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Sustainability agenda ignores democracy at its peril
… to tackle the major environmental and social threats facing humanity. Climate change, population shifts, natural resource scarcity and the rapid … Sustainability -- which launches today with the support of a diverse group of founder signatories that includes IIED --  could set a course …
News, 20 March 2013
Women sitting next to vegetables wear masks and keep social distancing.
What lessons can we learn from COVID-19 responses in African cities?
… has emerged as a key priority to address multiple risks (including climate change, pandemics, and profound urban exclusions). Pandemic preparedness …
Insight, 04 July 2022
Tom Pye helped redesign the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) newsletter, a monthly bulletin for people working on biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation (Image: PCLG)
A valuable learning experience
… proposing a redesign of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) newsletter , a monthly bulletin with news and opportunities … board when the redesigned newsletter launched in March 2016. Driving change Following my work with PCLG I was part of a project investigating … and restoration of ecosystems to help people adapt to the impacts of climate change , for example restoration of mangrove forests to protect …
Insight, 19 April 2016
Lebanon is hosting one million Syrian refugees, and around half of them are children. Most families live in makeshift shelters; some rent half-built apartments, sharing with two or three families (Photo: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Coping with forced displacement: lessons from cities
… often focus on making cities better able to withstand the impacts of climate change. But there are other shocks and stresses affecting cities, … ) is a senior researcher in IIED's  Human Settlements research group,  and leads IIED’s work on cities and climate change . Further …
Insight, 11 May 2017
Surveys of the priorities of the private sector often ignore vital informal economies, such as this one in Hanoi (Photo: Bill Vorley/IIED)
Shaking up the private sector
… and growth. Sustainable development was a long way down, with climate change, for instance, getting a mention from about half the 1,000-plus … ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. …
Insight, 22 January 2016
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… Exploring these questions is extremely important in the context of climate-related hazards and greater intensity of disasters.   Q: Have … of participation fluctuates over time as needs and circumstances change. Preparedness to take part is embedded in local experiences of … However, the extent to which projects create lasting, sustainable change, and incorporate the voices of those commonly excluded in …
Article, 10 December 2021
Woman cooks using wood fire
Feeding all city inhabitants
… David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of global urban change. Hunger and malnutrition are increasing After decades of decline, … of basic infrastructure and waste management as well as exposure to climate change-induced extreme events such as floods and heatwaves, raises the …
Insight, 27 June 2021
Mobile phones being sold in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Access to information and new technologies will be key to help delivering transformational change to the world's poorest countries (Photo: ConDev Center, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Painting a new picture of development
… Organised by the Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group , IIED, and the ESRC's STEPS Centre , the event discussed the … with international agreement on the SDGs and the Paris Agreement on climate change, could help deliver real transformation. Opening the dialogue, …
News, 17 June 2016
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Securing land for housing and urban development
… finance that they can draw on as and when needed. The journal’s Climate Change section includes papers on migration, the implications of population growth and urbanization for climate change and the performance of the Beddington Zero Energy …
Publication, 01 October 2009
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Heat stress and adaptive capacity of low-income outdoor workers and their families in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam
… Climate change …
Publication, 01 October 2013