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A man and woman standing in a field
Difficult choices: balancing competing priorities on Burkina Faso farms
… Bolontou This outlook is not unusual, particularly in a context of climate uncertainty and change, and has led to rapid population growth in towns and cities in … soil, or they could collect up all crop residues to feed livestock at home, leaving the soil exposed to the elements and removing nutrients.  …
Article, 26 April 2020
Informal settlements in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The World Bank estimates that some 29 million Indonesians live in urban areas with poor access to basic services (Photo: Axel Drainville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban risks: where are the top five biggest blind spots?
… needed upgrading programmes and effective disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Little local health data We get some sense of the … consider 'everyday' risks, risks from small and large disasters, and climate change using the same metrics – their contribution to premature …
Insight, 18 April 2017
Sub Saharan African woman drying fish. Photo: Patrick Dugan via WorldFish on Flickr
The missing 't'
… Seeking an easy way to prepare fish at home, many families in the developed world turn to fish fillets. … and shocks such as food shortages and reduced adaptive capacity to climate change. Source: Data extracted from World Resource Institute database; …
Insight, 13 July 2010
Collecting water from a solar-based purification system supplied by CAFOD. Chila Union, Mongla District, Bangladesh. Photo: Photo: Paula Nyunt / CAFOD
CAFOD/IIED show context is key to sustainable energy for all
… the challenge of powering the world while preventing dangerous climate change, with goals on doubling energy efficiency and renewable energy … on the ground.   Sarah Wykes is lead analyst on environment and climate change for Cafod; Ben Garside is a researcher for the …
Insight, 16 September 2013
A woman walks along a bamboo walkway in Iloilo, Philippines.
Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk
… despite a rise in extreme weather events and the threats posed by climate change, urbanization does not have to lead to an increase in risk. Where … your resilience to disasters and avoid unnecessary disruption in the home and the workplace." Report author, Dr Cassidy Johnson, of …
News, 04 September 2012
A rubber boat carrying around 50 refugees arrives from Bodrum, Turkey to the Greek island of Kos (Photo: Christopher Jahn/IFRC, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
In this war of words, no one is the victor
… highest levels of population displacement – an issue which will not change without a serious concerted effort from the global community.  … their discussions next week.  Furthermore, the relationship between climate change and mass movements of people is rarely simple. Environmental …
Insight, 04 September 2015
The logo of PAGE and information about the conference on 27-28 March 2017
IIED at ministerial green economy conference
… of the German Development Institute Green investment: starts at home? - Finance, fiscal policy and leveraging domestic resources Date: … by Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary of Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment, also examined how to achieve efficient and … La Camera, director general for Sustainable Development, Energy and Climate at the Ministry of Environment of Italy and Mao Amis, founding …
Event, 27 March 2017
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
Insight, 05 April 2016
Renewable energy has a place to play in providing energy access to small farms (Photo via Google reuse rights))
Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate
… poor households, from gravity-powered lights , to pay-as-you-go solar home systems and wind turbines that seem to make water from thin air . … mechanisation — not an ideal combination for today's rapidly changing climate and tired soils. Low-income farmers already struggle to pay for … if we want to achieve the broader goals of food security, climate change mitigation and improved livelihoods for all. Rebecca Trevalyan is …
Insight, 29 April 2014
Syria refugees in Lebanon learn how to make fishing nets, a skill which will help them find work along the northern coast (Photo: DFID, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why urbanisation matters in responding to humanitarian crises
… refugee camps – the camp at Zaatari in northern Jordan that is home to more than 80,000 people is estimated to cost the international … head of IIED's Human Settlements Group and team leader for cities and climate change.  Note: this blog was informed by discussions at a workshop …
Insight, 15 September 2015