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Three angles on 'green growth'
… on green growth. The thinking has been: we must invest in tackling climate change, but it’ll be expensive, so we must show that climate-related investment can also boost growth and pull us out of …
Insight, 30 June 2011
A snapshot of ICCCAD's Twitter page. Research organisations increasingly use social media platforms to communicate with their stakeholders (Image: ICCCAD)
Sharing best practices on communicating research
… , Hootsuite , Hashtagify.me , Followerwonk , among many others. A group of communicators coming together to learn, share ideas and get … the coordinator for communications for the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Dhaka, Bangladesh …
Insight, 27 May 2015
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
… that. The key is that evidence is used, that it influences positive change. That's what IIED's research evidence is all about, supporting … context? SD: Absolutely. We don't know what is going to happen with climate change: how fast it will happen or what the impacts will be. So … ([email protected]) is managing editor in IIED's Communications Group . …
Article, 14 March 2017
More People, More Trees / Plus de gens, plus d'arbres
… and encouraged by continuing community participation in agricultural change in these two sub-Saharan African countries. The accompanying book … current challenges of sustainable land management in the context of climate change. Ce livre et ce film font part d´une expérience positive dans la …
Publication, 01 October 2010
Annual report 2009/10
… out the future to pay for the present. Featured project highlights Climate change Adaptation after Copenhagen:  in the Least Developed Countries, … IIED held its fourth international conference on community-based climate change adaptation on a front line of the problem – Dar es …
Page, 21 October 2010
New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum
… vital 'services' that can secure livelihoods, build resilience to climate change, and drive economies. Poor and vulnerable communities are often … is a senior researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group at IIED. …
Insight, 02 November 2016
Cover for G00183.pdf
A NEW ERA IN International SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
… But these have not yet triggered the pace, scale, scope and depth of change that is needed to make development sustainable. They leave the … They include few means for anticipating non-linear changes ­ from climate change to economic cycles ­ and for building resilience to them. …
Publication, 01 January 2007
Niamey, the capital of Niger, is growing rapidly. Urban ARK is exploring the varied vulnerabilities of boys and girls from conflict-displaced and host communities (Photo: Jean Rebiffé, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
… evolved in the context of urban growth and alteration, poverty and climate change. An essential component of Urban ARK was building a community of …
Project, 21 December 2016
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
… FIELD was a group of public international lawyers committed to helping vulnerable … advised the Alliance for Small Island States (AOSIS) in international climate change negotiations for many years. Its work was part campaigning, part …
Article, 30 September 2008
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaking at the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture at the British Library (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)
Handing over the reins at a strong institution
… in which all can thrive as both individuals and as a collective group. People often surprise you by having unexpected skills and … are the product of long, slow patient processes – such as embedding climate change across all our work, and successfully moving to new premises …
Insight, 01 December 2014