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Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… applied in various contexts was also highlighted. It brought together climate scientists, adaptation practitioners, policymakers, and private sector organisations working on issues at the intersection of climate adaptation, ecosystems and human resilience. By showing examples … partner and IIED work. Related reading: Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation  | Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: …
Event, 01 September 2016
A community-owned Mexican sawmill in Oaxaca (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Incendiary observations from the 4th FLARE conference
… if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris climate agreement.  …
Insight, 22 October 2018
Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable?
… to economic models of future food prices to regional studies of climate impacts. Our task as the lead expert group has been to sift … more energy-intensive foods, especially meat and dairy products. And climate change will impact rainfall patterns and temperatures, bringing …
Insight, 03 February 2011
Solar panels, such as these in Bhutan, are benefiting millions of energy-poor households (Photo: Richard Furlong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Turning up the volume: five insights into aggregating finance for expanding off grid energy investment
… enterprises or projects: where a portfolio of enterprises or projects delivering decentralised renewable energy services are bundled for … customers. Clare Shakya ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Climate Change research group ; Rebecca Byrnes is a legal research and …
Insight, 03 November 2017
Modern energy services are crucial to economic development. In Afghanistan, less than 10 per cent of the population has access to the electricity grid. French NGO GERES has been working to introduce low-cost passive solar building designs, reducing fuel poverty (Photo: Oriane Zera, GERES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Facing up to the awkward realities of the post-2015 agenda
… to inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and decisive action on climate change. Everyone acknowledges that this agenda is "ambitious", … in 2012 on the US election campaign. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (Sustainable Development Goal 13) Natural …
Insight, 28 January 2015
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… I also have a concern, but also that (rural and urban) poverty and climate change adaptation and mitigation get the attention they need. It … patterns of consumption and production and reaffirming that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. But it is … How will existing structures and institutions have any chance of delivering a commitment to achieving full and productive employment and …
Insight, 09 July 2014
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… Partnership (LEDSGP) , the  Green Growth Institute (GGI) , the  Climate Change Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)  and the  … the 'enabling environment' for private sector investment just aren't delivering expected results. Support isn't fit-for-purpose and is …
Insight, 22 September 2014
Leaders of the Southern Aberdare Conservation Network (SACN) discussing support from the Forest and Farm Facility (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
… in Kenya. As Kenya and the world struggle to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the FFF approach of investing in locally controlled … soaks up carbon and makes a significant contribution to mitigating climate change as the area under forestry increases. Kenya, in common …
Insight, 11 November 2014
The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… social commitments, such as the Aichi targets, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). I joined a …
Insight, 25 July 2017
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Why women's empowerment is essential for sustainable development
… and address internal imbalances and proactively seek to do so in delivering their business. Barbara Stocking, former chief executive of … Women are more vulnerable to environmental degradation and climate change but also have different perspectives, concerns and ideas …
Insight, 02 February 2016