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A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… "preparedness committees", chains of communication, and a National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to minimize the country’s exposure … but it cannot solve the problem by itself. Investment in human and community knowledge, awareness and capacity is also necessary. Special … ARCAB aims to use rigorous research to develop proven community-based adaptation strategies that can be scaled up and replicated in many …
News, 22 January 2013
COP17 in Durban: Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres and the President of COP17, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (Photo: Michael Mazengarb, Creative Commons via Flickr)
United Nations climate change negotiations: IIED at COP17
Event, 20 December 2011
Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
Project, 17 December 2012
Urban environment Argentina. Photo: Mark Edwards
Urbanization: A double-edged sword for women
… and when urban women enjoy advantages over their rural counterparts; community savings schemes that build women’s leadership and support … respond to women’s travel needs; how urban contexts can reduce gender based violence, although often they can increase it; how income and … the different responses of low-income tenants and squatters to adaptation to climate change in Khulna, Bangladesh; The subjects of …
News, 10 April 2013
Syria refugees in Lebanon learn how to make fishing nets, a skill which will help them find work along the northern coast (Photo: DFID, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why urbanisation matters in responding to humanitarian crises
… responding to the needs of these refugees. This is part of a broader programme of work to develop better approaches that link the efforts of … to more than 80,000 people is estimated to cost the international community more than USD $500,000 per day to run – there are also sound … communities in urban areas and working with them. Previous 'supply-based' systems of providing food, water and shelter don't work in cities …
Insight, 15 September 2015
Leaders of the Southern Aberdare Conservation Network (SACN) discussing support from the Forest and Farm Facility (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
Insight, 11 November 2014
Congolese refugees proudly display the cup they won in a football tournament for youths from refugee communities in Kampala (Photo: Stephen Luke, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Beyond self-reliance: recognising the relationships that matter for urban refugees
… to newly arrived refugees, and longer-term forms of employment and community solidarity through music. Furthermore, interfaith … opportunities and conflict resolution services, funded entirely by community members. Finally, in their paper on conflict recovery in the … School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London . This blog is based on the following research published in the October 2017 issue of …
Insight, 07 November 2017
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… and the impacts of biocultural innovations on food security and adaptation. Two women farmers from China presented the Stone Village … level to support these processes. The aim was to start to build a community of practice that can share experience, identify barriers and … organisations: IIED, CBD Secretariat, IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme and Forest People's Programme This event focused on how to …
Event, 04 December 2016
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… 1. Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe This report says Zimbabwe's climate change … the report or read the press release . 6. Dispute or Dialogue? Community perspectives on company-led grievance mechanisms This book … Solomon Islands has generated multiple benefits, including ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change. Download PLA66 . 11. Media …
Article, 27 December 2013
A solar lamp lights up a shop.
The private sector’s role in low carbon resilient development
Insight, 20 June 2013