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A woman walks along a bamboo walkway in Iloilo, Philippines.
Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk
… team from the International Institute for Environment and Development led by Senior Fellow, Dr David Satterthwaite. Dr Satterthwaite said: … twenty years. Most of this damage can be avoided through better risk management and investment in social and structural infrastructure. "The … development activities; 2. Establishing councils/committees/disaster management structures dedicated to disaster risk reduction; 3. …
News, 04 September 2012
Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… donors and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to community-based groups in the global South, respond to these changes – … Southern NGOs.  They can support effective disruptive change management in other organisations, and/or they can be 'positive … into 2016 with a focus on peer-to-peer Southern NGO learning led by these insights. We'll also be reflecting more closely on what …
Insight, 26 January 2016
Indigeonous communities join government officials, NGOs and academics to participate in a ridge-to-reef mapping workshop in Cagayan de Oro City to identify threats to the forest and environment ecosystem (Photo: Horacio Marcos C. Mordeno, MindaNews, Creative Commons via Flickr)
International Disaster and Risk Conference 2016: key resources
… on a wide range of issues relating to risk reduction and disaster management across the globe. The theme was 'Integrative risk management … resilience in cities. IIED's disaster and risk work focuses on local community engagement with climate change impacts, risks, and adaptation, … capacity building and learning is possible - Diane Archer IIED led the three-year Urban Crises Learning Fund , and the programme of …
Article, 28 August 2016
Aerial view of poor community. Overtext reads "We can shape the future"
Happy new super year! Why is 2021 such a big deal for climate, nature and people?
Insight, 02 February 2021
An illustration showing two people reading a book titled "Participatory Learning and Action" in front of the words "positive change"
Participatory Learning and Action: archive
… The PLA archive PLA 66 - Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods September 2013 PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent June 2012 PLA 64 - Young … reduction in China August 2011 PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa November 2010 PLA 60: Community-based …
Article, 31 January 2022
Pastoralists in Isiolo County mapping community resources, such as water sources and good grazing areas. This pilot project developed a mechanism that allows local people to identify investments that can build their resilience to climate change. (Photo: James Pattison/IIED)
Award win highlights collaboration for Kenya climate resilience
… to use climate information and access climate finance in support of community-prioritised adaptation. The consortium works under the … counties, working through three local partners: WomanKind Kenya, Resource Advocacy Programme in Isiolo and Arid Lands Development Focus … their resilience to climate change. The success of this initial pilot led to the Adaptation Consortium receiving a three-year grant from the …
News, 15 April 2015
Two women sit as they hand pick coffee beans at a desk
Kenya’s coffee sector in the COVID-19 context: can producer agency be sustained?
… An initiative led by IIED is generating lessons on how rural producers, their … Natural resource management …
Event, 19 May 2020
A small brick building with two steps leading to a corrugated iron door houses a pit latrine.
The case for sewers
… to low-income residents by cutting costs and combining household, community and government resources. Communities did the ‘small … a result hundreds of thousands of low-income households benefited The Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI) in Thailand supported community-led upgrading of informal settlements (PDF)  that included connections …
Insight, 19 November 2021
A man waters seedlings at a nursery at the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary in Kenya managed by Wildlife Works Carbon.
Investment guide to ‘triple win’ from locally controlled forestry
… a 'social licence to operate', reduced risks and better long term management opportunities, as well as evidence of social and … profits worthy of asset investment," says Chris Buss of IUCN, who led the team that produced the guide. "But growing those businesses may … Natural resource management …
News, 24 September 2012
People walking up a green hill.
Learning from adaptation financing that is working for LDCs and SIDS
… such as devolving finance to local governments to invest in community resilience), to help strengthen national systems, build track …
Insight, 20 July 2023