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Two forest farmers from Ghana, including the head of a local community forest group, alongside some cocoa beans (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Integrating forests into the post-2015 development framework
… managing trees. Yet there was limited achievement towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7 on environmental sustainability, which led to a high level of uncertainty about how natural resource and climate change issues would be incorporated into the post-2015 development … Integrating forests into the post-2015 development framework …
Project, 21 May 2014
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… links to related blogs and project pages. 1 Biodiversity loss is a development issue. A rapid review of the evidence Issue paper From genes … goods and services (and are already bearing the brunt of climate change). So why does the development community often ignore biodiversity …
Article, 23 December 2019
Isiolo County, Kenya: dryland areas make up more than 80 per cent of Kenya's land and are home to some four million pastoralists (Photo: James Patison/IIED)
A new approach to climate resilient drylands agriculture
… the publication, entitled 'Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate-resilient drylands development' . A product of research from drylands counties, drawing … the environment." Many dryland people know how to live with climate change and work with variable rainfall. They recognise variability as an …
News, 27 April 2015
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
Insight, 09 March 2015
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Community consultation for long-term climate-resilient housing in Vietnamese cities: a comparative case study between Hue and Da Nang
… Climate change and housing are closely linked in Vietnam’s cities. The impact of … is still mainly seen as a single recovery action, separate from the development of local housing and achieving long-term housing resilience. … cities most vulnerable to climate change – this research examines key issues of climate-resilient housing (CRH) in post-disaster housing …
Publication, 01 October 2013
A man stands in front of a group of seated people outside answering questions
Partnerships and collaboration for a more responsible minerals sector
Article, 04 May 2021
A community workshop. Social learning processes were a key element of a successful 10-year collaboration between the International Potato Centre (CIP) and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Andes (Photo: IIED)
It's the process, stupid 
… As climate change escalates and its impacts deepen, resources to support poor … around common problems. They can strengthen relationships between key stakeholders, enabling a quick response to changing evidence or … learning approaches can help solve complex challenges and improve development outcomes are highly encouraging.   At the same time, we have …
Insight, 16 March 2017
In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… framework to eradicate poverty and move towards truly sustainable development. While it mentioned dozens of development issues crucial to … gender inequalities is therefore essential to promote transformative change. Concrete indicators on bringing gender budgeting into energy … depends on environmental sustainability Without tackling dangerous climate change, it will not be possible to eradicate poverty and ensure …
Insight, 25 March 2014
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… pathways' – unique ways of working that help IIED to deliver lasting change. Our  annual report for 2017/18  looks at how IIED uses these … IIED's multi-stakeholder dialogues connect marginalised people with key decision makers. Our expert facilitation delivers co-created and … Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in international negotiations on climate change . LDCs have most at stake, but are least able to cope …
Page, 24 October 2018
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… a crucial ingredient for SDG success The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development calls for follow-up and review processes that examine … first in a collection of briefings by EVALSDGs and IIED . Unlocking climate finance for decentralised energy access Achieving energy access … migration . The Urban Matters blog focuses on urban poverty, climate change in cities and rural-urban linkages. Informality and inclusive …
Article, 02 January 2017