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Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
Project, 17 December 2012
Young man with blue and pink dreadlocks surrounded by a crowd wearing pride colours
Heteronormativity in development – what does queer have to do with it?
… security or humanitarian response – and no funding was identified for climate action or environmental issues . This is a glaring gap in our … to accessing public services . We believe the time is ripe for change. Intersectional approaches are gaining momentum, recognising the … Making space for LGBTQI+ contributions to sustainable development and climate action '. The event featured Susie Jolly who spoke of how the …
Insight, 14 December 2022
Do or die in Durban
… be able to do for a while, given the current political and economic climate. As a result, even many of the Kyoto protocol’s former critics … responsibilities” principle of the UN Framework Climate Change Convention, which calls for developed nations to act first and … policy analysis unit and a visiting fellow with IIED’s Climate Change Group . …
Insight, 30 November 2011
Entrance to a garden
Taking stock: community responses to COVID-19 in cities
… David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of global urban change.  To date, 11 blogs have been published on this theme including … These skills are also just what is needed to map vulnerability to climate change impacts in their community and city. Conclusions Community-driven …
Insight, 19 October 2021
A demonstration of solar PV products by the Energy and Environment Partnership in Tanzania's southern Iringa Region gathers an audience of all ages (Photo: EEP Southern and Eastern Africa, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bringing solar out of the shadows
… grow nascent markets – needs to be able to reach this sector. Global climate finance continues to favour 'big grid' technologies. An earlier … Plus the renewable sector got a boost at last year's UNFCCC climate change conference in Marrakech when Tanzania joined other members of the … is senior researcher in IIED's  Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . This post first appeared on the news website of the Thomson …
Insight, 20 February 2017
A mask-wearing man stands behind a food stall
A framework for a transformative urban recovery
… areas typically receive lower levels of international development and climate finance than rural areas, and these limited resources have been … and middle-income countries such as climate change, COVID-19 and potential future risks. The numbers in the …
Project, 05 May 2021
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Development Alternatives Report of Adaptation Day at COP 8 Delhi, India 28 October 2002
… of parties (COP8) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It was organised by the International Institute for … in collaboration with the RING (Regional and International Networking Group on Sustainable Development), The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced … Climate change …
Publication, 01 October 2002
Logging truck in Cameroon. Credit: World Resources Institute (Creative Commons)
What’s missing from private-sector REDD+?
Insight, 29 January 2014
A stallholder in front of a food stall
Resilient food systems and COVID-19: lessons for a Just Transition
… but also an economic crisis and a food crisis, coming on top of the climate crisis. Like climate change, its effects will be most acutely felt by the poorest and most …
Insight, 22 May 2020
Occupy London protestors outside St Paul's Cathedral.
Statistics: The middle tells you nothing about the extremes
Insight, 24 October 2012