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US President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2014. Bilateral meetings are a key part of climate diplomacy (Photo: US Embassy, The Hague, Creative Commmons, via Flickr)
Climate diplomacy: a beginner's guide
Insight, 13 October 2015
A host of government leaders made pledges at the 2015 UN Climate Summit hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (Photos: Saleemul Huq/IIED)
A week that may change the world
Insight, 25 September 2014
A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?
… Most can answer easily: not being able to afford enough food, a safe home, clean drinking water, health care and other basic needs. The … range of risks. If the World Bank and the United Nations are serious about reducing poverty, they need to know where the poor can be found. … is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . This blog originally appeared on the zilient.org website . …
Insight, 13 June 2017
Front cover of a flyer
IIED's pro-poor gorilla tourism project shortlisted for major award
… Southwest Uganda. Bwindi is a World Heritage Site, famous for being home to a population of highly endangered mountain gorillas. Each year … edges of the park that offer visitors the opportunity to learn more about local people and communities. Professionally designed flyers … has also trained local people as guides. The Bwindi Specialist Guides group has been formally registered with Kanungu District and the guides …
News, 29 October 2018
Fatima Denton, a member of IIED’s Independent Expert Group, speaking at the Development and Climate Days conference (Photo: Matt Wright)
Zero carbon – costs and opportunities for Least Developed Countries
Insight, 10 December 2015
Syria refugees in Lebanon learn how to make fishing nets, a skill which will help them find work along the northern coast (Photo: DFID, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why urbanisation matters in responding to humanitarian crises
… neglected. IIED and partners hosted a workshop in Istanbul to learn about the experiences of international agencies, non-government … refugee camps – the camp at Zaatari in northern Jordan that is home to more than 80,000 people is estimated to cost the international … ([email protected]) is acting head of IIED's Human Settlements Group and team leader for cities and climate change.  Note: this blog …
Insight, 15 September 2015
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
… four pitches: Dorice from @sdinet is delivering her pitch at #CBA13 about waste management project 'Trash to Cash' for slum dwellers in … She highlighted the importance of finance and supporting community governance. She said: "The current global economy should diversify funds … in the negotiating rooms must be translated into tangible action at home, and must also be informed by and learn from local solutions that …
Article, 04 April 2019
Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
… wild. The recent results from Bwindi’s last census show the park is home to 400 gorillas – close to half of the world’s mountain gorilla … meet their needs. Research has also been carried out into how local governance is affecting the revenue sharing programme around the park. … carried out with the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group about how to become an effective advocacy network. Members of the …
Insight, 26 July 2013
Gates Foundation gives US$10 million to help urban poor improve living conditions
… more than 200,000 homes (see table below). Worldwide, however, about a billion people live in slums or shacks, most of which lack safe … to urban poverty," says Diana Mitlin of IIED's Human Settlements Group. "And when they do, it is to finance professionally designed … specific opportunities to advance development and to learn about new approaches that can inform and improve the strategies and …
News, 22 November 2007
Closing sacks of sorted plastic for recycling at the Banvari Compound at Dharavi.Credit Meena Kadri. Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en_GB
Work and shelter – two struggles, one reality
… grassroots movements and their support agencies to share ideas about how to address these people’s needs with strategies that target … Visibility is key : When the urban poor are invisible (whether at home or at work), they will not be aware of the many others facing … Diana Mitlin is a Principal Researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group ([email protected]). …
Insight, 09 December 2013