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A giant temple bell in Mongolia (Photo: David Berkowitz via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
The IPCC rings the warning bell louder. Is anyone listening?
… in policymaking under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), each IPCC report has provided significant … This reinforces the fact that mankind is now irrevocably living in a climate-changed world, one some people have dubbed the "anthropocene". Second, adverse impacts of climate change are now hitting all continents and all countries and …
Insight, 02 April 2014
A water tap in Rwanda. Measuring sustainability of investments in water and sanitation makes more sense than focusing on annual freshwater withdrawal and access to improved water and sanitation (Photo: A'Melody Lee/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Making World Bank aid sustainable
Insight, 10 October 2016
Community-Based Adaptation in Africa (CBAA)
… project Community­ Based Adaptation in Africa (CBAA) tested tools for climate adaptation and knowledge generation in eight African countries. The project identified ways of communicating climate information among poor and vulnerable communities, and from … and the NGOs in turn supported community-level activities around climate change adaptation. The coordinating partners in each country …
Project, 08 September 2010
Workshop participants touring the Stone Village in China (Photo: Irene Song)
Mountain peoples call for support to protect traditional knowledge
… in Yunnan, Southwest China in May, 2016, to discuss the impact of climate change on their communities.  At the end of their meeting, they … crops and biodiversity, as well as places of high spiritual value.  Climate change is threatening these vulnerable regions and the … a "walking workshop", visiting water courses and sharing tools for climate adaptation, including community-led landscape management and …
News, 04 July 2016
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IIED Annual Report 2014/15: Shaping a fairer future
… This year's Annual Report focuses on how IIED is delivering its mission to build a fairer, more sustainable world, using … Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular the impact that climate change could have on the planet's ability to achieve the 17 goals. He says IIED will also be looking at how to ensure that climate finance works in an equitable way. ~  A key theme of the report …
Publication, 01 October 2015
Saleemul Huq, left, discusses 2015's big issues with negotiators and ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries in New York in early April (Photo: Claire Hatfield/IIED)
2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
… to be achieved by 2015 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which has a long history of negotiations to agree a climate treaty, and which is heading for a key decision at its 21st … in the world, and among the most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change.  The New York meeting, organised with UN OHRLSS , …
Insight, 17 April 2015
A cityscape
IIED podcast explores opportunities for urban change
… are high, Satterthwaite notes failures to recognise cities’ part in delivering this, and the exclusion of local governments and federations … funded by UN-Habitat as part of its project on pro-poor planning for climate resilience in marginalised neighbourhoods . The IIED podcast – … sets out IIED's response to the critical challenges of our time, from climate crisis to biodiversity loss and increasing inequality. You can …
News, 04 February 2020
Man cutting a cacao fruit from the tree
Promoting producer agency in food systems – might new global guidelines offer any hope?
… Small-scale family farmers and agricultural workers are critical to delivering healthy and sustainable diets. But these important and … hold the potential to resolve key food systems challenges amid the climate emergency and help advance sustainable food systems worldwide … states on such a complex set of global issues that are central to delivering some of our most fundamental rights is challenging – …
Insight, 10 December 2020
Two women sewing face masks
Business with purpose in the era of COVID-19
… society organisations signed an open letter urging a transition to a climate-neutral economy, protecting biodiversity and transforming …
Insight, 18 May 2020
Tidal damage on the small island nation of Kiribati. Small island developing nations, especially the atoll nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Jodie Gatfield, AusAID)
Paris Agreement must stand on three pillars
Insight, 01 June 2015