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Two women wearing masks hand over a bag to another woman wearing a mask
Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times
… January 2020 to examine different aspects of local and global urban change and what drives or shapes them – as well as local responses including those addressing COVID-19 and the climate emergency. In this interview IIED senior associate  David … see the first interview with David that introduced the series. This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED …
Article, 09 May 2022
Aerial view of poor community. Overtext reads "We can shape the future"
Happy new super year! Why is 2021 such a big deal for climate, nature and people?
Insight, 02 February 2021
A man wearing a mask hands a bag to an older woman, who is standing in the doorway of a house.
Top 20 downloaded papers in the journal Environment and Urbanization
… a global and a local focus; and to provide good coverage of COVID-19, climate change and community-driven processes. Even more telling than what we publish though, is what people are actually reading. While we can’t know this for sure, …
Insight, 18 August 2022
Women hoeing a field.
Building a women-led community climate movement
… The 'Engaging citizens for socially just climate action' project  examines deliberative and participatory … and resilience building. Women's Climate Centers International (WCCI) is a network led by women development professionals in Uganda, Kenya, … and peer-to-peer training and a focal point for demonstrating climate change solutions by implementing partners. Other 'climate centers' will …
Article, 03 December 2020
Woman walking through a field, carrying a bag on her head.
How to green Africa from the grassroots
… Global lessons can be learned from Africa’s villages. Each one is different and yet, large or small, they represent a microcosm of the … adapt and prosper in the face of land shortages, urban migration and climate impacts. People get on with daily survival despite shortcomings … international levels. At a time when COVID-19 has now joined climate change as another ‘problem without a passport’, local capacity and …
Insight, 04 January 2021
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Advancing agrobiodiversity through agroecology, seed management and enterprise development in Ghana
… This agrobiodiversity case study (No.2) from Ghana is the second of six case studies prepared by forest and farm producer … species to support local farming systems and help build resilience to climate change. Using the farmer field school (FFS) approach, trainers have been …
Publication, 08 March 2023
A vehicle driving down a flooded street in an urban area.
On the road to COP27 and a new climate finance goal – next stop: Manila
… on the process to set a  new collective quantified post-2025 goal for climate finance (NCQG) , which will supersede the US$100 billion target set in 2009. This is the first goal on climate finance to be set multilaterally, as part … should enable access to climate finance by subnational governments, local communities and Indigenous Peoples, and be gender-responsive. …
Insight, 30 August 2022
A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.
Mitigating farmer-herder conflict
… enmity and competition for scarce resources, now aggravated by climate change, the media, policy and academic circles increasingly insisted … total levels of violence have risen in the last ten years, there is no evidence that incidents associated with farming and herding, or … Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity …
Project, 04 March 2022
Landscape with a mine and blue sky.
Can the net-zero transition offer a new dawn for Africa’s industrialisation?
… The global shift towards clean energy technologies to tackle climate change has resulted in high demand for critical minerals such as cobalt, … by almost 90%.  As the primary source of critical minerals, Africa is strategically positioned in the net-zero energy transition. To …
Insight, 16 May 2024
A cartoon depicting a man holding a bag labelled 'power' away from a group of serious-looking people. Speech bubbles from the man say "OK, OK, I'm giving it to you", then "But, pay attention, it's fragile", then "Be very careful", then "I'm thinking about keeping it for a few more minutes, sorry guys"
“We need a stronger taskforce”: pushing for better access to climate finance for vulnerable countries
… The challenges vulnerable countries face when trying to access climate finance are well known. We have been raising them for years – … were considered important and were heard. We need more of this. It is time that vulnerable countries are included more in decisions that influence the global fight against climate change. On this basis, there are a number of ways to strengthen the …
Insight, 02 June 2021