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2017: pastoralists in Isiolo county in Kenya are digging for water in dried-up river beds. Agricultural insurance schemes can help pastoralists and farmers be more resilient to climate shocks (Photo: Denis Onyodi/KRCS)
Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
Insight, 06 June 2017
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is based on emerging country experience from North and South, as well as … through a new use of the system of debt for climate and nature programme swaps. Increasing the use of these types of debt swaps would … other areas,” says IIED’s Paul Steele . 5 What is effective climate adaptation? Case studies from the least developed countries I ssue paper …
Article, 23 December 2020
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… areas, and of urban actors facing humanitarian crises. 10 Ecosystem-based adaptation: a handbook for EbA in mountain, dryland and coastal … toolkit provides practical guidance for planning and implementing community-led ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in three vulnerable …
Article, 21 December 2018
Women distributing seeds in Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Q&A: Why indigenous seed-saving women are the stewards of biodiversity
… for resilience (SIFOR) project examined traditional knowledge-based – or ‘biocultural’ – innovation systems to strengthen food … better adapted to local environments and provide crucial options for adaptation to future climatic and market changes. Preserving traditional … on forests.  In Guangxi, Southwest China, village women involved in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) initiative supported by the Centre …
Article, 18 October 2018
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Gender and urban change
… on employment, mobility and leadership that reflect deep gender-based inequalities. These issues are explored in the April 2013 issue of … and when urban women enjoy advantages over their rural counterparts; community savings schemes that build women’s leadership and support … and the different responses of low-income tenants and squatters to adaptation in Khulna. Other papers include: the limitations in the …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Experts available at Financing for Development conference
… Change and also led on Poverty and Social Impact Analysis and rights-based approaches to social policy. At DFID he worked in a range of roles, from head of a community forestry project in Northern Ghana to leading the social … Kaur's areas of expertise include managing finances for climate adaptation and mitigation, the institutional dimensions of natural …
News, 13 July 2015
Group discussions with women in Isiolo County, Kenya helped to generate specific evidence about why they and other marginalised groups are more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Susannah Fisher, IIED)
Decision making in an uncertain climate
Insight, 23 January 2017
A pastoral women in Ethiopia
Beyond survival – rethinking safety nets for pastoralists in Ethiopia
… six months of the year under the multi-million Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) , one of the biggest on the continent. The PSNP has … and become food self-sufficient. Distribution of the transfers is based on season and need. In exchange for food, besides those under …
Insight, 04 October 2018
Farmers carry bottled water to pour on a field of onion crops
Introduction to our work on climate-resilient development
Article, 17 December 2012
This sewage treatment plant in Delawas, Jaipur, was funded by the Asian Development Bank. There are concerns omitting local people from decision-making processes can lead to climate funds not sufficiently representing local priorities (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting Green Climate Funding to the local level
Insight, 28 October 2015