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Kota Kita: facilitating citizen-led urban development
… are situated in low-lying coastal areas and are highly exposed to climate shocks such as flooding, subsidence and erosion. Disadvantaged … How can these new growing urban areas be made safe, well-planned and climate-resilient? How our allies and collaborators create change As … we are working with around the world on issues ranging from climate resilience to energy access. Read how Prakriti Resources Centre, …
Article, 22 February 2022
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Democratic forest business models: a harder but more rewarding path
… and global needs, from a village’s food and firewood to mitigating climate change. With demand unlikely to fall, the key issue is how we …
Publication, 01 September 2015
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IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… by [COVID-19] restrictions on movement. 3 Locally-led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey January : In … agenda to advance principles for critical locally-led adaption to climate change. Saleemul Huq and Clare Shakya wrote about the importance … 4 Nature-based solutions: building blocks for green recovery and climate action in least developed countries August : The economies of …
Article, 23 December 2021
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IIED Annual Report 2015/16: Powering global change through partnership
… working together to support marginalised perspectives and delivering impacts far beyond what we could achieve alone. Collaboration … and knowledge of those already dealing with the realities of climate change, resource scarcity, inequality and poverty, we cannot … year, from our successful work with the Least Developed Countries’ climate negotiators in Paris to our part in ensuring remote farmers in …
Publication, 01 October 2016
Bolivian family farming organisations show a poster about their award-winning coffee business development activity at the World Rural Forum in Bilbao, Spain (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Modern food systems to emerge in new decade of family farming
… helping these men and women farmers to adapt to, and mitigate, climate change – a modern solution to problems cause by an outdated … , co-managed by FAO, IIED, IUCN and Agricord. For development and climate action programmes, finance is generally channelled through … voices in political decision-making, and strengthen their enterprise, climate contributions and social and cultural services.  FFF does this …
Insight, 04 April 2019
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IIED's best of 2020: publications
… .  2 Tackling the triple crisis: using debt swaps to address debt, climate and nature loss post-COVID-19 I ssue paper  Even before … have an opportunity to address simultaneously the crises of debt, climate and biodiversity destruction through a new use of the system of … blog ‘Planning for reality in one of Nairobi’s largest ‘slums’’ . 7 Delivering change: IIED annual review 2019 A nnual report IIED’s annual …
Article, 23 December 2020
The Barbara Ward Lecture signage at the British Library for the 2014 event (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)
Image gallery: 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture
… Leading Africa and climate change expert Fatima Denton delivered the lecture on the theme: Rewriting the narrative on Africa and climate change – a case of "standing knee deep in the river and dying of thirst". Denton is an internationally known expert in the field of climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture and policy …
Article, 24 November 2014
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2017 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2017: publications
… to find out more, please contact us . Here is our top 10 for 2017: Delivering real change: getting international climate finance to the local level With the rapid ratification of the … and collaborate on empowering miners, improving governance and delivering a safer, more secure working environment. Ecosystem-based …
Article, 28 December 2017
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Aid and business for sustainable development. Emerging lessons from effective aid-business partnerships for sustainable development
… Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change aimed to address some of the greatest~challenges facing humanity, including climate change,environmental degradation and the persistent disparity …
Publication, 01 January 2016
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
… and endorse these agreements, and invest government resources and climate funds for additional resilience work. Emerging insights from the … local institutions can layer and sequence interventions (development, climate and humanitarian) to suit their context and tackle the … the Hunger Safety Net Programme  supports the work under the county's climate funds. The former provides cash transfers to reduce the …
Insight, 24 August 2016