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… – and not just money. 3 Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action April: Starting in the US in late 2017, the #MeToo … secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, called on women and girls to channel the energy of the #MeToo … complicated for us? May: Informal settlements in urban areas are now home to up to one billion people. There is often very little data …
Article, 27 December 2018
Participants at the CGIAR Climate Social Learning evidence gathering workshop, including IIED director of communications Liz Carlile (standing) (Photo: CCAFS)
Which factors are key for successful social learning?
… unified way. Through building this framework and finding appropriate climate change-related case studies to evaluate, we, the Climate Change and … social learning processes, and the project participants all went home with ideas on how this could be done, based on the key indicators … Climate change …
Insight, 14 July 2014
A riverbank settlement in Indonesia illustrates the vulnerability of residents to both flooding and pollution (Photo: Isabelle Lemaire/IIED)
Comparing approaches to riverbank vulnerability in Indonesia
… be empowered to do a lot more. Incentivising local government action Climate change is a very pressing issue, and the impacts are becoming … new form of engagement, is very significant to bringing about larger change that requires people to feel trust and take a leap of faith. A … Climate change …
Insight, 08 January 2016
‘Act on nature’, demand hundreds of organisations, in unprecedented call to world leaders
… danger.  In a distinct indication of growing concern and momentum for change, global organisations representing interests far beyond … children and youth; while at the same time essential to tackling the climate crisis. Sustainable use of natural resources means building … Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), said: “COVID-19 has hammered home the fundamental interconnectedness of human, planetary and animal …
News, 18 September 2020
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Governance, migration and local development
… the amount of money remitted by migrants to their families at home exceeds official development assistance flows. But it can also … home. There are predictions that by 2050, the constraints imposed by climate change in rural areas could result in up to 200 million "environmental …
Publication, 01 April 2010
REDD: Protecting climate, forests and livelihoods
… the livelihoods of forest-dependent people, it is a major driver of climate change and accounts for roughly a fifth of global greenhouse gas … reefs, the richest ecosystems on Earth. Worldwide, forests are also home — or a treasurehouse of resources — to some 70 million people, … REDD: Protecting climate, forests and livelihoods …
Article, 14 May 2009
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Forest Governance Learning Group - Cameroon: 2011 work plan
Publication, 01 July 2011
A busy side street in the settlement of Dharavi
Invisiblising cities: the obsession with national statistics and international comparisons
… so many people, buildings and enterprises still go uncounted. Home and workplace risks:  For some home and workplace risks, data can … urban populations. Data to measure progress on the Paris Agreement on climate change also operates at this national level. Implementing international …
Insight, 25 February 2020
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Urban Livelihoods
… groups span street vendors, waste pickers, fisherwomen, and home-based workers.~ ~Geographically, the papers examine India … as WIEGO particularly works to mobilize female workers.~ ~Papers on climate change in cities address adaptation at two different levels: …
Publication, 01 October 2016
Women selling spices in the street
Getting attention to a much-neglected health agenda: occupational health and safety
… to thriving: learning from responses to the health effects of climate change in informal workers and informal settlements of Zimbabwe'. It explores the intersection of climate-related, environmental and occupational health risks facing …
Insight, 27 April 2021