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Langrug informal settlement, South Africa, May 2014 (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Introduction to urban poverty
… The scale and depth of poverty is underestimated by most governments and international agencies, and … at high risk of disasters and with risk levels increasing because of climate change. Most definitions and measurements of poverty take none of the …
Project, 09 September 2014
Village councils or panchayats have not been involved in India's approach to the SDGs so far (Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific)
Are citizens being left behind by India's approach to the SDGs?
… has done in the first year, what it has not done, and where there is room for improvement. India's growing economy gives it the potential … from NITI Aayog, the Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Ministry of Urban Development, civil society organisations …
Insight, 26 September 2016
Leaders of the Southern Aberdare Conservation Network (SACN) discussing support from the Forest and Farm Facility (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
Insight, 11 November 2014
Beyond buzzwords: making adaptation a development norm
… Day 1 of IIED’s Development and Climate Days: Land, Water and Forests For Nobel prizewinner and Kenyan … Development and Climate Days. The event, now in its eighth year, is the institute’s reminder to the COP that climate is a development … world’s most impoverished nations are also most vulnerable to climate change. And, despite the triple whammy of poverty, lack of capacity and …
Insight, 12 December 2009
Caspian Energy Initiative
… was seeking to develop a process and activities ‘beyond EITI’, while local stakeholders sought to focus on revenue distribution. Dialogue 4: … as supporting energy security, the project also aimed to feed into UK climate change objectives by opening dialogue on energy efficiency and low …
Project, 11 November 2011
A man walks with his roaming goats.
Current policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions
… This is among the conclusions of an international study whose partners today … at the 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22-25 April. "Policymakers often dismiss … Current policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions …
News, 19 April 2013
UN talks must resolve key issues to ensure fair and sustainable use of biodiversity
… aim to adopt when they meet in Nagoya, Japan in October. The protocol is meant to control access to genetic resources and traditional … because they provide options that will enable people to adapt to climate change – by switching to flood- or drought-resistant crop varieties, for …
News, 13 July 2010
Women washing laundry at Sélingué dam, Mali, the second largest provider of energy for the country (Photo: Alioune Ba/Global Water Initiative)
Three big financial shifts put spotlight on social and environmental impacts of large dams — again
… the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), is whether it is possible to build dams to mitigate climate change AND deliver environmental and social outcomes. "The answer is …
News, 06 May 2014
Key words related to mining and sustainable development (Image: IIED)
Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come?
… impact? Our new discussion paper, MMSD+10: Reflecting on a decade , is intended to kick-start reflections and conversations with key … and barriers, and discuss where we might go next. A decade of change Both the mining industry and the sustainable development agenda … dominate the international arena for the extractives industry — while climate change continues to fight for its space at that table. Reviewing …
Insight, 07 June 2012
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… are we taking capacity-building issues seriously enough? My sense is that even champions of energy access feel rather shy to shout about … Partnership (LEDSGP) , the  Green Growth Institute (GGI) , the  Climate Change Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)  and the  Sustainable Energy …
Insight, 22 September 2014