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Women distributing seeds in Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Q&A: Why indigenous seed-saving women are the stewards of biodiversity
… – innovation systems to strengthen food security in the face of climate change. The five-year project worked with indigenous and traditional … communications content officer, IIED's Communications Group .  Related reading: Biocultural Heritage website: …
Article, 18 October 2018
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… was my supervisor when I worked as a senior regional advisor for climate change and development with Ireland DFAT, and what stood out for me was … truth.  "At COP23 [in Bonn, Germany] we were approached by Climate Wise Women, through the Mary Robinson Climate Justice …
Article, 15 June 2020
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Understanding children’s risk and agency in urban areas and their implications for child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia
… (the Philippines) and Jakarta (Indonesia). The study involved focus group discussions with street children, working children and squatter … susceptible to environmental hazards, disasters and the impacts of climate change, primarily because of their poor-quality living and working and …
Publication, 01 January 2014
Women discuss forest management at a Community Forest User Group meeting in Nepal. Photo: WOCAN
Gender and REDD+
… compensate countries that reduce emissions from land use and land use change, as well as conserving, sustainably managing or enhancing forests, as a means of mitigating climate change. Women play a key role in managing forests but are often … The same is true when it comes to sharing the benefits of climate investment finance. What did IIED do? REDD+ readiness plans …
Project, 12 September 2013
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… Goals (SDGs)  and the breakthrough global legal treaty on combating climate change – the Paris Agreement  in 2015 have set the stage for a 'new … new residents each year. Some of this migration is attributable to climate change – certainly the impacts of sea level rise in the …
Insight, 13 May 2016
Jack fruit vendor spreads out their wares on the ground.
Putting informal food systems at the centre of sustainable diets
… Food Day call to make food systems more resilient to volatility and climate change, so that they can "deliver affordable and sustainable healthy … , senior associate in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, for his contribution to this blog. …
Insight, 16 October 2020
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Organisation – how it ignites successful, locally controlled forestry business
… fertile soils, medicinal and cosmetic products) and global goods (climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, hydrological and mineral … in an alliance, Forest Connect, can chart a way forward and make change happen. …
Publication, 01 September 2015
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Finance for housing, livelihoods and basic services
… from the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. There are also four papers on climate change and cities, with a case study of Mombasa’s vulnerability, a … of mitigation and adaptation for Indian cities, and papers on climate change and health and climate change and flooding in urban areas. …
Publication, 01 April 2008
How can decentralised finance drive sustainable development? A new interactive story produced by IIED's Human Settlements Group highlights successful examples from the global South (Image: Kiln/IIED)
It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
… of the urban poor. IIED is also starting work on a major new change initiative looking at how to deliver finance where it is needed … governments. Other work by IIED, for example on decentralising climate finance in Kenya , Mali and Senegal , further strengthens the … ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 08 July 2015
The faces of some of the experts who contributed their thoughts about a green economy (Image: GEC)
Leading experts set out their vision for a green economy
… where the natural world in thriving, and in a world with a stable climate and a commitment to upholding human rights for all." Hunter S. … of the Club of Rome, says he hopes that the GEC will speed up the change to a green economy. He says: "My hope is that both the growth of … case studies of policies in action. The GEC is governed by a steering group that meets every two months to decide on strategic and management …
News, 12 September 2017