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Small producer agency in the globalised market: making choices in a changing world
… ranging from poverty reduction and food security to climate change adaptation. Most of the ‘inclusive business’ models and value chain … This book presents the results of a three-year Knowledge Programme led by IIED, Hivos and a global Learning Network, it integrates … economies. This book challenges our institutions and the development community, both in terms of our assumptions on the roles of smallholders …
Publication, 01 November 2012
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… for putting Durban on the map as a frontrunner in climate change adaptation.  She led the Durban Adaptation Charter for Local Governments , developed and … cities and climate change at the 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation, in 2013 Roberts is a regular contributor to …
News, 19 July 2016
Marchers, including Saleemul Huq, at the New York climate change march (Photos: IIED)
Huq hails People's Climate march ahead of UN summit
News, 23 September 2014
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Climate change and the urban poor. Risk and resilience in 15 of the world's most vulnerable cities
… change. Innovative urban policies and practices have shown that adaptation to some of these effects is possible and can be built into development plans. These include community-based initiatives led by organizations formed by the urban poor, and local governments …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging.
Zimbabwe needs “more urban, more public” climate change strategy
News, 17 January 2013
A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
… – through text messages from a close-knit network of around 150 community reporters. The streets of Dhaka, usually bustling with life … acts of mutual aid have been a lifeline for those hit hardest.    Community-level responses Organised community-level responses to the … of a health emergency.”  Drawing on their local knowledge, they have led efforts to organise communities to protect themselves and to ensure …
Insight, 01 July 2020
Illustrator Jorge Martin creates a 'living graphic' to chart the conversations on 'tough talk on poverty and climate' at the 2015 Development & Climate Days (Photo: IIED/Matt Wright)
Participants in Development & Climate Days focus on "bold action needed now"
Insight, 06 December 2015
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
Project, 27 July 2018
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… and citizens, review processes must incorporate rigorous, country led evaluations that examine policy and programme implementation and … living in and around the PA.  The methodology uses a combination of community workshops to identify significant social impacts; a short … they impact on people, the planet and the economy. Ecosystem-based adaptation: a win-win formula for sustainability in a warming world? …
Article, 02 January 2017
Cattle are driven down a road by nomads
Climate change is advancing in Nigeria: we can’t keep running
Insight, 17 December 2019