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Fishermen offloading their morning catch from a fishing boat in Kalindi, West Bengal (Photo: Souvik Das Gupta, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Creating waves for small-scale fisheries
… small-scale fisheries into disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change planning Communities living on exposed coastlines are … ) is a researcher in IIED's  Climate Change research group . On 1 December, IIED is hosting FishNight 4 , an event in London …
Insight, 17 November 2016
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Blog series probes principles: what works for women’s land rights?
… to many factors including the development of commercial agriculture, climate change, urbanisation and population growth. Research (PDF) indicates … can make a difference . Evidence shows that when women are part of a group or an association they tend to have more agency and power, …
Insight, 15 October 2020
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City Governance and Citizen Action
… within urban redevelopment in Seoul. ~There are also three papers on climate change and cities: Durban’s adaptation plan; the vulnerabilities of children and youth to climate change in urban areas; and details of how cities concentrate a …
Publication, 01 October 2008
An aerial view of people in an informal settlement
Alternative data sources for cities and communities
… are federations of informal savings groups; most savers and saving group managers are women. They have developed methodologies to document … case study is also discussed in the paper ' Building resilience to climate change in informal settlements '. The two maps below are a satellite …
Insight, 12 March 2020
The slogan on a woman T-shirt in Kitwe, Zambia - emblazoned with 'Addressing water and sanitation challenges through city-wide partnerships' - highlights the community-led approach (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Local funds allow informal-settlement residents to shape development
… deficiencies in basic services, and to cope with the added demands of climate change and particularly the additional risks of flooding. But how is … so we cannot afford it. So we come together to save our money as a group. That way we can have a better rate of interest. It also brings …
Insight, 01 November 2016
Bolivian family farming organisations show a poster about their award-winning coffee business development activity at the World Rural Forum in Bilbao, Spain (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Modern food systems to emerge in new decade of family farming
… helping these men and women farmers to adapt to, and mitigate, climate change – a modern solution to problems cause by an outdated industrial … , co-managed by FAO, IIED, IUCN and Agricord. For development and climate action programmes, finance is generally channelled through …
Insight, 04 April 2019
An image of women selling produce in an internally displaced persons camp, near Tawilla in North Darfur. The 'leave no one behind' agenda aims to ensure the poor are included in sustainable development (Photo: UNAMID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Unpacking what we mean by 'leave no one behind'
… connections between individual goals and inequality and for driving change. The accumulation of inequalities in particular groups – among … — compounded discrimination, exclusion and 'being left behind'. Change catalyst or empty signifier? Some questioned whether there was … challenges from resource degradation and the negative impacts of climate change. Within the context of planetary boundaries, environment …
Article, 24 May 2016
Financial summary 2013
… the four main areas of our strategy: tackling the ‘resource squeeze’, climate change policy, building sustainable cities, and shaping responsible … to £2.3 million in 2012-13. This is a reflection of the current climate of austerity amongst the relevant governments. Partnerships with …
Page, 02 August 2013
The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… social commitments, such as the Aichi targets, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). I joined a selected … economics), in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . This blog was first published on the Green Fiscal Policy Network …
Insight, 25 July 2017
A huge selection of photos are displayed in a Peru supermarket (Photo: Teresa Stanton, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Nourishing diversity in our food systems
… nutrition. It also undermines the ability of agriculture to adapt to climate change. What can be done? Citizens currently have little input into food … is senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . Cook will be talking about diversity from farm to fork and …
Insight, 10 October 2017