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Fair ideas highlights: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet
Publication, 01 June 2012
A woman picks fresh greens
Beyond maize: exploring agricultural diversification in Zambia
… Zambia’s food system is not delivering enough affordable nutritious food for most of its population. … income for farmers and make the agricultural system more resilient to climate change. But how do we achieve it? While calls for crop … transmission; buffering crop production from the effects of greater climate variability and extreme weather events; and improving soil …
Insight, 22 August 2019
An image showing a group photo of CBA10 field trip group posing for a photo on a rooftop at the end of a long day during which the delegates made visits to four separate projects in Dhaka where communities are adapting to climate change (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice
… trips to see how local communities are adapting to the challenges of climate change, and opportunities to share real-world experiences and … we had the opportunity to meet a huge number of people working at the climate change coalface, ranging from the executive director of a … dense – Dhaka has particular challenges when it comes to dealing with climate change. Our field trip began in the western part of the city, in …
Insight, 27 April 2016
The first photograph taken of Earthrise by Apollo 8 in December 1968. The Apollo Programme to Combat Climate Change proposes large-scale public investment and determined political effort from powerful states to take down carbon energy sources (Photo: NASA/woodleywonderworks, Flickr, via Creative Commons)
What should a no-carbon democracy look like?
… transitions, past, present and future. The Apollo Programme to Combat Climate Change (PDF)  proposes a breakthrough approach to taking down … that could work without global negotiation for collective action on climate change that has failed to deliver the necessary scale of action … Climate change …
Insight, 13 July 2015
Women in Ahmedabad, India, collect rubbish from 6,656 households that make up the slum area of Juna Vadaj, illustrating the energy and innovation that informal economies can bring to the sustainable development agenda (Photo: Pritpal Randhawa for STEPs)
Development frontiers
… . Put simply, the world faces a set of 'wicked problems' such as climate change, poverty and fragility. They are 'wicked' because the … organiser of the workshop, said at the start, the Paris Agreement on climate change is significant, but the current promises to cut emissions …
Insight, 21 March 2016
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Organisation – how it ignites successful, locally controlled forestry business
… fertile soils, medicinal and cosmetic products) and global goods (climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, hydrological and …
Publication, 01 September 2015
We must protect the world in which we live (Photo: Steve Guzzardi, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Best of 2017: blogs
… requiring collective effort in the year ahead, including climate action and the energy transition, the future of work, the role … that cities cannot afford to miss. Denying denial: a call for more climate action February: In their joint blog, Andrew Norton and Clare Shakya, who heads IIED's Climate Change research group, delivered a strong call for more action …
Article, 22 December 2017
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A Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
… needs of a projected nine billion people in 2050, while keeping climate change, biodiversity loss and other impacts within acceptable …
Publication, 01 April 2014
The Forest and Farm Facility Vietnam team displays new forest and farm products and knowledge from work with Forest and Farm Producer Organisation businesses (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mass mobilisation: boosting businesses and protecting forests
… partnership between FAO, IIED, IUCN and Agricord contributing to the climate-resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods demanded by the … value and/or product diversification improving both economic and climate resilience. This has been documented for more than 30 value … partially explain the rapid advances in improved livelihoods and climate resilient landscapes.  No wonder more than 40 countries have …
Insight, 20 March 2018
A dish of amatehe
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
… and medicinal plants. These crops can more easily withstand climate shocks such as drought, and are more nutritious than their … by major global disruptions such as COVID-19, and the impacts of climate change. Evidence provides answers An IIED-Hivos study carried …
Insight, 22 May 2020