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This graphic illustrates some of the benefits of undertaking monitoring and evaluation, including better decision making, supporting learning and accountability and gathering information for reporting
Supporting national monitoring and evaluation systems to enable adaptation assessment and reporting
Project, 24 September 2018
Cover for G03805.pdf
Roadmap for strengthening forest and farm producer organisations - policy brief
… they deliver business advice and services to producers through partnerships with NGOs, consultants, companies and governmental and … to achieve financial, food and energy security, increase their resilience and adaptability to climate change, sustainably manage their forestlands and farms, and …
Publication, 01 July 2014
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
Article, 24 November 2015
The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)
'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
… produced as part of a project entitled  Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) . This five-year project is working with traditional farmers in areas vulnerable to climate change to identify, conserve and spread resilient crop varieties …
News, 16 February 2015
A cup of coffee. We are drinking more coffee: the International Coffee Organisation says world coffee consumption has been rising by an average of 2.3 per cent per year (Photo: Benedicto de Jesus, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A new kind of brew: smallholder coffee and carbon
Insight, 08 December 2015
Is this a climate change issue or a human rights issue?
… exploit groundwater are determined. Inequality and vulnerability to climate change are inextricably intertwined A stark illustration of the link between inequality and vulnerability to climate change was the contrast between an Adivasi plot of land and the … by Kirsty Wilson who is Project Manager of Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in Ethiopia. This is a consortium initiative …
Insight, 29 March 2011
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Understanding children’s risk and agency in urban areas and their implications for child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia
… susceptible to environmental hazards, disasters and the impacts of climate change, primarily because of their poor-quality living and … basic services as key determinants of child-health and disaster and climate resilience. It concludes by outlining a set of priority action areas for …
Publication, 01 January 2014
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
Insight, 06 November 2014
The Forest and Farm Facility Vietnam team displays new forest and farm products and knowledge from work with Forest and Farm Producer Organisation businesses (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mass mobilisation: boosting businesses and protecting forests
… partnership between FAO, IIED, IUCN and Agricord contributing to the climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods demanded by the … value and/or product diversification improving both economic and climate resilience. This has been documented for more than 30 value chains …
Insight, 20 March 2018
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Mapping, enumerating and surveying informal settlements and cities
… to develop better relations with local government and in some cases partnerships. Also included is an account of how community-based … the environmental effects of informal urban expansion in Xalapa. On climate change adaptation, there are papers on exploring ecosystem-based climate change adaptation in Durban, assessing flood protection measures …
Publication, 01 March 2012