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Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
… applauded Fiji for its inspiring presidency at this year's UN climate talks. The tiny Pacific Island led with big ambition, sealing … putting Paris into practice: a stepping stone to 2018 December 2018 is the deadline for finalising the Paris "rulebook" – the rules and … are left struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change. However, the urgent need for action did not translate into a …
Insight, 21 November 2017
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 … Conducting intersectional analysis of benefits and vulnerability is useful for helping to achieve equitable outcomes. Support holistic …
Insight, 07 September 2021
Man cutting a cacao fruit from the tree
Promoting producer agency in food systems – might new global guidelines offer any hope?
… squeezed in markets and sidelined policy spaces . Increasingly, there is recognition that to improve the sustainability and nutrition of our … at the local and national levels, they can be a powerful tool for change. For example, the 2012 Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible … hold the potential to resolve key food systems challenges amid the climate emergency and help advance sustainable food systems worldwide …
Insight, 10 December 2020
Woman hanging laundry
What women want – part one
… and wheels and wages. The fifth – ‘we can map vulnerability to climate change’ – is discussed in the next blog in this series . It seems a long time ago …
Insight, 18 May 2021
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… actors must keep up with a fast-moving world. Trends in migration, climate change, urbanisation, population growth, investment, technology and … has helped national wildlife numbers grow six-fold . More funding is always welcome but, to make a dent in the ecological damage, …
Insight, 28 June 2018
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Haramata 55: Bulletin of the drylands
… In this, the last issue of Haramata, we focus on adaptation to climate change with articles on a range of projects and initiatives from across East and West Africa to support local communities to understand climate change and plan for it. The …
Publication, 01 May 2010
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
… free of charge: to find out more, please contact us . Here is our top 10 for 2017: Delivering real change: getting international climate finance to the local level With the rapid ratification of the …
Article, 28 December 2017
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Editorial: Community-based adaptation to climate change (PLA 60)
… The focus of this special issue is community-based adaptation to climate change. Community-based adaptation brings together those working in the … Editorial: Community-based adaptation to climate change (PLA 60) …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… social impacts and human wellbeing Issue paper Equity – or fairness – is increasingly recognised as a crucial issue for conservation, yet it … 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 …
Article, 21 December 2018
Woman puts greens on a plate
UN Food Systems Summit: it’s time to listen to civil society’s concerns
… The world is falling well short of meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2 (to end … policies and practice to transform our food systems   With climate chaos looming and biodiversity shrinking, we must make radical … for food systems – a kind of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but on food.  Who will participate? We fear it would be …
Insight, 22 June 2021