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Firm and fair foundations to transform cities, transform lives
… programme, which seeks to put cities on a path to achieving climate justice and zero-carbon emissions by 2050. Here, IIED senior … and an international fellow with IIED’s Human Settlements research group , about shared histories, current work and future plans. AW: IIED … be able to improve access to basic services and responses to climate change. This means adaptation, but also decarbonisation. Local funds are …
Article, 14 June 2022
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The Global Warming 8 - GW8
… be happening in Scotland. To coincide with this event, the Working Group on Climate Change and Development is holding the GW8 on July 5th in Edinburgh. …
Publication, 01 July 2005
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Une série de blogs s'interroge sur les grands principes qui contribuent à renforcer les droits fonciers des femmes
Insight, 15 October 2020
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Reconfiguring urban adaptation finance
… Cities need to adapt to climate change: but how will the necessary planning, actions and infrastructure …
Publication, 01 December 2013
A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… of waste, or natural disasters may pose a more significant risk. Climate change and implications for (in)security  While I do not want to … is a senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . …
Insight, 13 October 2016
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Inspiring action for sustainable fisheries: Today and the future
… stocks due to the effects of habitat destruction, over-fishing and climate change. Among research carried out to date is the publication of a study … sustainable fisheries elsewhere. IIED's  Sustainable Markets research group  has also created an online FishNet platform  to bring together …
News, 28 March 2014
(Rising sea levels can be illustrated in a number of artistic ways (Photo: Andrea Della Adriano via Creative Commons)
Sound Art competition explores rising sea levels, response to eco-crisis
… The winners of the Development and Climate Days 2014 competition – Sound Art category evoke rising sea … levels that can only be understood by the audience as a communicative group that discusses and reflects the different elements and meanings. The 2014 Development & Climate Days Story and Sound Art competition was run by the  Climate and …
News, 06 December 2014
Local voice, global forest, local forest, global voice
… it didn’t exist. Yet an alliance known as The Three Rights Holders Group (G3) has had a strong presence at COP 16 in Cancun, manning an … a vital component in any realistic strategy going forward to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. So who is this group and where has it …
Insight, 17 January 2011
Street vendors in Karachi (Photo: Fareena Chandra/IIED)
Urban food security and consumption
… distribution and consumption, all of which will be affected by climate change and especially by the growing frequency and severity of extreme … by the urban poor will require boosting their capacity to adapt to climate change impacts, and their access to secure incomes and to both …
Project, 29 August 2014
The UN poster showing all 17 sustainable development goals (Image: UN photo)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): IIED and the new global agenda on sustainable development
… Development , agreed in July 2015, the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, which will replace the current UN Framework Convention on … has also convened the Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (IEG), an informal group of individuals with experience in diverse …
Article, 15 March 2016