Search results

7056 results
Cover for 10842IIED.pdf
Boko Haram: protection issues for displaced and distressed women and children in Northern Nigerian cities
Publication, 01 April 2018
cover image
Local funds for local development
Publication, 01 April 2018
Cover for 17462IIED.pdf
Equity and benefit sharing from marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction
Publication, 01 April 2018
Cover for 17461IIED.pdf
Building agile institutions and resilient communities
Publication, 01 April 2018
Cover for 10862IIED.pdf
Finance for community-led local, city and national development
Publication, 01 April 2018
A volcano can erupt with little warning, and have significant impact on its surrounding environment (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Supporting organisations facing disruptive change
… or hazardous.  What is disruptive change? Change is constant; but IIED understands disruptive change as a major change with lasting and … of working in an environment characterised by disruptive change.  The IIED disruptive initiative aims to support leaders of Southern CSOs in peer exchange on disruptive change. IIED is also working to understand and communicate ways for …
Project, 06 July 2017
A dam
FutureDAMS
… about the uneven distribution of costs and benefits of large dams. IIED is a key partner in the FutureDAMS research project , led by the … and operation of dams to support sustainable development. What is IIED doing? IIED senior associate Jamie Skinner is the capacity building director of …
Project, 09 January 2020
Building with wood in Africa could slash carbon emissions
… construction sector, according to new research commissioned by IIED. In ' African timber cities: carbon sinks with development … houses made of timber. Duncan MacQueen, a principal researcher at IIED, said: “Turning Africa’s rapidly expanding cities into effective …
News, 27 April 2022
Cover for 9292IIED.pdf
Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities: Local action for global goals
… urban challenge implicit in this target, and how it can be addressed. IIED’s Human Settlements Programme prepared this report for the United …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Pastoralists discuss strengths and challenges of governance at a conservancy in Kenya. (Photo: Francesca Booker/IIED)
Assessing governance at protected and conserved areas (GAPA)
… a matter of governance. Developed by a collaborative effort led by IIED, this framing of equity was endorsed by the CBD's Conference of the … Area Guidelines No. 20 on Governance of Protected Areas .   What is IIED doing? Building on this work, IIED developed GAPA. Its first phase began in 2015 as a collaborative …
Project, 23 April 2018