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A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
… assistance Detailed information about urban poor households most in need is not readily available. When the government signalled they would … ensure food assistance and donations went to those in desperate need and not the better off.  As Sumi, a community leader from … level so it is easier for us to identify the people who are in real need”.   On 16 April, the Prime Minister launched an initiative to …
Insight, 01 July 2020
A herder with his livestock in Isiolo County, Kenya (Photo: Dorine Odongo/ILRI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Kenya
… ' ( EbA Evidence and Policy ). Working with local partners in 12 countries, the project aims to gather practical evidence and develop … most effectively channelled to the local level through sub-national governments to finance community-prioritised investments in climate … have tended be made up of standalone projects, but interventions need to be cross-sectoral, may run across administrative boundaries, and …
Project, 14 June 2018
This map of the covered and open drains in Jamshed Town, Karachi illustrates how communities have led on installing sewers and drains (Image: Orangi Pilot Project–Research and Training Institute)
Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'
… they don't acknowledge that the responsibility largely falls to local governments, and that most risk in urban areas cannot be reduced when … are so dangerous.   In high-income and some upper-middle income countries, urban governments have dramatically reduced most of the life- … support for local action International agencies must recognise they need to support local action by local governments, local universities …
Insight, 08 May 2017
The solar panels at this rural health centre in Uzbekistan help provide power for electricity and heating. A safe, reliable and affordable energy supply allows the clinic to improve the quality of medical services it can offer (Photo: UNDP in Uzbekistan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Civil society coalition calls for inclusive Sustainable Energy for All agenda
… according to a recent survey of civil society experience in several countries carried out by CAFOD, HIVOS, IIED and Practical Action. The … little support from international agencies supporting SE4ALL in many countries. Media invitation: The coalition is holding a workshop to …
News, 18 May 2015
The president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Saber Chowdhury spoke to IIED at the UN climate summit (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Inter-Parliamentary Union and IIED say raising the climate ambition is critical
… since the the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement which bound 196 governments to act to limit the global average temperature rise to well … for increasing efforts to limit climate change. But at present countries can update their pledges for action on climate change at any … The ECBI  aims to build capacity among climate negotiators from developing countries, and to foster trust between negotiators from …
News, 21 November 2016
A panel discusses artisanal and small-scale mining at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town (Photo: Abbi Buxton/IIED)
Building bridges between the money and the many in mining
… but their relationship is marked by distrust and discord. And while governments tend to see small-scale mining as a problem, the sector … reactive initiatives that entrench isolation and waste resources, we need to come together, take stock of what we know and see how we can … to demands from its members — government actors from 48 resource rich countries — to better understand the sector, its needs and …
Insight, 11 February 2014
The rich landscape of the Wolayita region in Southern Ethiopia highlights the country's huge potential (Photo: Rod Waddington, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Why parliament should scrutinise the UK-Ethiopia BIT
… For decades, governments have concluded hundreds of investment treaties with very … known investment treaties, primarily with low and middle-income countries, without much public scrutiny or protest. If anything, these investment treaties with developing countries raise even more pressing concerns. Regulatory …
Insight, 19 January 2015
People stand by a drought-stricken lake in Xinjiang Province, north-west China.
MPs: the missing pieces to national action on climate change
Insight, 01 August 2012
Boji Drug Store: financed by the European Union through the Community Development Trust Fund (Photo: John Nyangena)
Funding local adaptation in Kenya: nationally vs. locally managed funds
… the Green Climate Fund (GCF) were set up to enable climate vulnerable countries access to finance for low carbon climate resilient … level?  This is particularly relevant for Kenya where four county governments are developing County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) legislation to coordinate …
Insight, 04 December 2016
IIED statement on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s new report
… to get ready. Citizens and business leaders worldwide need to press governments to act, both at home and on the international stage." Dr … IPCC says: "The IPCC has confirms what many millions of people in the developing world are already well aware of, namely that the weather patterns have already changed for the worse. People in richer countries are vulnerable too, as floods, droughts and storms in Europe, …
News, 27 September 2013