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Drilling for oil in Mali.
IIED urges G8 to see transparency as critical step on road to accountability
… and sustainable development. Information alone is not enough. People need to be able to access and use the information and this is something … organisations have a critical role to play in this, and donors and governments should support these efforts. An important new pathway for … companies drive much of the land acquisition underway in lower-income countries, so G8 leaders have an important responsibility. Their …
News, 14 June 2013
'Just give money' or 'just give work' to the poor?
… is not the only social policy programmes being implemented in the developing world. In India, a different approach is being tried: rather … for the NREGA mirror those of advocates of cash transfers in other countries: it acts as a safety net, contributes to nutrition and … (invariably developed by the non-poor) about "what the poor really need". Moreover, they stem from very different concepts of what social …
Insight, 14 January 2011
Citizens' protests against climate change action, such as this march in New York in 2014, have moved from the streets to the courts (Photo: South Bend Voice, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Using the power of judiciary to protect people from climate change
… Governments must no longer depend on or wait for global policies to act … in the region of the 25-40 per cent reduction required from developed countries by climate science and international climate policy. The duty … increasing climate impacts and despite global agreement on the need to act, governments have not been compelled to take the degree of …
Insight, 24 July 2015
LDCs can use the example of Brazil, which has achieved a drastic fall in emissions thanks to avoided deforestation, to see what is possible despite limited economic capacity. Pictured is deforestation for the use of clay in Rio de Janeiro (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014
Insight, 04 June 2014
Surveying residents in the settlement of Tank Mohalla, Bangalore, India (Photo: CSTEPIN, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local democracy as a substitute for data (and rather a good substitute too)
… Data to measure and monitor the global goals and targets that governments have agreed to (or hopefully will agree to within the … National governments and international agencies. Not those who need funds (or schools or potable water…). Surely the point of data in … unmet needs? Will it increase their influence – and their capacity to act and to hold government and international agencies to account? There …
Insight, 16 January 2015
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres calls for an “energy revolution”
… Convention on Climate Change , in a lecture today. “Don’t depend on governments,” she said, “because they can’t deliver 100%.” “We are … a “very powerful force of wind in the sail” to help the economies of developing countries grow, but this growth needed to happen with a lower carbon …
Insight, 09 March 2012
Climate activists march to the entrance of Georgetown University before President Obama's speech on climate change. Photo: 350.org via Flickr
IIED views on Obama's climate change plan
… emphasis on strengthening local governance for adaptation planning, developing new risk management tools and climate adaptation technology … acts in isolation and seldom consults adequately with country governments before implementing such initiatives. Examples include the … "The resources mobilized so far by the US and other industrialised countries are dwarfed by the imposed costs of increased climate …
News, 25 June 2013
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) of Bangladesh won the Earth Care Award 2012 for spearheading the Least Developed Countries Fund project 'Community-based adaptation to climate change through coastal afforestation in Bangladesh' (Photo: UNDP Adaptation Learning Mechanism)
Making the climate fund fit for purpose
… The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), established more than a decade ago to support the … of funds. I have no doubt that these figures have risen since then. Governments have promised $100 billion per year for climate finance by … Nations climate negotiations, I also urge us all not to overlook the need to replenish smaller climate funds, including the LDCF, which …
Insight, 27 August 2015
Field visit as part of the Mountain Ecosystem-based Adaptation project, Mount Elgon, Uganda (IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Uganda
… ( EbA Evidence and Policy ). Working with local partners in 12 countries, the project aims to gather practical evidence and develop … (NDCs) review process, revision of the National Climate Change Act 2021, as well as the annual review of the Natural Resources, … departments and agencies. Central in the discussion was the need for the government to fast track the Climate Change Bill process …
Project, 15 February 2018
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… to the 2030 Agenda? March: The Sustainable Development Goals commit governments to balanced development that integrates economic, social and … be main multilateral financing mechanism to support climate action in developing countries. Neha Rai and Sarah Best reported on a study analysing over a …
Article, 28 December 2016