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Pastoral livelihoods in the drylands are facing climate challenges such as increasing temperatures and increased frequency of extreme weather events (Photo: Practical Action)
Why we need to plug the adaptation technology gap
Insight, 25 May 2018
A fisherman looks at his latest huge catch of fish caught in nets
It is time to control fishing on the high seas to protect the life of the ocean and coastal people who depend on it
… Although they make up about half of the Earth’s surface and are home to 95% of all life (PDF), they remain largely beyond the law. But …
Insight, 08 June 2019
Screengrab of a videocall with eight people in a meeting room and five more online participants
Digital tools amplify the voice of women in Peruvian communities
… work, assigned to women and conducted in the private space of the home. Through the ollas comunes , it has become a collective and public …
Insight, 11 November 2021
Women from near Rangoon, Myanmar are seated around a map with paper houses and trees talking and laughing.
What happens when slum dwellers put themselves on the map
… and invisible, but the one billion people who call such places home are a vital part of the solutions to today’s challenges in urban …
News, 01 May 2012
Paris, January 2015: More than one million people march against terrorism (Photo: Olivier Ortelpa, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Rushing into a new year
… As such, it deserves celebration as an early example of "good governance". But while the barons were keen to sort out a more balanced … Governance …
Insight, 13 January 2015
Three women sit on the floor for a meeting
Responding to COVID-19 in a high-density low-income district in Mumbai
… were many men who used to stay alone here but now they have gone home, back to their families. The bottom of the tenements at Indian Oil … advice not medication, but it is possible for us to do this at home. This blog is drawn from an interview with Selvi Manivanan …
Insight, 13 May 2020
Floating boards on a lake, hiding the fish farming cages underneath
Lessons for building a natural capital legacy
… help technical people communicate the account findings so they hit home with civil servants, with decision-makers and with the general …
Insight, 16 August 2021
Community participation, with a strong focus on women, such as this women's savings group in Southern India, is vital to develop slum-friendly cities (Photo: Maria Andersson/Individuell Människohjälp, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
What might slum dwellers want from the SDGs?
… you might expect United Nations promises that everyone has a decent home to be met – but is this realistic for India? Ambitions must be … so often, relocation programmes only benefit those who 'own' their home and can prove they have lived there for many years. Slum dwellers …
Insight, 05 October 2015
No easy, quick solutions to improving life in the "slums"
… the scale of required resources, incremental upgrading – or gradual home improvements – is the major solution. Building new homes is …
Insight, 05 September 2011
An aerial view of London. Southwark, on the left, is surprisingly undense (Photo: David, Bergin, Emmett and Elliott, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
How can compact cities keep house prices under control?
Insight, 14 September 2017