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Critical minerals and the just energy transition: opportunities and challenges
… The need to move away from fossil fuels as part of a response to climate change and the ensuing energy transition is increasing the global demand …
Project, 30 July 2024
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Scaling up of climate resilient housing in Gorakhpur
… – that of housing shortages and of increased vulnerability to climate change impacts, given the location of their houses as well as their … financial mechanisms for home mortgages, especially for low income group households; the lack of technical capacities of the local masons … Scaling up of climate resilient housing in Gorakhpur …
Publication, 01 May 2016
Women doing maintenance work on a fish sanctuary in Bangladesh (Photo: Paul Thompson/Challenge Program on Water and Food, Creative Commons via Flickr)
1st International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA1)
… in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Participants discussed the potential impacts of climate change on communities living in vulnerable areas and how best to enable … Advanced Studies (BCAS) , the Regional and International Networking Group (RING) and the  International Union for Conservation of Nature … Climate change …
Article, 07 April 2016
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)
Connaissance des risques en Afrique urbaine
Project, 29 November 2023
Home workers making bouquets (Photo: Siddharth Agarwal/UHRC)
Addressing risks facing informal workers
… or infrastructure, making residents and workers more vulnerable to climate change impacts such as extreme heat, storms or flooding. What did IIED … these will or may be influenced by current and projected impacts of climate change.  Research questions: What are the key health … Climate change …
Project, 01 October 2018
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Community-driven disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in urban areas
… – for disaster risk reduction, for post-disaster rebuilding and for climate change adaptation. The paper by Diane Archer and Somsook Boonyabancha … Community-driven disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in urban areas …
Publication, 01 October 2011
A woman holds a ruler on a piece of paper and another one draws with a pen.
How we monitor and evaluate our work
… based on three elements: our manifesto , our institutional theory of change and our monitoring evaluation and learning system. These work … Goals (SDGs) ; practical guides and handbooks to integrate climate risks into evaluation , use evaluation to connect the SDGs with … of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), Strategy and Learning Group …
Page, 13 May 2024
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… needs. In the international arena, Roberts is lead author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report . She is also currently co-chair … Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture …
News, 19 July 2016
In a video interview, IIED chief economist Paul Steele argues that the universal nature of the goals show that 'development' extends beyond aid (Image: IIED)
A step change in our approach to development
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent "a real step change" according to IIED's chief economist Paul Steele, who was being … by northern countries. Equally, the goal on urgent action to tackle climate change (Goal 13) applies to all countries, but particularly the … interviews below: Tom Bigg, director of IIED's Strategy and Learning Group Essam Yassin Mohammed, senior researcher (environmental economics) …
News, 27 August 2015
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Climate change and urban children: impacts and implications for adaptation in low- and middle-income countries
… landslides, heat waves, drought and water supply constraints that climate change is likely to bring to most urban centres in Africa, Asia and … patterns. As is the case with many poor groups, if adaptations to climate change fail to take account of the disproportionate risks for … Climate change and urban children: impacts and implications for …
Publication, 01 September 2008