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Camilla Toulmin has led IIED since 2004
Camilla Toulmin to step down in 2015
… work that I love – research and writing – particularly on land and climate change issues, and a focus on the drylands .   Our new chair of … and seeking to make progress in our four principal goal areas – climate change, natural resources, human settlements, and sustainable … to be closely involved with this.   So I shall stay focused on delivering both programmatic and institutional goals until we welcome …
Insight, 29 October 2014
Two women carrying farming tools
IIED's best of 2019: videos
… Developed Countries (LDC) Group of the UNFCCC. Launched at the 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York, the LDC 2050 Vision is the LDCs’ long-term strategy for climate resilience and net zero emissions by 2050. In the video Tenzin … out the key points of the 2050 vision , such as channelling 70% of climate funding to drive local-level action, holistic climate change …
Insight, 06 January 2020
IIED's three-and-a-half minute film to communicate the ambitions and universal reach of the SDGs had been viewed almost 20,000 times by February 2017 (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
IIED's work on the post-2015 agenda
… the animation urged people to hold global leaders to account on delivering the goals. We designed the animation to be easily used and … is addressing the challenge of making cities resilient in the face of climate change (SDG 11) as well as how best to finance improved water … fisheries  (SDG 14). We have also developed our research focusing on climate finance and how this overlaps with and supports development …
Article, 27 February 2017
COP 15 - Review and analysis
Article, 21 January 2010
Group of people sitting on the floor, discussing research in Kibera
Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda – Lessons on Understanding Risk and Building Resilience
… from the river banks are also subject to localised flooding. Global climate change is already aggravating the flood risk residents face … at the same level, undermining their resilience. Effective action for climate change adaptation needs to be specific to the social, economic, …
Insight, 20 October 2016
Women washing laundry at Sélingué dam, Mali, the second largest provider of energy for the country (Photo: Alioune Ba/Global Water Initiative)
Three big financial shifts put spotlight on social and environmental impacts of large dams — again
… (IIED), is whether it is possible to build dams to mitigate climate change AND deliver environmental and social outcomes. "The … national standards. The challenge is about where to aim in terms of delivering multiple benefits, such as local development, not just ‘clean’ energy and mitigation of climate change." In a paper published today by IIED today, Skinner and …
News, 06 May 2014
Screenshots from IIED best videos
IIED's best of 2020: videos
… European Capacity Building Initiative (ECBI) , which supports junior climate negotiators from least developed countries (LDCs) to develop … ensuring different voices are heard more prominently, such as Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and Rwandan youth leader Ineza Umuhoza … sessions unable to be carried out in person, people have adapted by delivering detailed guidance online in the form of narrated lectures, as …
Insight, 30 December 2020
Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
… Durban's first environmental manager, dealing with biodiversity and climate change issues. She now leads the Sustainable and Resilient City … is lead author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report . She is also currently … Answering a question about technology's potential for mitigating climate change impacts, she cautioned against invoking technology as the …
Article, 11 October 2016
Head and shoulders images
Remembering Nigel Cross and Brian Walker, leading lights of IIED
… demanding programme of work and collaboration. In 2001, he identified climate change as a critical issue and encouraged climate change expert Saleemul Huq to join IIED, an inspired move that …
Insight, 16 October 2019
Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?
… expectations as to what the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Paris can deliver for the peoples … Climate change …
Insight, 27 November 2015