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A hippo emerges from the Zambezi near the Mana Pools Wildlife Conservation Area in northern Zimbabwe (Photo: Terry Feuerborn, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Biodiversity stories: building understanding in the media leads to richer reporting
Article, 21 March 2016
Cover for G02816.pdf
Participatory rice variety selection in Sri Lanka (PLA 60)
… The southern coastal region of Sri Lanka is a major paddy (rice) producing area. Communities here have been … the resilience of communities to cope with the impacts of increased climate variability in their localities. It demonstrates the importance … of biodiversity for community-based adaptation (CBA). As climate change pressures mount, it will be crucial to ensure that agricultural …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Balanced diet includes local and imported food, say IIED, Oxfam
… Western consumer concern over climate change can do more harm than good if it cuts demand for food produced in … buying imported produce from developing nations in the belief this is a positive choice for sustainable development. "Climate change will … Balanced diet includes local and imported food, say IIED, Oxfam …
News, 03 December 2009
Men in Cote d'Ivoire listen to a radio.
Three things that stop development organisations being agents of change
… give farmers quick answers to their pressing questions. The dialogue is fast, so demand for information about best practices grows. While distinct, this chimes with the “triple loop” approach to climate change communication and social learning that we — IDS , IIED and … Three things that stop development organisations being agents of change …
Insight, 23 November 2012
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… The Urban Climate Change Research Network organised the event in collaboration with the … Bangladesh, located at the northern tip of the Bay of Bengal, is one of the world’s most at-risk countries for severe coastal storms. … on the project gather data from 20 research stations in different local communities across the country, located in different ecosystems. …
News, 22 January 2013
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… we hope Habitat III will have more influence?   One possible reason is the timing. The new global goal framework of the Sustainable … Goals (SDGs)  and the breakthrough global legal treaty on combating climate change – the Paris Agreement  in 2015 have set the stage for a 'new …
Insight, 13 May 2016
Garment workers in Bangladesh - increasing automation threatens low-cost manufacturing jobs in developing countries (Photo: NYU Stern BHR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development
… to pass without new additions to the literature on technological change and its implications for what we humans are going to be doing for … at the implications for poorer people in poorer countries , much is uncertain. The demand for human labour is clearly not going to … the absence of global progress on the great global challenges such as climate change, there are many ways in which putting human effort to …
Insight, 17 August 2017
An excerpt from the 'Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development' book (Image: IIED)
Reviving knowledge in India's rainfed farming and livestock systems
… Nehru University (JNU) .  ' Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development ', published by the International … that improved agricultural productivity in rainfed environments is possible by working with climatic uncertainty rather than seeking to … people who undertake rainfed farming know how to live with climate change and work with variable rainfall. They recognise variability as an …
News, 20 August 2015
More than 300,000 marched in New York to call for action on climate change (Photo: John Minchillo)
People power applies climate pressure
… and young, from all corners of the world, we called for action on climate change. Two dozen sat silent in Central Park in yoga poses, willing us … Amina Mohamed and Mary Robinson joined in the carnival atmosphere. It is some years since I have been in such a big crowd. I had forgotten the … Climate change …
Insight, 23 September 2014
The Up in Smoke coalition is a unique and diverse network of development and environment organisations
Up in Smoke
… Until 2000 climate change was largely seen as an environmental issue. Climate scientists … are extremely varied. Even without global warming, extreme weather is common. This report confirms that temperature and rainfall patterns … Climate change …
Project, 21 August 2008