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Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… in Mozambique. If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question? February: The growing number of people living in … than it is indeed time to change the way we think about food. Will climate change render the SDGs impossible? June: The 5th Assessment … biggest development challenges facing Africa today. How do we measure adaptation? March: As funding to support adaptation to climate change …
Article, 22 December 2015
An illustration showing connections between IIED's focus on 'partnerships for change', 'research excellence' and 'continual learning'
IIED is on the move
… and forge new relationships. Recognising a desire by many to change the balance between travelling to work and working from home … our staff in their ability to deliver high quality research and policy change. IIED will leave its Gray's Inn Road office in London in … based in Scotland. Rooting IIED firmly in the Scottish ambition on climate and nature and well placed for the next climate COP, Edinburgh …
Insight, 20 November 2020
More than 80 representatives of slum-dwellers federations attended the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Photo: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: the World Urban Forum brought together governments and grassroots – what next?
… governments to account, there is a better opportunity for meaningful change to take place. At the end of the World Urban Forum, the … for Housing Rights (ACHR) , the Huairou Commission – could access climate finance to support adaptation in informal settlements. This could be transformational . …
Article, 14 February 2018
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
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… 1. Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe This report says Zimbabwe's climate change … in urban areas. It warns that climate change will only make this policy gap worse, because climate change impacts will affect not only …
Article, 27 December 2013
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
… Within the village, women – often hardest hit by the impacts of climate change – were allocated land for rearing animals and growing crops. … the families' resilience – their capacity to manage the impacts of climate change, and how far their livelihoods had improved through the … Climate change … Policy and planning …
Article, 25 May 2016
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Cost and Values Analysis of TAMD in Cambodia
… The Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework enables public authorities to assess climate risk management processes and contributions from adaptation/climate resilient development policy. In Cambodia, TAMD is used to guide the climate M&E framework in …
Publication, 01 March 2015
Image of Namibian drylands with a stone hill rising in the background.
3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit
… long-term adaptive capacity, more diverse economic activities, and climate-resilient growth. "Decentralised energy supplies, new approaches … and can mask the unsustainable aspects of growth. "We need to change the way we measure progress and address the market failures that … the environment and development, IIED has identified three clear policy shifts that are realistic, achievable and effective ways to …
News, 22 May 2012
A group of women use a ladder to climb up to an imposing well to collect water in a desert-like landscape
Integrating gender and intersectionality in social protection programmes
… services. Multidimensional vulnerabilities Multiple risks including climate change, natural disasters, food insecurity, conflict and pandemics − as … gendered and intersectional social protection, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at the local level. For poor …
Insight, 07 September 2021
Sudanese Women selling charcaol. Rita Willaert/ Flickr (Creative Commons)
REDD+: 3 things to consider so men and women share the benefits
… an international agreement to limit forest loss, which contributes to climate change. The mechanism, called REDD+, would see industrialised nations … to go before women have freedom to participate in and influence this policy arena. This is even true in nations with laws that aim to … Climate change …
Insight, 18 December 2013