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Keeping the forests we've got
… is not a priority for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Yet forest people suffer enormously from the effects of … the 2008 UN climate change negotiations with the Climate Change Media Partnership , which IIED operates with Internews and Panos … Climate change …
Insight, 30 April 2009
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change is closely intertwined with the articulation between production …   Raising the profile of Gender and Generation: The role of the Climate Change Media Partnership : this paper details the initiatives taken by the …
Project, 26 April 2011
Annual report 2006/07
… 2006/07 Annual Report from IIED's Publications Library In 2007, as climate change rose to the top of every agenda, IIED played a major role in … together over 120 people from government, NGOs, academia and the media for the second international workshop on community-based …
Page, 16 April 2008
(Rising sea levels can be illustrated in a number of artistic ways (Photo: Andrea Della Adriano via Creative Commons)
Sound Art competition explores rising sea levels, response to eco-crisis
News, 06 December 2014
The logo of PAGE and information about the conference on 27-28 March 2017
IIED at ministerial green economy conference
… thought leaders and representatives from civil society, business and media to discuss how to accelerate the shift to green investment and … conference, and IIED also exhibited in the parallel exhibition. The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)  was launched in 2013 by … by Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary of Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment, also examined how to achieve efficient and …
Event, 27 March 2017
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… developments and innovations in forests and forestry, using multi-media learning platforms to illustrate their practical applications and … and Forests (RECOFTC), ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC), Community-based Forestry Supporter's Network Nepal …
Event, 07 September 2015
Annual report 2007/08
… human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights Climate change Making adaptation planning fully democratic:  thanks to an … learning, creating and communicating knowledge. Bringing Southern media to the climate talks:  Northern journalists hugely outnumber …
Page, 23 December 2008
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… issues have received less attention in international research and media reports. Yet they affect large numbers of rural people, can … and prices will remain higher than before 2007-08.  Socioeconomic change at both national and global levels is driving this trend: … urbanisation drives dependence on agricultural commodities, and climate change can exacerbate bottlenecks in agricultural supplies.  In …
Insight, 25 May 2016
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… too high. The challenge is to build strong producer organisations and change the perceptions of all involved. NP: What are the underlying … with conventional finance through face-to-face meetings or social media technologies; form partnerships to develop loan appraisals for … in sustainable development and food security and to address climate change. CIFOR leads FTA in partnership with Bioversity …
Article, 12 March 2019
A traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?
… been improvements over time. Not least because perceptions of equity change over time. Where do we go from here? In terms of REDD+, we hope … , Nya Sharma Paudel, ForestAction, Nepal Equity and REDD+ in the media: a comparative policy discourse analysis , Monica Di Gregorio, … in Payments for Ecosystem Services ,  Unai Pascual, Basque Centre for Climate Change What is human wellbeing? A locally driven, …
Insight, 11 May 2015