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People walk past ruined buildings
Haiti earthquake 10 years on – a new chapter in disaster response
… It is also a time to reflect on the extent that the international community has applied the lessons learned from the disaster itself and … was staggering. The plethora of agencies – large and small – at times led to uncoordinated response. But the scale of the disaster, the huge … were trialled, based on a wide range of community planning initiatives. At its best this work helped to bring together the …
Insight, 12 January 2020
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… issues. In Tanzania, we secured a consensus for setting up government-led ‘excellence centres’ next to artisanal mines. These centres will be … mineral processing facilities. We are also using dialogues to drive community forestry: working with communities across the Congo Basin, … from Chinese companies to invest more responsibly, and several initiatives on sustainable local timber production and processing.  …
Page, 24 October 2018
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
Event, 02 December 2020
Headshots of four people over a sunrise over a lush forest
Getting climate resilience right – the case for backing smallholder organisations: Make Change Happen podcast episode 13
… in the face of climate change, and asks whether the international community will match their urgency and commitment with greater funding. … the money that did reach LDCs, there was little evidence of climate initiatives being led by local communities, despite nominally ‘participative’ project …
Article, 13 September 2021
Housing in informal settlement.
Getting housing back onto the development agenda in the time of COVID-19
… large capital sums.   City governments support private, cooperative, community and social housing producers and upgraders whose housing … supporting infrastructure.   City government support community-led upgrading of informal settlements. Dozens of examples show how well … Action catalyses and supports hundreds of community led upgrading initiatives and supports links with city governments.  The Akiba …
Insight, 02 October 2020
Sustainable tourism in the Srepok Wilderness Area, Cambodia
Project, 21 June 2011
A container ship looms imposingly against a brilliant skyline
Monitoring and evaluation guidance for SDG14
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are one of the leading initiatives for addressing the critical, complex and often inter-related … and evaluations to support their policies with evidence. Nationally-led exercises to monitor, review and assess benefits and … variety of contexts can use MEL to understand which SDG14 targets and initiatives are working, which are not, why, for whom and how. The ' MEL …
Project, 29 July 2019
Covers of best publications 2021.
IIED's best of 2021: publications
… global South.   Local governments and grassroots organisations have led urban responses that have been pivotal in shaping the pandemic’s … published alongside the issue paper .   3 Principles for locally-led adaptation Issue paper Recovery from COVID-19 provides a historic … Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), the international community and the LDC Group might support LDCs to effectively engage in …
Article, 17 December 2021
A woman farmer holds a phone to her ear in a green field.
Q&A: Using digital technology to engage citizens in climate action
Article, 15 October 2020
This map of the covered and open drains in Jamshed Town, Karachi illustrates how communities have led on installing sewers and drains (Image: Orangi Pilot Project–Research and Training Institute)
Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'
… on air pollution. Reporting on road accidents, for example, has often led to concerted action. Similarly, understanding the health impacts of … communities are important.   There are many examples of household and community-level action on risks. For instance, communities have led on … agencies must develop a capacity to help fund and support a range of initiatives in each locality, including civil society initiatives. In …
Insight, 08 May 2017