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The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… and adaptation, as well as food security, local governance, water, and energy poverty in the Sahel. Ms. Denton has written articles … Mariteuw Chimère Diaw Dr Mariteuw Chimere Diaw is the director general of the African Model Forest Network (AMFN) and a member of the … of sustainable forest management. His research interests and publications have focused on African history, migrations, modelling of …
Article, 03 August 2015
Protesters march and carry climate-related placards
IIED and partner events at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit
Event, 23 September 2019
This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
… to ‘mal-adaptation’. For example, boreholes may help secure the water supply to farms. But if too many farmers use them and the water table drops in the long term, there can be ramifications for … from CBA13 at the Global Commission on Adaptation  and UN secretary-general’s climate summit in September. What we learn will also feed …
Article, 27 February 2019
A farmer's house and sugar cane field in Cambodia, where there is concern about large-scale investment in sugar plantations driving local people off the land (Photo: Brian Hoffman, via Creative Commons)
Human rights should be at the heart of investment policy making
… the right to housing or the right to food. Similarly, privatising water supply services may affect the urban poor's right to water. Labour relations and costs may be a key consideration for people … The exact framing of these ultimate policy objectives varies but the general goal is, or should be, to improve livelihood opportunities – for …
Insight, 20 October 2014
A man walks past the river Niger in Mopti, Mali.
Bamako baroke – talking politics and drinking tea
… assets but decentralised power Making more productive use of land and water is the fifth priority. Despite vast arid lands in the north, Mali … government to ensure they can deliver on schools, health, and water. Given the scale of political and economic collapse over the last …
Insight, 12 June 2013
The construction of the CCCF Mega Dam in Makueni County, Kenya is an example of local action during a devolved climate finance pilot project (Photo: Japheth Mutuku)
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
News, 02 December 2016
The Tanah Abang district of the Indonesian capital Jakarta has chronic traffic problems. Attempts to clear informal settlements and street vendors are frequently met with protests (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ten urban planning principles every humanitarian should know
… are helps inform us of their challenges, opportunities, needs, and general quality of life. The International Rescue Committee's (IRC) … condition. Be it a floodwall that doubles as a community park or a water, sanitation and hygiene programme that improves upon existing …
Insight, 10 November 2015
Markets for environmental services case studies
… (MBIs) for environmental management, such as pollution taxes, water user fees or eco-tourism concessions to private firms. Private … on private sector participation, IIED aimed to develop and test a general framework for analysing the environmental and poverty impacts of … Development and the European Commission. This resulted in a series of publications , including theme papers on privatising sustainable …
Project, 08 May 2008
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Etude de l'efficacité des structures de gestion des PMH (Burkina Faso)
… Water …
Publication, 01 December 2010
Woman walking through a vegetable garden. A pond behind her.
D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action
Article, 12 November 2021