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Women hoeing a field.
Building a women-led community climate movement
Article, 03 December 2020
Woman farmer holds a machete to a cocoa plant
Civil society perspectives on the living income differential for cocoa producers
… of the cocoa harvesting season, set the prices producers will receive for their cocoa. Prices usually span the entire year and offer producers … of the LID – as the panellists discussed − has been government-led with little producer or civil society involvement. More work is … decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture.  …
Insight, 23 August 2021
The Nairobi Declaration will be taken to this year's UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) by Fatima Mohamed Hussein, on behalf of the Kenyan government, the conference hosts (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
International climate adaptation conference says 2015 summits must address the needs of the world's poor
… representatives from governments, civil society, the scientific community, and international and non-governmental organisations. The … their needs in 2015's high-level summits." Huq added: "Participant-led initiatives like CBA9 show the level of initiative that is taking place …
News, 29 April 2015
A protest march
Empowering women and youth for transformative climate and environment justice
Insight, 14 May 2020
A trader wades through knee-high flooded water in a marketplace
Community voices – the climate needs you in COP26 countdown
… A run of international political events in 2019 marked key moments for influencing the climate action agenda, including this September’s UN … world leaders to listen to their priorities. At last year’s annual community-based action event (CBA13) , adaptation practitioners, … from the past, the Local Action Track will seek to push adaptation led by local people up the political agenda. It was launched at last …
Insight, 28 January 2020
Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
Project, 05 August 2013
Group of people sitting on the floor, discussing research in Kibera
Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda – Lessons on Understanding Risk and Building Resilience
… settlement, and the impact of three major housing and infrastructure initiatives on building future resilience. What lessons do these … stronghold of Gatwekera in Kibera, low levels of trust in government-led projects resulted in youth being incited to oppose the NYS … equity . In the Railway project, stringent criteria for eligibility, community-led enumeration, dialogue, and consultation built trust and …
Insight, 20 October 2016
Immaculate Yossa is regional advocacy officer for Eastern Africa at Hivos. She discussed key messages from multi-stakeholder action at the Uganda Food Lab (Photo: Food and Agriculture Organisation, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Achieving real transformation in our food system
… gas (GHG) emissions from the agri-food 'value chain' account for one quarter of all human GHG emissions, and about one third of all … an  Advocacy Toolkit (PDF)  to support civil society organisations in initiatives and advocacy.    Invest in longer term processes:  … can be powerful and action-oriented processes, next to government-led efforts to achieve the SDGs. More and longer-term investments are …
Insight, 23 October 2018
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… 2016 will be delivered by Debra Roberts, head of the Sustainable City Initiatives portfolio in eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa. … Durban on the map as a frontrunner in climate change adaptation.  She led the Durban Adaptation Charter for Local Governments , developed and … cities and climate change at the 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation, in 2013 Roberts is a regular contributor to …
News, 19 July 2016
Achala C Abeysinghe (second left) recently spoke on a panel discussion at COP23 on Women Leading the World's Climate Agenda (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
COP23 outcomes call for faster action and higher ambition to keep Paris on track
Insight, 21 November 2017