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A women wielding a hoe tends to her crops before a spectacular background of green hills
Bhutan’s climate ambition: showcasing leadership, delivering inclusive action
… take to deliver this vision – and our ‘asks’ of the international community on how they can play their part to deliver a shared LDC … front runner country under LIFE-AR to showcase our work to the global community on how to fasttrack just and inclusive climate action. As part … Business unusual: LDC-led climate action …
Insight, 08 March 2022
Informal settlements like this one in Jakarta often lack clean water supplies, waste collection or decent housing. There is an urgent need for investment in basic services and infrastructure (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Are impact investors missing a trick by overlooking local communities?
… using this information to improve houses and infrastructure. These community-led processes can facilitate public and private investment in informal … helping more than 40,000 people. This fund supports community-led initiatives to provide toilets and water tanks and renovate health …
Insight, 07 September 2017
Woman in workshop points at a poster. Audience looks at her.
Capacity building for climate action and ambition: what have we learned?
Event, 18 November 2020
Seated people outside face someone standing and speaking at the front
The adaptation action and research sandbox: aligning two global processes
Event, 01 July 2021
Table with coloured papers and someone writing on a notebook
Knowledge in action for urban equality
… The 'Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality’ (KNOW) programme was led by  The Bartlett Development Planning Unit  of UCL and brought …  helped to investigate the role of learning platforms at the city and community level, and explored ways to advance participatory informal … of Havana (CUJAE)  to explore the potentials of university-led initiatives in brokering more equitable relationships between …
Project, 28 September 2021
Three people walking and carrying bags on their backs.
Producer agency in certification schemes: challenges and opportunities
… An initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their …
Event, 20 January 2020
Woman walks between crops.
IIED joins forces with the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership
News, 21 July 2021
A group of young people, men and women, walk in line holding protest signs (saying things such as "fight for our future") as part of a march
Stockholm+50: priorities for re-energising global action
Insight, 07 June 2022
Coming in for lunch in the rice fields near Inle Lake, Myanmar. Online databases can provide verified data on land conflicts and help resolve disputes and improve governance (Eric Brochu, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using online technology to empower communities facing land deals
… representing them in mediation and court cases. This has occasionally led to out of court conflict resolution, including land being returned … 'offline'. While it is too soon to assess their full impact, these initiatives provide resources, evidence and opportunities for improving … technology, access to these databases, alongside creative outreach initiatives and advisory services, can constitute an important tool for …
Insight, 04 August 2016
Community-based conservation has worked for black rhinos (Photo: Park Street Pro via http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Wanted: Community wildlife conservation success stories
… may greet another international day with little enthusiasm, recent initiatives combating the illegal wildlife trade are worth celebrating. … to the London Declaration have also committed to "enhance support for community led wildlife conservation" to "include local communities in, … Wanted: Community wildlife conservation success stories …
Insight, 03 March 2014