  The adaptation section only covers planning, and does not also guarantee …
Insight, 19 October 2015
Political leaders, experts and civil society representatives from the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)
What do the Least Developed Countries want from COP21?
… world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the outcome of the Paris climate talks (COP21) is crucial. Ahead of COP21 in Paris, IIED's LDC … plans ahead of the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties in Paris (COP21), detailing … carbon economy by 2025, highlighting plans for industrial development based on renewable sources of energy. The Minister for Environment, …
News, 25 November 2015
The rich agro-biodiversity of the Eastern Himalayas (Photo: Nawraj Gurung)
Unmissable opportunity to build food security and reduce GHGs at Paris COP
… and the rest from processing, transport, packaging and land use change to agriculture . Climate change is already having a negative impact on agricultural … INDCs are country level voluntary offers for emissions reduction and adaptation and must be submitted to the UNFCCC by end of March 2015. For … Climate change …
News, 12 February 2015
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… The Urban Climate Change Research Network organised the event in collaboration with the … "preparedness committees", chains of communication, and a National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to minimize the country’s exposure … Climate change …
News, 22 January 2013
A herbalist shares information on medicinal and food plants growing in Kaya Kinondo Sacred Coastal Forest in Kenya
Smallholder innovation for resilience (SIFOR)
… Climate change has a significant impact on poor farmers and indigenous people in … and other pressures. Despite their critical importance for adaptation, very little has been invested to sustain these areas of … to strengthen local innovation systems and rights, including community seed banks and registers, novel biocultural products, …
Project, 16 August 2013
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)
Addressing risks facing informal workers
… or infrastructure, making residents and workers more vulnerable to climate change impacts such as extreme heat, storms or flooding. What did IIED … health and safety within the informal economy. This was followed by community-based and participatory action research to assess informal … Climate change …
Project, 01 October 2018
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Community maps reveal rich resources of land policymakers think is empty
… to an "A-Z of London". Ced Hesse, principal researcher in IIED’s climate change group, presented the project at the 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change this week in Bangladesh. He explained that … Climate change … Community maps reveal rich resources of land policymakers think is empty …
Insight, 25 April 2013
Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… has been replaced by a challenging new agenda ; global action on climate change has high ambitions set by the Paris Agreement , while the impacts … the ecosystems of development – Mariteuw Chimère Diaw, Cameroon Adaptation is dancing to somebody else's music. Innovation is composing … What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change? …
Insight, 26 January 2016