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Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
… COVID-19 compounded the challenges of poverty, inequality and climate change, with the poorest and most vulnerable countries … and their families’ capacity, to cope with adverse economic and climate impacts. Pathway 3: improve community livelihoods Support … Climate change …
Insight, 30 September 2021
A man walking in a flooded street
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
… developing countries to pursue locally led action to adapt to climate change. One of us represents millions of slum dwellers in hundreds of … we need to apply this ‘new normal’ in our approach to tackling the climate emergency – for our planetary crisis continues to escalate; the … Climate change …
Insight, 22 April 2020
Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… by [COVID-19] restrictions on movement. 3 Locally-led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey January : In early 2021, a fast-growing group of experts met to define a 10-year learning agenda to advance …
Article, 23 December 2021
CBA12: Key messages
… CBA12 focused on getting local experience on climate action heard. The CBA community of practice shared innovation, discussed getting climate finance behind what works, and prepared robust narratives on how … examined how technologies help local communities adapt to climate change and how these technologies can attract investment. New technology …
Article, 11 June 2018
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SOS PLANÈTE ! MENACES ET RÉPONSES LIÉES À L’IMPACT DU RÉCHAUFFEMENT PLANÉTAIRE SUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT HUMAIN
… Oxfam and Hannah Reid from IIED, with contributions from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development.The Report, Up in Smoke, says that global warming … Climate change …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… international agencies to achieve. But it seems to think that radical change can be achieved without changing existing institutional and … I also have a concern, but also that (rural and urban) poverty and climate change adaptation and mitigation get the attention they need. It … David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group. …
Insight, 09 July 2014
Mass of people walking with flags and posters. A sign reads "pay your climate debt"
Responsible operations and environmental sustainability 2022
… related to these objectives and an internal environmental improvement group was created to support their delivery. An environment champions … identify new ideas for improvements. The environmental improvement group has started work to develop an IIED sustainability strategy. This … IIED signed up to the We Mean Business Coalition , which aims to take climate action by supporting businesses to halve their global emissions …
Page, 08 February 2023
A tree leans over a small stream in a forest in Mozambique.
16 tools to help small businesses sustain forests, limit climate change and cut poverty
… forests sustainably is critical to efforts to reduce poverty, limit climate change and tackle illegal logging.” The toolkit includes 16 modules of … poverty, encourage environmental accountability and help to tackle climate change.” Download the toolkit … 16 tools to help small businesses sustain forests, limit climate change and cut poverty …
News, 01 May 2012
Saleemul Huq, left, discusses 2015's big issues with negotiators and ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries in New York in early April (Photo: Claire Hatfield/IIED)
2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
… to be achieved by 2015 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which has a long history of negotiations to agree a … but related, tracks and issues are particularly relevant for the group of 49 LDCs, which negotiate within the UN as a sub-group with the … Climate change …
Insight, 17 April 2015
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Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) Annual Symposium 2007
… 2007, the Annual Symposium of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) was held at the London Zoo, London (UK). The main theme of the symposium was climate change – and the implications this has for biodiversity and for poor … Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) Annual Symposium 2007 …
Publication, 01 November 2007