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Working with local journalists: a mutually beneficial partnership
Insight, 16 December 2011
People sit on chairs two metres apart while listening to a man at a lectern
COVID-19: IIED in the media
… The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme event; the current global health crisis will have … a new IIED report shows they have an opportunity to tackle debt, climate and biodiversity loss together. Large-scale debt swaps would … after the pandemic. 15 May 2020 | Mail Online – As plans on how to change the way we work and live once the COVID-19 lockdown is lifted, …
Article, 14 April 2020
Housing in informal settlement.
Getting housing back onto the development agenda in the time of COVID-19
… high risk of eviction. But for hundreds of millions of people, this is the only affordable option. Low-income workers and service providers … the scale and scope of upgrading. Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation can be integrated into the upgrading; there is so much …
Insight, 02 October 2020
Local villagers receive wildlife training in the Mbarang'andu Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania, which incorporates seven villages. (Photo: WWF/USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Communities, livelihoods and sustainable wildlife management
… an inclusive and equitable approach to wildlife management, where local communities are central to decision-making processes.  In addition … that achieving a balance between sustainable use and conservation is essential for securing livelihoods and protecting biodiversity. In … Booth, S Mahoney, C Buyanaa (2017), Journal article in Unasylva 249  Climate-smart people-centred conservation: a new framework for …
Article, 14 November 2018
Protestors march during UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen.
People power critical for tackling climate change
Insight, 26 November 2012
Cover for 16046IIED.pdf
Equity and the energy trilemma: delivering sustainable energy access in low income communities
… The issue of energy access for the poor is gaining momentum globally. This collection of papers by early-career … energy poverty from the two other elements of the trilemma – climate change and energy security. …
Publication, 01 June 2015
Car driving through a heavily flooded road.
Urban flooding: the case of Karachi
Insight, 27 October 2020
Delegates at CBA8 in Nepal travel to Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District to see the effects of climate change as part of the pre-conference fields trips (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Crowd-sourcing ideas to help community-based adaptation finance reach the most vulnerable
Insight, 01 May 2014
Women cross a river
Time to move unseen foresters into the limelight
… SFM can deliver more for IPLCs, to find greater scale and success, is long overdue. More collective power to build agency and prosperity is … to IPLCs continues.   The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Paris climate agreement, and New York Declaration on Forests suggest change is needed for a cleaner, fairer future. The calls to ‘build back …
Insight, 14 July 2020
Health: an issue that needs to be prioritised in climate change adaptation
Insight, 01 April 2011