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UK Chancellor delivers fiscal statement
… On Overseas Development Assistance (ODA): “We welcome the recognition of the importance of the … on climate change but this budget belongs in a bygone age. It does nothing to stop taxpayers' money being hoovered up by big energy …
News, 17 November 2022
Waking up: the vital long-term finance goal of the Paris Agreement
… a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development". The last of three interlinked long-term goals, Article … progress for implementing it will vary by context. As some countries have emphasised (PDF) , it is unrealistic to expect developing countries … for example, what exactly constitutes a ‘climate-aligned’ investment? Does consistency mean alignment with a 2°C target, or 1.5°C? …
Blog, 02 August 2022
How social protection can support people and sustain fisheries
… these questions, the World Bank and IIED (with support from PROBLUE ) have developed a conceptual framework that guides policymakers and … fisheries or communities: the Bangladesh government provides social assistance as compensation to fishers for complying with closed … targeting the poorest households (the norm for social assistance) does not always deliver the best environmental outcomes, since they are …
Blog, 06 June 2022
Researching displacement: how do we know we are asking the right questions?
… would their answers be to: What constitutes wellbeing for you? What does it mean to be self-reliant? Would these concepts mean the same … ages and genders stressed the importance of social cohesion: “If I have no consensus with my neighbours, the Amharic proverb follows ‘who … reflected in the survey initially, was prospects and hope for the future or “having a clear plan in life”. Conversely, “wasting one’s …
Blog, 19 April 2021
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… of lectures given by the current generation of outstanding women in development, in honour of IIED's founder, has now been postponed until … women doing amazing things in our sector, and IIED’s staff and others have come together to nominate some outstanding women. We want to keep … She’s responsible for the socio-legal empowerment of women, and she does that through litigation, legal rights education, mediation and …
Article, 15 June 2020
Making the most of migration: mobility in the context of the climate emergency
Article, 23 June 2022
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… Presented at DSA Annual Conference 2008 ‘Development’s Invisible Hands: Development Futures in a Changing … therefore turned to the existing and potential role for development assistance in supporting adaptation, largely because of the extensive … (or sustainable) development (policies and practice) can (and often does) lead to building adaptive capacity. Doing adaptation to climate …
Article, 14 November 2008
Harnessing #MeToo momentum to drive climate action
… equality and empowerment boldly set out in the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and intertwined throughout Agenda 2030 . In June, … disasters, and women and girls are often last to receive humanitarian assistance in the event of climate shocks. Sourcing water, fuel and wood … a drastically changing environment. There is not one woman alive who does not work for a better quality of life for her children. These are …
Blog, 09 April 2018
Critical themes at IIED
… to a gender audit reviewing the way IIED works, and the work it does, in terms of gender equality and equity. This series of seminars … range of subjects since it began in 2013. Since 2019, critical themes have become increasingly external events and are more likely to be held … universal energy access? In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – universal energy access – by 2030, the …
Article, 05 March 2021
Planning for reality in one of Nairobi’s largest ‘slums’
… in fact a river flowing through the settlement; over time, residents have built housing on this reclaimed land, causing huge drainage … Mukuru would have to be razed – how he felt about the settlement’s future. He acknowledged that this incremental approach where basic … a better quality of life for people in Mukuru, even though the plan does not extend to public investments in housing stock. The plan is not …
Blog, 04 December 2019