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Crowdsourcing evidence – such as from these food vendors in Fort Portal, Uganda – is vital to foster citizens agency. But you must engage and listen (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos Pictures)
Encouraging dialogue and dissent
… a confidence, a collective responsibility, an energy that can make change happen and we need that. We need to do things differently and we … together.   With the complex challenges we face going forward – climate change, fragile states, migrations – adaptation and innovation … ([email protected]) is the director of IIED's Communications Group. …
Insight, 15 March 2016
Environment and social justice must be at heart of policymaking, says international alliance
… says Varughese, who is also president of the Development Alternatives Group, an Indian NGO. "Yet we see scant evidence that the scale of … three issues that are central to the sustainable development agenda: climate change, sustainable consumption and environmental economics. Delegates …
News, 17 June 2007
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Tips for Trainers : Rivers of life
… Alam, Rachel Berger, Terry Cannon and Angela Milligan. Keywords: CBA, climate change, adaptation, participation, DRR, disaster risk reduction, …
Publication, 01 December 2009
Houses teeter on the edge of a river in Indonesia.
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
… ability of future generations to meet their needs. 5: And what about climate change? Somehow the issue of climate change got left out of the MDGs and … with Diana Mitlin, acting head of IIED’s Human Settlements Group, on Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature will be …
Insight, 01 August 2012
Hama Arba Diallo (Photo: Global Water Partnership)
Hama Arba Diallo: the universal man
… issues such as development, poverty alleviation, desertification or climate change, and how to adequately face them, Arba's inspirational approach … of Hama Arba Diallo. "Arba was a member of the LDC Independent Expert Group and has been an inspirational friend to IIED over many years. As …
Insight, 10 October 2014
The Potato Park’s Craft micro-enterprise group. Biocultural heritage indicators that are a guarantee of origin and authenticity have increased incomes and improved social cohesion at the Potato Park (Photo: Asociacion ANDES (Peru))
Designing a biocultural heritage labelling system: survey results
… that are crucial for strengthening resilience in the face of climate change. But this traditional knowledge and genetic diversity are … is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 16 January 2017
Boat surrounded by vegetation growing in the water near the river port of Vallemi.
Will Payments for Watershed Services fuel the protection of ecosystem services?
… For PWS to be effective, payments or rewards must translate into a change in the farmer’s behaviour that will, ultimately, affect the … stick to the agreed contract? Effectiveness monitoring: is there a change in the level of the ecosystem services? While ideally the focus … funds from the private sector and the interest in synergies between climate mitigation and watershed services. As the levering capacity to …
Insight, 21 June 2013
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Philippines experiences, lessons and challenges in environmental mainstreaming
… on natural resources and escalating environmental hazards such as climate change, the need to include environment in major poverty reduction and … of economic growth. It emphasises work at two levels to change the way that institutions view poverty-environment links and the …
Publication, 01 April 2012
The United Nations headquarters in New York City (Photo: Wally Goetz, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The right to sustainable development: what the post-2015 agenda declaration should say – but won't
… in the run up to Rio+20. Members of the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives proposed the idea of a Charter on the Right to Sustainable Development. Looking back at the group's report, I think it is still the best report on SDGs and the … that four overarching, integrative principles for transformative change would be useful for communicating the essence of the post-2015 …
Insight, 18 February 2015
Workshop participants in Mozambique discuss results from group work on how to make farming more sustainable (Photo: Lynn Boyd, ADRA Mozambique)
Five ways to make farming more sustainable
… security by increasing productivity while at the same time being more climate-resilient, environmentally sustainable, and ensuring healthy and … farmers must experience an immediate benefit if they are going to change their practice. Only then can it be sustainable in the long term. … and learn from each other. Many participants called for a learning group or platform to help disseminate and exchange information and …
Insight, 20 May 2015