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Panel discussion at the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Four speakers are sitting on chairs behind a table on a podium with a big blue screen behind while the audience is sitting on chairs and listening.
Santa Marta conference highlights legal barriers to the energy transition
… organisations and research institutions – a high-level segment led by government representatives was preceded by a range of stakeholder … not bring local benefits if not carefully regulated. La Guajira hosts Latin America’s largest open-pit coal mine, currently owned by Swiss … giant Glencore. This mine has been at the centre of disputes about community displacement (in Spanish) , water diversion  and public health …
Insight, 18 May 2026
Group of ASOM women members holding plants in a field, smiling at the camera.
Land, climate and justice: grassroots women at the Global Land Forum
… responses to these challenges.  A collaborative effort grounded in community realities Each case study is grounded in the knowledge and … – using legal strategies, participatory governance and women-led initiatives to assert their rights and adapt to climate and economic …
Insight, 11 June 2025
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Community-led approaches to tackling illegal wildlife trade. Case studies from Latin America
… of the First Regional Conference on the Illegal Trade in Wildlife in Latin America held in Lima, Peru, on 3 and 4 October 2019. It highlights … by communities, they must be central to conservation efforts – and community engagement is already internationally recognised as important … strategies are complex and take time to implement, not enough initiatives are being supported. This compilation of case studies seeks …
Publication, 01 September 2019
Man crouching next to a crop bed.
Significant new support for locally led adaptation principles
… and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the principles for locally led adaption was announced today at an event held in the Resilience Hub … funds – Fundecooperación from Costa Rica and Fundación Avina  from Latin America – who play a crucial role in directing climate finance to … for Policy Research and Education). Their ask to the international community is clear: the principles must not just be on paper. When …
News, 08 November 2021
A group of people pointing to a bucket
Emerging lessons from community-led COVID-19 responses in urban areas
… for voices from the global South. Here Alice Sverdlik looks at how community organisations are responding to COVID-19. Community-based … Tim Ndezi, from the Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI), describes intiatives to combat COVID-19 in informal … channel   Even when governments seek to address COVID-19, community-led organisations can complement these initiatives and reach vulnerable …
Article, 25 June 2020
Women sitting down in a circle. One of them is holding a laptop and talking.
Announcing the Saleemul Huq Memorial Scholarship finalists and C-CIQ toolkit launch
… Scholarship, established under the ALL ACT (Alliance for Locally Led Transformative Action on Loss and Damage) initiative, aims to … diverse regions such as Asia, Africa, the Pacific, the Caribbean and Latin America, focused on developing practical, locally-driven solutions to …
Event, 09 September 2024
Aerial view on Sao Paulo showing different types of housing like sky scrappers and slums.
SECURe: Strengthening and Enhancing Contextual Urban Resilience
… from practitioners and researchers engaged in urban resilience initiatives, and a comprehensive literature review integrated insights … challenges in water security, sanitation and waste management.  Led by PRIA, the intervention addressed water scarcity, poor sanitation … and exclusionary governance structures. The pilot helped integrate community-based organisations and women self-help groups into formal …
Project, 01 April 2025
Three people with a pile of vicuña wool
Who’s listening? Community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… IWT. Despite their commitments, countries have been slow to promote community-based approaches as a key part of their strategy to tackle … on the IWT commitments their countries had made. This was the IIED-led LeAP: Learning and Action Platform for Community Engagement Against … event presented many great examples of successful Latin American initiatives that engage communities in tackling IWT. For example, …
Insight, 06 November 2019
A group of women gather round the entrance to a building.
The health, wellbeing and climate benefits of slum upgrading
Article, 09 June 2022
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