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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
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IIED welcomes new chief operating officer
… security and financial challenges.  Akerele-De Souza has founded and led charities and businesses across West Africa and in the UK. For the … Nigeria.   Before that she was part of the leadership team that led audit and risk consulting services across various sectors for the …
News, 20 February 2023
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LIFE-AR: Uganda roll-out progresses to district level, charts path for more countries to come on board
News, 30 October 2023
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Interview: Why should governments, banks and multilateral agencies attend CBA16?
Article, 27 September 2022
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Q&A: LIFE-AR in Uganda gets local climate finance flowing with decentralised model
… Business unusual: LDC-led climate action …
Article, 21 March 2022
Small fishing boats just off the coast. Another boat on the beach in the foreground.
Incentives for coastal conservation and fisheries management
… is part of the Asia-Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) initiative led by WorldFish (2023-30) under the UK’s Climate and Ocean Adaptation …
Project, 04 June 2024
Informal housing by the river.
Upgrading informal settlements in the global South: transforming relations with government, transforming lives
… So instead, they have turned to upgrading. Among the earliest such initiatives was the kampung (urban village) improvement programme in … Rudimentary upgrading Some basic, low-cost interventions such as community taps may be installed. More complete upgrading This includes … residents cannot afford the new charges. Comprehensive government-led upgrading Here, a legal land title to the plot and a full range of …
Insight, 05 October 2021
Three women standing on a patch of open land, peeling vegetables.
Lima's community-organised soup kitchens are a lifeline during COVID-19
… Venezuela who remain invisible to the government). Ollas comunes (community-led soup kitchens) are an example of resilience and participation … as a response to COVID-19 and the national lockdown.  Community-led initiatives are crucial in contexts of informality and inequality … Lima's community-organised soup kitchens are a lifeline during COVID-19 …
Insight, 07 August 2020
An elephant feeds on Acacia trees in Kenya's Ol Kinyei Conservancy. The privately managed conservancy offers employment and training to local communities (Photo: Stuart Price/Make it Kenya Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Turn up the volume: community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… happen if communities are empowered and can benefit from wildlife.” – Community representatives’ joint statement to the Illegal Wildlife Trade … wildlife in efforts to combat IWT.  Worldwide, many locally-driven initiatives are under way from community-based anti-poaching units … of local people in anti-IWT initiatives Support community-led conservation Recognise, respect and support the rights of …
Insight, 31 October 2018
Women sitting next to vegetables wear masks and keep social distancing.
What lessons can we learn from COVID-19 responses in African cities?
… As part of the  Covid Collective , research projects led by IIED and the Global Development Institute (GDI) have been … while grassroots efforts were more inclusive and trusted. It was community structures that were shown to be most effective – both those … when ambulances did not respond) complemented various cash transfer initiatives to help meet residents’ immediate needs. In Mathare …
Insight, 04 July 2022