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Financiers, decision makers, practitioners and researchers from across the globe gathered to share lessons and their experience in channelling finance to local levels (Image: Matt Wright/IIED)
Money where it matters: how to deliver finance to the local level
… Realising the world's ambitions to combat climate change and promote sustainable development will cost 'billions to … ([email protected]) is a consultant to IIED's Communications Group . Presentations A series of presentations made at the 'Money Where … Climate change …
Insight, 15 December 2016
A satellite phone provided by Télécoms Sans Frontières, with European Commission funding, enables a man from Tanna island to finally talk to loved ones ten days after communications were cut off by Cyclone Pam in March 2015 (Photo: TSF, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Finance, Addis and the Sustainable Development Goals
News, 07 July 2015
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Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Section 5: East Africa Region Section 5.1. East Africa Scoping Study Acts
… Document begins: CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION ON KEY RESEARCHABLE ISSUES SECTION … VICTOR ORINDI AND OTHERS Saleemul Huq and Hannah Reid Climate Change Group International Institute for Environment and Development 3 … Climate change … Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific
Publication, 01 November 2007
A group of people stand around a map on a table.
Kota Kita: facilitating citizen-led urban development
… are situated in low-lying coastal areas and are highly exposed to climate shocks such as flooding, subsidence and erosion. Disadvantaged … and climate-resilient? How our allies and collaborators create change As part of IIED’s 50th birthday celebrations, we are showcasing … to work with" – David Dodman, director, Human Settlements research group, IIED Connect with Kota Kita Email: [email protected] Twitter:   …
Article, 22 February 2022
UN climate negotiations video update: Forest day
… James Mayers, the head of IIED's natural resources group, discusses key themes being discussed at the UN Climate Negotiations’ forest day in Durban, South Africa. “There’s a lot … ...real energy too. There’s a sense that maybe the forest part of the climate debate is reaching a breakthrough.” Reducing emissions from …
Insight, 04 December 2011
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… for our video efforts earlier this month when one of a series of climate change animations was nominated in the Charity Film Awards (public … and Sustainable Development and the incoming chair of the LDC Group. 8 "Poor governance is worse than drought" …
Insight, 28 December 2021
An image showing a group of women from Tongaradha village, Bangladesh, who saved more than 2,000 hectares of land and 500 households from flooding by rebuilding a 12km embankment and a 5km road. GCF money should be used for such innovative, community-driven projects in poor countries that will drive long-term change (Photo: WFP/Rein Skullerud, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Expediting direct access to the GCF for least developed countries
Insight, 09 May 2016
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Barbara Ward Lecture 2021: Rebeca Grynspan
… of her 2021 Barbara Ward Lecture was:  Costa Rica’s journey to global climate leadership – what can we learn from a good example? As IIED’s … – helped lay the groundwork for Costa Rica’s ambitious climate change agenda, eventually winning the small South American country many … David Satterthwaite , senior fellow in the Human Settlements research group at IIED , reflected on working with Barbara Ward and 50 years of …
Event, 06 December 2021
Woman using a public water tap in Kliptown, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg uses 32 different indicators to assess progress towards its strategic goals. Indicators need to reflect the needs of marginalised and vulnerable groups (Photo: Ray Muzyka, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The value and limits of urban sustainability indicators
… Making the case for setting specific goals and targets in response to climate change, Andrea Reimer from the city of Vancouver told the gathering that … ) is a consultant working with IIED’s Human Settlements Group , and David Dodman ( [email protected] ) is acting head of … Climate change …
Insight, 21 April 2015