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A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
… the GCF needs to be accountable to the NDAs and through them to the citizens of developing countries who are on the frontline of climate … seeing the same process again and again – as we saw in the Global Environmental Facility and Climate Investment Funds. Now the development …
Article, 10 October 2016
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… in building climate and disaster resilience in coastal cities. Other environmental experts from Bangladesh (Mizan Khan) and New York City (Dr … and adaptation standards, common sets of standards for reporting, and engaging citizens in a bottom-up approach, especially from the poorest and most …
News, 22 January 2013
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… especially in areas where family farming is under threat from environmental and socio-economic transformations. What did IIED do? The … relatives and their greater exposure to violence. All over the world citizens are starting to demand accountability from those in power. We …
Project, 26 April 2011
A group of people standing outside
Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
Rainforest logged to make way for palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation for agribusiness is destroying habitats and the ecosystems upon which local communities depend (Photo: David Gilbert/RAN, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
… many-fold and thereby reduce that demand.  Rather it is the social, environmental and economic costs of expanding and intensifying resource … of costly investor-state arbitrations can make it more difficult for citizens to obtain what they seek.  Q: What can be done to address these …
Article, 04 March 2019