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women distributing counting eggs
New narratives for a 'new normal'
… and advising their peers on reducing impacts of disaster and climate change. What’s more, such exchanges have attracted the attention of … cooperatives used their savings to buy food for distribution.  In Nepal, women’s cooperatives coordinated with local governments and …
Insight, 22 July 2020
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
Cover for G02827.pdf
Tips for Trainers : Communications maps - a participatory tool to understand communications patterns and relationships
… Alam, Rachel Berger, Terry Cannon and Angela Milligan. Keywords: CBA, climate change, adaptation, participation, DRR, disaster risk reduction, training. To …
Publication, 01 December 2009
People putting up solar panels
Inclusive finance for universal energy access
… into detailed number-crunching. Our analysis of international, public climate finance for the first time put concrete numbers on the large … 2019 . This issue was discussed in the second episode of IIED's Make Change Happen podcast in November 2019.  There is also the significant … in Bangladesh and Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC)  in Nepal, both government initiatives, have enabled energy access for some …
Article, 13 November 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 … findings and lessons from research carried out in cities in Cambodia, Nepal and Bangladesh, on how the urban poor define and measure food …
Event, 08 February 2020
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change is closely intertwined with the articulation between production …   Raising the profile of Gender and Generation: The role of the Climate Change Media Partnership : this paper details the initiatives … are taken into account in the development of policies and plans for adaptation to climate change in Nepal and investigates the opportunities …
Project, 26 April 2011
Reforestation program in Guatemala (Photo: Enrique Varahona)
Forest and Farm Facility Phase I
… ecological know-how (to restore landscapes and adapt to and mitigate climate change); and social organisation (to maintain and enhance cultural … countries: Bolivia, Gambia, Guatemala, Kenya, Liberia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Vietnam and Zambia. After a competitive call, Phase II …
Project, 29 May 2014
Local voice, global forest, local forest, global voice
… a vital component in any realistic strategy going forward to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. So who is this group and where has it come from? Global …
Insight, 17 January 2011
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
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 … in female-headed households than those headed by males. A study in Nepal found that when women had greater autonomy in production and …
Insight, 22 May 2018