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Farmers looking at plants
Nature 4 Development – introducing IIED’s new 2020 initiative
… in response to scientists and policymakers failing to recognise climate change as a development issue, and that it was an issue hitting … Smoke wrapped up in 2009, most major development NGOs had significant climate change policies and/or programmes, and most environment NGOs … assessments and case studies that document how investing in nature is delivering development outcomes, please send them to us to include in …
Insight, 29 January 2020
The front cover of IIED's 2016/17 annual report (Image: IIED)
IIED's 2016/17 annual report highlights the institute's impact
… IIED's 2016/17 annual report shows how the institute is delivering impact at both local and international level, and across a … The report describes projects that have helped to deliver climate finance, empower urban communities, give voice to women smallholders and guide climate negotiators. Introducing the IIED 2016/17 Annual Report , IIED …
News, 17 October 2017
An early sunrise at COP14 in Poznan (Photo: Friends of the Earth, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
COP14 UN Climate Change Conference
… of the Parties (COP14) for the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  has ended, and we can look back with pride on … , we supported 37 Southern journalists in raising awareness of climate change issues in their countries. The UN summit in Poznan was a … every step of the way. Find out more about our work by visiting our climate change pages .  Poznań blogs Thank you for the days... , by …
Event, 20 December 2008
Cover for 10001IIED.pdf
Using wood products to mitigate climate change: a review of evidence and key issues for sustainable development
… of, and linkages between, the use of wood products to mitigate climate change and the capacity to deliver broader human development. It … Timber Council (NTC), and is the product of collaboration between the Climate Change Programme, the Environmental Economics Programme and the … Climate change … Using wood products to mitigate climate change: a review of evidence and key issues for sustainable …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
… working to highlight the importance of decentralising development and climate finance – to make sure that funding gets to those that need it … IIED Briefing, 4 pages Calling for business unusual: mechanisms for delivering change, Marek Soanes (2020), IIED Briefing Reimagining the … finance to the most vulnerable , Neha Rai (2017), IIED Backgrounder Delivering real change: getting international climate finance to the …
Article, 25 January 2017
A coastal river system seen from above
Developing a vision for The Gambia’s future
Insight, 20 April 2020
Saleemul Huq called COP not fit-for-purpose during his opening speech on the second day of D&C Days (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local voice must take pride of place: D&C calls for 'inside-out COP'
… Drawing on learnings from this year's Development & Climate Days (D&C Days), focusing on the crucial role of local actors in delivering adaptation promises of the Paris deal, IIED's Saleemul Huq … Conference of the Parties (COP22), with anticipation that this year's climate talks in Marrakech will set out how adaptation commitments under …
News, 13 November 2016
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Financing inclusive low-carbon resilient development: Role of Central Bank of Bangladesh and Infrastructure Development Company Limited
Publication, 01 August 2015
CBA12: Key messages
… CBA12 focused on getting local experience on climate action heard. The CBA community of practice shared innovation, … devolved climate finance We looked at five different approaches to delivering devolved climate finance (DCF), agreeing that any strong … engagement in resource allocation. While this is seen as critical to delivering better development responses, it takes time to build trust …
Article, 11 June 2018
Woman digging a hole in the forest
Reimagining solutions to India’s water challenge: the art of governance
… and are influenced by multidimensional issues such as poverty and climate change. We therefore need an approach that focuses on the ‘art … UK and the Netherlands to shape such a mechanism for governing and delivering water in the country. These principles have been developed … and horizontally integrated across sectors and stakeholders Robust to climate futures : combine local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge …
Insight, 20 January 2021