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There is no more time to waste to stop twin crises of nature’s destruction and climate change
… is, how much more evidence and repeated warnings will it take for governments, companies and financial institutions to wake up to the urgency and act? “The accelerating destruction of nature and climate change are the … in poverty are being disproportionately hit, from rural women in poor countries who have the responsibility to gather wood for fuel, to people …
News, 06 May 2019
Aerial view of poor community. Overtext reads "We can shape the future"
Happy new super year! Why is 2021 such a big deal for climate, nature and people?
Insight, 02 February 2021
The Nairobi Declaration will be taken to this year's UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) by Fatima Mohamed Hussein, on behalf of the Kenyan government, the conference hosts (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Global leaders must not neglect the world's poor and vulnerable
News, 30 April 2015
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Q&A: Strengthening community voices to tackle illegal wildlife trade in Tanzania and Zambia
… (RL), board chairperson at Zambia CBNRM Forum, about why communities need to be engaged in anti-poaching approaches, what more needs to be done in Tanzania and Zambia, and why both organisations have been developing a national framework on this issue.   Q: Why is it important … CBNRM Forum ) Q: What lessons can be drawn from experiences in your countries about local community leadership and engagement in tackling …
Article, 24 March 2022
Participants at D&C Days took part in virtual reality game to help explain the complexities of making climate-related decisions (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Development & Climate Days 2016
Event, 12 November 2016
Three women chatting
Addressing power dynamics and inequity in institutional partnership models
… with rising inequalities, the climate, nature and debt crisis, the need for equitable partnerships cannot be over-emphasised. But … highlighting how we work with more than 120 partners in over 80 countries. We come to this with a recognition that we are part of the … Organisations like IIED get caught in the middle: they want to act as a values-based partner, but they also have commitments to donors. …
Insight, 13 February 2023
A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)
Driving change by supporting action at the local level
… more sustainable world. In September, representatives from the 193 countries making up the United Nations (UN) came together in New York to … in the hands of the few, largely at global and national levels. And governments often resist re-distributing them to the local level because … concerns is not new. And at IIED, we have long emphasised the need for local organisations to have a central role in designing and …
Insight, 24 November 2015
Clothes hang on lines outside small poorly maintained houses
Introduction to building transformative urban resilience for all
… academic institutions to build knowledge on risk in African cities Governments to develop new urban resilience policies, and  International … will include:  Empowered households and communities that are able to act effectively – in partnership with NGOs and local governments – to … IIED working with partners to help cities in low-and-middle income countries transition from crisis management to multi-hazard, …
Article, 01 April 2022
A group of women in a forest smile as they hold out handfuls of coffee beans
Producer agency and voice in certification schemes
… and partners with companies who support this. De Peña highlighted the need for producers to build strong organisations and networks at local, … consultation with producers to understand their challenges and to act on them, not only in standards setting but in policies relating to … including setting minimum prices – but competition law in certain countries makes this very difficult, as Pruijn explained. Setting a …
Insight, 26 March 2021
The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
… rise below 1.5°C. But how is adaptation possible where city governments have no capacity? Cities in wealthy countries with functioning governments already have what the IPCC terms … seriously, have moved from a political commitment to act, to developing new policies and technical responses. The needed move to …
Insight, 06 March 2018