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Smallholder forest-farm in Myanmar
Fairer by Far: Multi-functional mosaics for public goods
… food security, energy access — but also the capacity to mitigate climate change, conserve biodiversity and fertilize soils without the … The first school, 'monotypic masses', considers the key factor in delivering public goods from forest landscapes to be unleashing the … both social (e.g. conflict over displacement) and environmental (e.g. climate related pest and disease outbreaks in monocultures) that might …
Insight, 23 August 2013
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Crucial conversations: our favourite five
… country to build up their knowledge about the causes and impacts of climate change so they can fully engage in the youth-led climate action across the globe. In another contribution Joanes Ooko … This blog was adapted from a story in IIED’s 2019 Annual Review ' Delivering Change '. To read this and learn more about our year’s …
Insight, 10 March 2020
Workshop participants undertake a participatory resource mapping exercise for community enterprises (Photo: Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources - ANSAB)
Forest and Farm Facility launches Phase II
… (COFO) , the FAO's highest statutory forestry body. The launch of Climate resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods – Phase II of the … forest and farm producer organisation (FFPO) businesses that ensure climate resilient landscapes , Duncan Macqueen, Anna Bolin (2018), IIED … Ndethiu (2018), IIED Toolkit Forest and Farm Facility Initiative for climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods  (2018) FAO, Rome …
News, 20 July 2018
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
Article, 25 May 2016
In Tanzania, former artisanal mining licensees Mwanahamisi Mzalendo and Mwanamkasi Rasi are among entreprenurial women who have pooled their resources to create a quarrying business. They control the day-to-day running of the quarry, including supervising labourers, dealing with the local authorities, and taking care of the site's environmental footprint (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)
Q&A: Women are driving the change we need
… highly exposed, the stakes are increasingly high – issues such as climate change, health, sanitation, education and security. In Africa, … that recognises that, for too long, women have been left out of climate-related planning, policymaking and implementation.  When I began working in the area of climate change 20 years ago, very few people were talking about gender. …
Article, 08 March 2018
Flooded sugar cane fields near Colombia's third largest city, Cali, during an intense rainy season.
What does low-carbon resilience look like in Latin America?
Insight, 04 April 2013
Venn diagram of LDCs
Least Developed Countries
… The leading international body for assessing climate change, the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) , recognises the LDCs, SIDS and poorer countries … training materials and create learning and exchange spaces, including delivering 'training of trainers' workshops and establishing a climate …
Article, 30 April 2009
IIED's Andrew Norton and IIED chair Rebeca Grynspan with Gro Harlem Brundtland sit at the front of the Barbara Ward lecture on 19 June 2018
Come on board: IIED seeks new chair
… Professionals and public alike are recognising the urgency of the climate emergency and chronic biodiversity loss , as well as the agency … five years aim high, they are rooted in reality and our experience of delivering real impact for real people . Our results are rigorously … Together we will:  Help vulnerable communities develop and become climate resilient, while pushing hard for urgent reductions in emissions …
Insight, 10 May 2019
Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)
2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism
… The former Norwegian Prime Minister was delivering the 2018 Barbara Ward Lecture in London. The lecture series … She said political leaders had come to understand the threat of climate change and the world now had a “critical window of opportunity” … the optimism surrounding the signing of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the dramatic changes in the global political climate …
Article, 15 June 2018
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Reducing 'forest footprints': tackling demand for forest-risk commodities
… people and forest ecosystem services, and exacerbating climate change. Demand is so strong that it frequently frustrates …
Publication, 01 September 2013