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Biomass in the red – but can we put biomass into REDD+?
… to plant trees on farm for food and fuel are essential for REDD+ and climate change adaptation. Last month (23–24 June), I attended a meeting in … REDD+. REDD+ programme priorities Malawi’s Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) has already begun exploring if and how REDD+ finance could …
Insight, 18 July 2011
Isilda Nhantumbo, Bright Sibale, and Duncan Macqueen exchange ideas at a Forest Governance Learning Group Learning Event in Mozambique. Photo: Leianne Rolington
Private sector involvement with REDD+
… sustainably managing or enhancing forests, as a means of mitigating climate change. REDD+ evolved rapidly in several countries supported through … implementing voluntary instruments and complying with legislation. Climate change resilient cocoa will be crucial to the bottom line for …
Project, 12 September 2013
A native bird in Costa Rica found in a payments for environmental services project run by IIED and FONAFIFO (Photo Ina Porras)
Who will pay for ecosystem services?
… benefits include cleaner water, more biodiverse habitats and climate regulation, thanks to the carbon the trees stores in their wood. … like carbon-neutral pledges and international agreements on climate change and biodiversity are also slowly creating funding opportunities … Ina Porras is a senior researcher in IIED's sustainable markets group ( [email protected] )  …
Insight, 28 January 2014
Annual report 2007/08
… human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights Climate change Making adaptation planning fully democratic:  thanks to an … between global issues:  IIED’s Poverty and Conservation Learning Group, which includes over 100 organisations, used their annual …
Page, 23 December 2008
Modern energy services are crucial to economic development. In Afghanistan, less than 10 per cent of the population has access to the electricity grid. French NGO GERES has been working to introduce low-cost passive solar building designs, reducing fuel poverty (Photo: Oriane Zera, GERES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Facing up to the awkward realities of the post-2015 agenda
… to inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and decisive action on climate change. Everyone acknowledges that this agenda is "ambitious", and that … we have identified six of the goals outlined in the Open Working Group's draft proposal – and highlighted some of the awkward realities …
Insight, 28 January 2015
Putting farmers first: Democratising and reshaping agricultural research in West Africa
… through a live video link hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group of Agroecology in Westminster. Baroness Miller, the Group’s … of agriculture. We very much hope it will be productive and change the way in which research priorities are decided and implemented … are decisive actors in the local to global responses to the food and climate crisis. Agricultural research must respond to the needs and …
News, 31 January 2012
Hundreds of densely packed houses climb into the mountains
Dealing with COVID-19 in the towns and cities of the global South
… Further reading on IIED's work and the coronovirus Coronavirus and climate change are two crises that need humanity to unite , blog by Andrew …
Insight, 27 March 2020
Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable?
… Challenges and Choices for Global Sustainability . I was part of a group of ‘lead experts’, chaired by zoologist Charles Godfray, that was … to economic models of future food prices to regional studies of climate impacts. Our task as the lead expert group has been to sift … foods, especially meat and dairy products. And climate change will impact rainfall patterns and temperatures, bringing harsher …
Insight, 03 February 2011
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… changes to how they live and farm in order to adapt to a changing climate. They have innovated to survive, changing the ways they support … and science bring to the partnership, and to continue to adapt and change with the times. More details Smallholder Innovation for … is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 07 October 2014
Lushoto, Tanzania: Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into agroforestry. Here a tree nursery group discusses the challenges and opportunities (Photo: P Kimeli/CCAFS)
Look beyond the trees: the SDGs will have to do more than just 'protect forests'
… heating, food and furniture. Forests help stabilise the planet's climate and water cycles, boost green economies through employment, … Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030. The UN Open Working Group has made a draft proposal for the SDGs , which includes a list of … forests is the only way to achieve what the UN terms 'transformative' change. A range of other targets are needed to address systemic barriers …
Insight, 04 November 2014