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London Climate Action Week 2021 logo
IIED at London Climate Action Week, June/July 2021
Event, 28 June 2021
Least developed countries get less than 3% of money needed to transform to face climate change
… people to make some decisions, the research found little evidence of initiatives being led by local communities. Countries in the developed world made a pledge … adaptation and who is controlling the money so the international community can clearly see if the needs of the most vulnerable are being …
News, 14 July 2021
Prema Gopalan stands centre stage in an orange sari. Two men present her with a certificate; two others stand behind and applaud.
Prema Gopalan remembered
News, 23 May 2022
An elderly woman in a field holds crops in the air with both hands
Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience
… modernisation, top-down development schemes, and conservation initiatives that impose restrictions on harvesting. The transition to modern food systems has led to health problems among indigenous peoples, such as obesity and … coastal Kenya. The new research will be designed to support ongoing, community-led processes to establish biocultural heritage territories in …
Project, 06 April 2020
women distributing counting eggs
New narratives for a 'new normal'
… which women are cast as a vulnerable group, placing grassroots women-led scalable solutions in policymakers’ blind spot. Promoting networks, … in grassroots women’s movements have steadily built on grassroots initiatives – refining their practices, scaling them up through peer … socially marginalised communities.  It is therefore vital to sustain community networks and maintain their visibility as drivers of …
Insight, 22 July 2020
Cover for G04407.pdf
Regional hilsa knowledge-sharing workshop (Bangladesh-Myanmar): lessons for incentive-based hilsa management
… country (Dhaka, May 2016). Now, another Darwin Initiative project, led by IIED, in partnership with WorldFish Myanmar, Yangon University, …
Publication, 01 March 2019
Women fishing in shallow water
CBA15: Local solutions inspiring global action
Event, 14 June 2021
Landscape of fields and forest
Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples
Article, 09 August 2021
Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
Insight, 30 September 2021
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Exploring the role of empowerment in urban humanitarian responses in Freetown
… and national humanitarian actors have been involved in a series of initiatives addressing humanitarian emergencies caused separately by the … In each case, there has been a variety of response approaches, from community-led, to top-down relocation. While there has been documentation of these …
Publication, 01 December 2017