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Pedicabs on the flooded streets of Manila, Philippines.
How does a changing climate impact on urban poverty?
Insight, 28 March 2013
Informal settlements such as this one in Durban, South Africa, are adversely affected by climate-related impacts (Photo: David Dodman)
Climate-related 'loss and damage' in cities: exploring a new urban frontier
… the damage to uninsurable assets, such as people's homes in informal settlements, is rarely taken into consideration, yet these are vital to … unknowns that cities face: not only climatic uncertainties but also human-induced uncertainties such as population growth and … is a researcher with IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 23 October 2014
An ecosan toilet in Mtandire settlement (Photo: Slum/Shack Dwellers International)
Achieving universal sanitation: Sharing the experience of the SDI affiliate in Blantyre, Malawi
… (CCODE), Mercy Kamwanja. Documenting living conditions in informal settlements A critical first step to improving sanitation has been … Mitlin  ( [email protected] ), a principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group,  and Mercy Kamwanja, CCODE (Malawi) …
Insight, 27 October 2014
Women delivering a package to another woman, all wearing face masks.
Climate justice needs vaccine justice
… out of COVID-19 vaccines is shockingly unequal. As of December, a group of campaigning organisations claimed that rich countries had … have also suffered dreadfully. In July, residents of three informal settlements in Mumbai were found to have a 50% infection rate while only … these well requires creative thinking which will only happen through human contact, especially in countries without strong digital …
Insight, 01 February 2021
A typhoon hits shanties in Manila. Urban governments, which are already struggling to provide basic infrastructure services, also need to build resilience to climate change (Photo: Ernie Penaredondo/Global Water Partnership, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs and 'a new urban agenda'?
… urban dwellers living in overcrowded boarding houses and informal settlements where few if any of the SDGs are met. Defining the ends… The … on climate change mitigation. There is even a goal to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Here are … ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 08 September 2015
A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?
… poor are collecting extraordinarily detailed data on life in informal settlements. These community-led enumerations record how many people … Colenbrander ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . This blog originally appeared on the zilient.org website . …
Insight, 13 June 2017
Camilla Toulmin: "The IPCC report.. concludes that no parts of the world are free from the risks of 'severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts'" (Photo: Google licence)
IIED responds to IPCC climate change report
News, 03 November 2014
The "perils of business as normal": IIED responds to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report
… change is happening, and that all warming since 1951 is due to human activity. The  IPCC  published the final instalment of the Fifth … contributed to the report issued by the Fifth Assessment Working Group II, which was published in March 2014 . Quotes Camilla Toulmin, … most at risk, including the billion urban dwellers living in informal settlements. "In low and middle income countries, this has to address …
News, 03 November 2014
An image of an open sewer in the Kibera informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya, Refugees in such informal settlements face even more challenges than existing habitatants to access to services, such as language barriers (Photo: Eoghan Rice/Trócaire)
Revealing the hidden refugees in African cities
… who make it to urban centres, there are good reasons why this group should receive stronger support from policymakers and governments. … centres in the region, and refugees are likely to live in informal settlements lacking these. Providing these services requires engagement … societies. David Dodman ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Human Settlements Group …
Insight, 06 May 2016
No easy, quick solutions to improving life in the "slums"
… not a viable solution for the 900 million people living in informal settlements and other forms of inadequate accommodation such as crowded … dwellers International Written by Diana Mitlin, Acting Head of IIED's Human Settlements Group …
Insight, 05 September 2011