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COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
Event, 01 December 2014
The Sustainable diets for all programme recognises that people – with their capacity to innovate and power to drive change – must be at the centre of efforts to reshape our failing food systems (Photo: © Mauricio Panozo of Lucano photography. Bolivia, La Paz)
How people are providing evidence, and influencing to get food policies that work for them
… in their daily lives. IIED, Hivos and partners are taking a citizen-led approach to food research and policy-making as part of the … in policy making processes and political spaces.   What is citizen-led evidence generation, and why do we need it? Far too often, the …
Insight, 26 April 2018
Immaculate Yossa is regional advocacy officer for Eastern Africa at Hivos. She discussed key messages from multi-stakeholder action at the Uganda Food Lab (Photo: Food and Agriculture Organisation, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Achieving real transformation in our food system
… the process by using collective learning as the primary driver for adaptation.   Get the right people at the table:  Involving key actors … can be powerful and action-oriented processes, next to government-led efforts to achieve the SDGs. More and longer-term investments are …
Insight, 23 October 2018
Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… donors and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to community-based groups in the global South, respond to these changes – … the ecosystems of development – Mariteuw Chimère Diaw, Cameroon Adaptation is dancing to somebody else's music. Innovation is composing … into 2016 with a focus on peer-to-peer Southern NGO learning led by these insights. We'll also be reflecting more closely on what …
Insight, 26 January 2016
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Project, 05 September 2008
A farmer in southern Mozambique carries greens back to his family from a project that has been backed by the Climate Investment Fund, which is working with the African Development Bank on a pilot program for climate resilience (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Climate finance for sustainable development: regional forum
Insight, 28 August 2015
Market Analysis and Development training course participants (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Bolivia's indigenous peoples drive forest farm innovation to benefit Mother Earth
… three new climate change mechanisms covering: Joint mitigation and adaptation (MCMA Non-forest mitigation (for example in energy and … challenge of representation is complicated on two fronts. First, many community-level organisations are not yet fully registered or legalised. … buyer, and that buyer failed to pay – the lack of operational capital led to demoralisation within the business and almost complete …
Insight, 25 November 2014
Vietnam's Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute is working on developing rice strains that are more tolerant to heat, increased salinity and longer periods under water (Photos: V. Meadu/CCAFS)
New publication studies climate finance at national level
News, 20 March 2015
Information and communications technologies for sustainable development
Project, 30 July 2008
Artisanal miners of Mali
Mali’s new mining law: an improvement, but fails artisanal miners
… World Bank – not institutions typically associated with government-led attacks on global mining companies.  But we’ll set aside the grand …
Insight, 08 October 2019