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Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… forest and farm producer organisation (FFPO) businesses that ensure climate resilient landscapes Research report Forest business incubation … that direct, conditional incentives are the most effective way to change behaviour. However, contextual disadvantages affect the capacity … and of urban actors facing humanitarian crises. 10 Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal …
Article, 21 December 2018
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
… that. The key is that evidence is used, that it influences positive change. That's what IIED's research evidence is all about, supporting … and information processed through knowledge and experience, including local knowledge and collective experiences Address local issues and seek … context? SD: Absolutely. We don't know what is going to happen with climate change: how fast it will happen or what the impacts will be. So …
Article, 14 March 2017
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… changes to how they live and farm in order to adapt to a changing climate. They have innovated to survive, changing the ways they support … and their external partners, so they are protected and saved for adaptation in the future.  Successful initiatives, such as those in … and science bring to the partnership, and to continue to adapt and change with the times. More details Smallholder Innovation for …
Insight, 07 October 2014
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… We strengthen local organisations and institutions by identifying policies, … the science of non-equilibrium ecology to adapt to the impacts of climate change in fragile agro-ecosystems. In Peru, work was carried out to link …
Project, 14 August 2013
UN talks must resolve key issues to ensure fair and sustainable use of biodiversity
… do not want to recognise the customary rights of indigenous and local communities over genetic resources, despite their recognition … because they provide options that will enable people to adapt to climate change – by switching to flood- or drought-resistant crop varieties, for …
News, 13 July 2010
Many crops today are grown in monocultures like this soybean field (Photo: via Pixabay)
We need to safeguard biodiversity and promote diverse diets
… It also undermines the ability of agriculture to adapt to climate change, because many local crop varieties and animal breeds are more resilient than the …
Insight, 22 May 2018
Bolivian family farming organisations show a poster about their award-winning coffee business development activity at the World Rural Forum in Bilbao, Spain (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Modern food systems to emerge in new decade of family farming
… helping these men and women farmers to adapt to, and mitigate, climate change – a modern solution to problems cause by an outdated industrial … implementing agents of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and local climate action. How family farming organisations might help …
Insight, 04 April 2019
A road full of congested traffic.
IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)
… Reduction & Resilience; Lucy Earle, IIED Urbanisation intersects with climate change, natural disasters, conflict and displacement – and is a critical … processes and innovative slum upgrading projects to reframe the local, national, and global urban development conversation. Inclusive …
Event, 08 February 2020
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… areas we focus on in the next strategic period. IIED believes that change is more likely to happen when policies are informed by … and politicians, and the persistence of a pro-market ideology. Climate change. All nations now recognise the need to adapt to climate … local government in Nepal with the funds to tackle climate change adaptation , to India’s biometric database designed to implement a …
Insight, 07 June 2013
The Nebbou area, between Ouagadougou and Leo, a dry reservoir used for the manufacture of handmade bricks in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR))
Archive of completed drylands and pastoralist projects
… This video exploring the impact of climate change on pastoralists living in the drylands is one of many videos IIED … stresses in the area, including pilot climate mitigation and adaptation planning processes, pilot investments in municipalities, and … Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity …
Article, 17 December 2012