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The Mercato in Addis Ababa is Africa's largest market. This month there was another major gathering in Addis Ababa as thousands of politicians, policymakers and civil society leaders came together for the third Financing for Development summit (Photo: alvise forcellini, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why universality is a taxing agenda…
… welcome chance to see at first hand IIED's work to support Ethiopia's climate-resilient green economy partnership work with the Africa Climate Policy Centre . The FFD conference has provoked a good deal of … Goals (SDGs) at the UN General Assembly in September, and the Paris climate conference (COP21) – are supposed to cement a new global …
Insight, 20 July 2015
Around a billion urban dwellers live in informal settlements such as these. Without far more effective policies, their population could rise to 2 billion by 2030 (Photo: Mark Edwards)
Ten essentials for the New Urban Agenda in one page
… commitments already made in the SDGs and in the Paris Agreement on climate change   We recognise how much can be achieved through strong … . We acknowledge a form of governance where local governments work in partnerships with civil society that can be rooted in local needs and … And that contribute to good health, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (there are many co-benefits between these). …
Insight, 19 July 2016
Niamey, the capital of Niger, is growing rapidly. Urban ARK is exploring the varied vulnerabilities of boys and girls from conflict-displaced and host communities (Photo: Jean Rebiffé, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
… evolved in the context of urban growth and alteration, poverty and climate change. An essential component of Urban ARK was building a … Building transformative urban resilience for all …
Project, 21 December 2016
New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum
… provide vital 'services' that can secure livelihoods, build resilience to climate change, and drive economies. Poor and vulnerable communities are … across multiple actors, for example using public-private-NGO partnerships. We discussed monitoring tools – the Achilles heel of these …
Insight, 02 November 2016
Diagram showing change at different scales (Image: Stefano D'Errico/IIED)
Monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity development
Project, 01 March 2017
Biomass energy: optimising its contribution to poverty reduction and ecosystem services
… contributions, impact on ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity and resilience, watersheds, landscape beauty) and enhancement of cultural … and sustainable growth processes in the context of environmental and climate change". The overarching objective of this proposal was to …
Project, 21 January 2011
An aerial view of people in an informal settlement
Alternative data sources for cities and communities
… case study is also discussed in the paper ' Building resilience to climate change in informal settlements '. The two maps …
Insight, 12 March 2020
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IIED responds to UK election outcome
… be anticipated yet, however IIED hopes that the SNP's ambitious climate plans will spur on the UK government. 2015 is a landmark year for climate change and sustainable development. The global community must … in the oceans. The concept of ZeroZero is about increasing people's resilience, and doing it in a way that will also safeguard gains for …
News, 08 May 2015
10 Downing St (Photo: Ministry of Defence, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED hopes new UK government will demonstrate leadership on inclusive citizenship and green prosperity
… be anticipated yet, however IIED hopes that the SNP's ambitious climate plans will spur on the UK government. 2015 is a landmark year for climate change and sustainable development. The global community must … in the oceans. The  concept of ZeroZero  is about increasing people's resilience, and doing it in a way that will also safeguard gains for …
News, 07 May 2015
In Kenya's Isiolo County, repeated droughts are forcing pastoralists out of herding and into farming. The county has used TAMD to assess climate risk management schemes (Photo: Martin Karimi/ECHO)
Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD): Country work
… focused on using TAMD to support effective local planning for climate change. In Kenya, Isiolo County used TAMD to identify county-level climate risk management (CRM) processes that enabled adaptation or … aimed to understand how changes in community and household resilience might be measured and aggregated across different …
Article, 28 October 2014