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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaking the World Economic Forum in 2017 (Photo: Jakob Polacsek/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: getting indigenous women's voices heard on the SDGs
Article, 15 May 2018
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Remembering Nigel Cross and Brian Walker, leading lights of IIED
… Hugo Slim to lead an oral history project called ‘ Listening for a change ’. He recognised clearly that too many development experts seem … demanding programme of work and collaboration. In 2001, he identified climate change as a critical issue and encouraged climate change expert … fall of Pol Pot. Also the founder director of Earthwatch Europe , he is survived by his children Peter, Clare, Dorcas, Gráinne, Siobhan and …
Insight, 16 October 2019
Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
Insight, 10 December 2015
The closing plenary of the COP24 climate talks (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Reflections on Katowice – where does the Paris Agreement stand now?
… The UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland (COP24) were always going to be tough, … Agreement on the Paris ‘rulebook’, albeit with significant gaps, is a major achievement, and was not guaranteed going in to COP24, or … COP24 to unequivocally welcome the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s authoritative and comprehensive report on the implications of …
Insight, 20 December 2018
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The spice of life: the fundamental role of diversity on the farm and on the plate
… The world is witnessing major shifts in dietary patterns and – in parallel – the … nutrition. It also undermines the ability of agriculture to adapt to climate change. This synthesis paper discusses why agricultural biodiversity and …
Publication, 01 May 2018
The Maasai believe that community-managed slaughterhouses can help fight climate change. Here, effluent is stored in ponds (Photo: Hannah Reid/IIED)
Slaughterhouse five
Insight, 29 April 2015
A girl in Pakistan collects rainwater for washing (Photo: Fawad Khan)
Recognising the concerns of women and girls can improve the effectiveness of climate change adaptation
… There has been much discussion on how to assess whether climate change adaptation is effective. IIED has been carrying out research with partners to try … Climate change … the concerns of women and girls can improve the effectiveness of climate change adaptation …
Insight, 14 January 2015
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… applied in various contexts was also highlighted. It brought together climate scientists, adaptation practitioners, policymakers, and private … and IIED work. Related reading: Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation  | Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: … International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples INMIP), which is led by Asociacion ANDES with support from IIED, were shared, in …
Event, 01 September 2016
A word cloud with words relevant to monitoring, evaluation and learning (Image: IIED)
Monitoring and evaluation, and impact evaluation methods
… set of skills and tools enables us to investigate transformational change in local-to-global systems. We are also considered a hub for … (TAMD) Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD) is a conceptual framework that can be used by countries to evaluate how far, and how well, climate risks are managed at international, national and sub-national …
Article, 01 March 2017
In 1992 the United Nations called Mexico City "the most polluted city on the planet". City authorities took radical steps to cut pollution, but Mexico City still has smog and is increasingly vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Fidel Gonzalez, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Should cities invest in climate mitigation?
… Climate-smart cities could save USD $17-22 trillion by 2050 – over a … measures will not be enough to avoid dangerous levels of climate change. To achieve sustainable and inclusive urban development, … equivalent to the European Union's carbon footprint in 2013. What is the economic case for urban action? These measures would collectively …
Insight, 21 September 2015