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A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
… national development banks and ministries of local government. For finance ministries this means firmly integrating climate into the … for GCF funds. This is another exciting innovation – this network of community organisations of the urban poor, mobilising groups of … conventional aid projects – large-scale infrastructure projects led by multilateral agencies. It's seven years since the GCF was first …
Article, 10 October 2016
The St Briavels wind turbine in construction (left) and completed (right). Source: Abundance
Can investment crowdfunding deliver Sustainable Energy for All?
… on the border of England and Wales, it was a pioneering moment. For the first time, a renewable energy project had been built using the … was designed to strike the right balance between specialist input and community involvement. This meant that the higher-risk development and planning stage was not led and financed by the crowd, but by specialists with the right …
Insight, 20 October 2013
A woman makes clothes for SOKO, a Kenyan textiles supplier that combines fashion manufacturing with bettering local livelihoods.
SOKO: Learning lessons on how to add value to the East African apparel sector
… accolade recently launched by the Ethical Fashion Forum , an online community for ethical fashion businesses. The Ethical Fashion Forum is set to … of what is needed to make a good fashion business. Being market-led and consumer-orientated is the true backbone of any successful … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 11 February 2013
Peruvian men and women on a mountainside, pouring water on the earth
Learning to value Mother Earth
Article, 02 June 2013
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… between production and social reproduction. Both are essential for individuals, households, communities and wider societies to … Federations : this paper documents the emergence of the first women-led slum dweller Federation, Mahila Milan, which was established in … role of the Climate Change Media Partnership : this paper details the initiatives taken by the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) to …
Project, 26 April 2011
A toilet block in Mumbai, India, where people living in different informal settlements experience distinct forms of inadequate sanitation (Photo: Renu Desai)
Sanitation in informal settlements: a networked problem
… that are most appropriate, and about which approaches (e.g. state- or community-led, or public-private partnerships) ensure maintenance, is a lively … needs. A geographical approach to the SDGs This means that global initiatives like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must be …
Insight, 26 August 2015
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
Article, 14 November 2008
A village in Burkina Faso. Land investment in Africa is growing driven by rises in global food prices, companies who see market opportunities in biofuels, and overseas countries anxious to secure their food supplies through direct investment. Photo: Tex
‘Land grabbing’ in Africa: Biofuels are not off the hook
… report by Dutch consultancy firm Ecofys claims that European demand for biofuels is not to blame for “land grabbing” in poorer countries. … In Liberia, for example, the Ecofys report classifies a palm oil deal led by an Indonesian company as being for 240,000 hectares. Yet the … communities have filed a formal complaint with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), alleging violations of RSPO standards and …
Insight, 16 October 2013