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Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’

… title for a blog. Now it seems like an essential way forward if REDD is going to work. Many in-country protagonists in REDD processes who … concluded a year ago that national REDD strategies must be based on local, not central government, control . A year later at the climate conference in Durban, South Africa, many others are saying the …

Insight, 30 November 2011

A woman walks along a bamboo walkway in Iloilo, Philippines.

Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk

… Dr Satterthwaite said: "The Making Cities Resilient campaign is proving that despite a rise in extreme weather events and the threats posed by climate change, urbanization does not have to lead to an increase in risk. Where … Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk …

News, 04 September 2012

Agricultural development: business as usual is not an option

… Sustainable, Local, Fair event held at IIED last week. Food security is defined as existing when “all people, at all times, have physical and … sustainable agricultural systems that can withstand stresses such as climate change requires linking agricultural and ecological practices more … Agricultural development: business as usual is not an option …

Insight, 05 April 2012

IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14)

… the announcement of the winner and a cocktail reception. The award is granted by the International Council for Game and Wildlife … results from the Potato Park and the Indigenous Peoples Biocultural Climate Change Assessment, Peru The Darwin Initiative – past, present and future …

Event, 17 November 2018

A woman explains the importance of guarding against future encroachments on her community's common land in Northern Uganda (Photo: LEMU)

Protecting land and community resources in Africa

… to speculation by national elites, rising population densities, climate change, and national infrastructure mega-projects. For the practitioners … and advocates working to support these communities, there is clearly no silver bullet. Instead they must draw on a range of …

Insight, 07 March 2016

Lagos in 2010. Under different scenarios, Lagos could have 61 million inhabitants in 2100, or over 100 million (Image: Ricardo Gomes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Will Africa have the world's largest cities in 2100?

… The world's urban population is growing rapidly – and current projections suggest it will increase by … middle of the road assumptions about population growth, technological change and economic growth. Global population of 9.5 billion, 80 per … away from the super-large cities. Coastal cities at high risk from climate change may lose new investment to inland cities. Total urban …

Insight, 07 October 2016

Sewing on the street in Djibouti. The informal sector still plays an important role in most of the LDCs (Photo: Charles Roffey, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries

… and have-nots, of abject poverty and astonishing affluence. This is true of individuals, communities and nations. At the global level, … the Sustainable Development Goals, IPoA, the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, to name a few. …

Insight, 29 June 2016

Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)

Large scale irrigated rice farming: the state must take farmers' perspectives into account

… The report (in French) is based on recent research by the GWI on large scale irrigated rice … family farms to reduce the risks attached to economic and climatic change, but does not necessarily result in the increased production … aimed at by the State. Supporting family farms to bring about local development The GWI report concludes that the lack of fit between …

News, 03 June 2014

Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?

… expectations as to what the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Paris can deliver for the peoples of the world and for our planet. The ambition is for a universal and legally binding instrument that can put developed … Climate change …

Insight, 27 November 2015

Pre-emptive controlled burning in Belize is preventing severe uncontrolled wild fires during the driest months (Photo: Toledo Institute for Development and Environment)

Flaming parrots and palmetto palms

… Savannah forests in Southern Belize are a burning issue right now. It is not just that intense dry-season fires and expanding populations are degrading these resources in an increasingly variable climate. The forest land itself has also recently become a hot topic in … and Development (TIDE) and University of Edinburgh (UoE) are training local communities in how to use pre-emptive controlled burning to …

Insight, 08 February 2016