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Rickshaws on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital city.
Bangladesh: from adaptation to low carbon resilience?
Insight, 10 July 2013
An expert on legal issues in international climate change negotiations, IIED's Achala Abeysinghe has been named one of the world's top 15 female climate champions (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
A champion for the most vulnerable
News, 23 November 2015
Man in black jacket walking among temporary tents and shelters.
How can we achieve a world without long-term refugee camps?
… away from the current status quo. What are the barriers preventing change? And can we achieve a world without long-term refugee camps? … building of camps, and the political and institutional barriers to a change in approach by the international community and hosting … Speakers Lucy Earle  is director of the Human Settlements research group at IIED and lead for the 'protracted displacement in an urban …
Event, 27 September 2023
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
… and endorse these agreements, and invest government resources and climate funds for additional resilience work. Emerging insights from the … And as noted above, this can lead to livestock and water policy change and mobilise line agency investment. In Isiolo, where these local … ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Climate Change research group . This blog was originally posted on the G7 knowledge platform . …
Insight, 24 August 2016
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Comment and Analysis: Risk management framework
Publication, 01 May 2014
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Climate justice and international development: policy and programming
Publication, 01 September 2013
Formerly arable land is seen dried in Fuyuan county due to drought in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Extreme climate impacts already causing devastation in mountain communities
… for their water .  Mountain ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , with several extreme impact events attributed to … Extreme climate impacts already causing devastation in mountain communities …
News, 18 November 2015
Polluted air coming out of the smoke stacks of a factory in Shanghai, China.
The least developed countries, equity, and a brave new world
Insight, 02 July 2013
Group of people sitting on chairs facing each other
Addressing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Colombia
… negative environmental and social impacts, including contributing to climate change through deforestation and causing air and water contamination … Our approach focused on: Creating consensus on a new agenda for change: we engaged stakeholders to unpick complex agendas and identify …
Project, 25 April 2023
Local community-based funds can help farmers in climate-sensitive areas to diversify. Mercyline Atieno got a loan for her poultry business in Kenya (Photo: T.Muchaba/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Now is the time to ensure GCF finance reaches the local level
Insight, 03 April 2017