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Mobile phones being sold in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Access to information and new technologies will be key to help delivering transformational change to the world's poorest countries (Photo: ConDev Center, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Painting a new picture of development
… with international agreement on the SDGs and the Paris Agreement on climate change, could help deliver real transformation. Opening the dialogue, … fuel and industry lobbyists to kill off international action on climate change. Paris and the SDGs provide an opportunity to create …
News, 17 June 2016
A fisherman looks at his latest huge catch of fish caught in nets
It is time to control fishing on the high seas to protect the life of the ocean and coastal people who depend on it
… Between mineral exploitation, pollution, climate change and overfishing, ocean life and the coastal communities in … Although they make up about half of the Earth’s surface and are home to 95% of all life (PDF), they remain largely beyond the law. But …
Insight, 08 June 2019
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… was my supervisor when I worked as a senior regional advisor for climate change and development with Ireland DFAT, and what stood out for me was … taking their kids to better schools, supporting their families at home, buying solar panels and furniture for their mud hut houses," …
Article, 15 June 2020
South Africans celebrate 'Vuvuzela Day': the World Forestry Congress in Durban will discuss critical forestry issues (Photo: Dundas Football Club, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Time to dust off the vuvuzelas
… the area of their humid African forest counterparts. They are also home to much larger rural populations – driving deforestation at higher … Amazon in 2010. That’s a big deal in terms of contributions to climate change. Put another way, anybody expecting to solve the world's climate …
Insight, 04 September 2015
Hội An, Vietnam: in many towns in the developing world, street vendors constitute a significant share of total employment in the informal economy (Photo: Khánh Hmoong, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green economy must work for street vendors as well as Wall Street
… The landmark Paris climate summit agreement that aims to move countries towards a low … groups within the informal economy play an important role in climate change mitigation. In India, street traders and home-based workers – representing 11 per cent and 18 per cent …
News, 24 February 2016
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Heat stress and adaptive capacity of low-income outdoor workers and their families in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam
… and coping mechanisms to deal with heat stress is also limited. At home, they employ coping rather than adaptive measures. The legislative … Climate change …
Publication, 01 October 2013
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… right, but also essential in order to deliver genuinely sustainable change. Hawley's blog reviewed 'Why women will save the planet ', a new … na mwenye mwana" (You have to be part of the dance). The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend? June: The Green Climate Fund is intended to be main multilateral financing mechanism to …
Article, 28 December 2016
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IIED's best of 2020: videos
… European Capacity Building Initiative (ECBI) , which supports junior climate negotiators from least developed countries (LDCs) to develop … ensuring different voices are heard more prominently, such as Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and Rwandan youth leader Ineza Umuhoza … what’s being said. 6 How the poorest countries are taking on climate change [VIDEO::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36SB3UaY5N8] “We know …
Insight, 30 December 2020
A view of Shanghai's tall buildings
Cities’ development trajectories
… previous blogs in this series  focused on what drives or shapes urban change within nations. This blog looks at what drives cities’ … list of cities showing where regular supplies of water piped into the home are needed has much more potential to generate action than … the 100 cities, tourism generates significant employment, so a good climate and a rich cultural history are valuable assets.  Although …
Insight, 16 June 2020
The flag of the United Nations raised above the headquarters of the Habitat III Conference, held in Quito in Ecuador (Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador)
Sustainable cities: the nexus between resilience and resource efficiency
… residents are exposed to floods, sea-level rise and storm surges. Climate change will exacerbate these risks.  When resilience and resource … opportunity Cities are strategically positioned to be leaders of change. As hubs of people and economic activity, they foster innovation …
Insight, 05 May 2017