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A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
News, 22 January 2013
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Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
… dramatically increase spending levels on the twin challenges of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. Rory Stewart said : “I’d like to … on these issues. Action on the climate crisis IIED's head of climate change, Clare Shakya, gave evidence at the parliamentary inquiry into UK … to both mitigation (through carbon storage and sequestration) and adaptation (by enhancing resilience and adaptive capacity  of productive …
Insight, 31 May 2019
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Independent Research Forum (IRF): supporting change for a sustainable future
… response both to the 2008 financial crisis and the environmental and climate challenges – required not just an ambitious vision, but also a … were keen to engage sustainable development think tanks and research institutions in developing a new global agenda to replace the Millennium … work, with for example IIED focusing on links with work on climate change, as well as  evaluation , and SEI focusing on  interlinkages …
Project, 14 December 2018
Song, dancing & tomatoes were on the agenda when a CBA9 field trip was hosted by the Likia Conservancy Self-Help Group, which showed participants its fish farming and beehives (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA9 highlights – pre-conference field trips
News, 26 April 2015
Climate refugees of the future
… erosion. Erosion is nothing unusual in Bangladesh. But the threat of climate change has made the country much more vulnerable. Now Jalil, once a … has even said international migration is one of the country's major adaptation strategies.In December 2008 member states of the UN Climate … Climate change …
Insight, 30 April 2009
Pastoralists are 'invisible assets' in fight against poverty and climate change
… that pastoralists bring to national economies and efforts to confront climate change, says the International Institute for Environment and Development … livelihood systems to cope with difficult environments, global climate change is raising new challenges for them. "Action at local, … Pastoralists are 'invisible assets' in fight against poverty and climate change …
News, 18 June 2009
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
Insight, 24 August 2016
A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.
Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice
Article, 11 December 2020
More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
… their spiritual heritage and cultural identities, for food security, climate change adaptation and local economic development.  Mountain indigenous peoples … Climate change …
News, 28 June 2017
Saleemul Huq called COP not fit-for-purpose during his opening speech on the second day of D&C Days (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local voice must take pride of place: D&C calls for 'inside-out COP'
… Drawing on learnings from this year's Development & Climate Days (D&C Days), focusing on the crucial role of local actors in delivering adaptation promises of the Paris deal, IIED's Saleemul Huq has called … but with the practitioners implementing action on climate change on the ground.  "Reflecting on discussions at this year's D&C …
News, 13 November 2016