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Shaping the agenda and demanding action
Shaping the agenda and demanding action
… commonly known as Habitat, takes place just once every 20 years, but IIED has been engaged in each of these events since the start in 1976. A … role of civil society and local government in urban development (and IIED’s efforts to ensure that these groups can influence Habitat …
Long read, 07 October 2016
Officials on a climate finance course meet farmers in Bangladesh to learn about the benefits of solar irrigation pumps (Photo: ICCCAD, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance for those who need it most
Article, 13 May 2016
Old Fadama, Ghana: health conditions in many low-income and informal settlements will be worsened further by rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Climate change and urban health
… of these live in cities with very little capacity to adapt. IIED has long had an interest in the health risks that low-income urban … change and its current or future influences on these risks, and IIED staff contributed to the 3rd, 4th and 5th IPCC Assessments on this topic.  IIED's work within the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network …
Project, 29 July 2014
A boat floating on the water, seaweed is seen underneath.
Negotiators return to the high seas
… seas needs better governance A recent publication (co-authored by IIED) evaluated the contribution of different types of ABMTs to the UN … the potential benefits for those countries of ABMTs in the high seas. IIED has contributed to a body of evidence that can be used to identify …
Insight, 07 March 2022
African Climate Policy Centre director Fatima Denton speaks at the 2015 Development & Climate Days event at COP21 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Breaking out of the development silos
News, 22 March 2016
Women selling bananas in a street market (Photo: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Creative Commons via Flickr)
RurbanAfrica
… IIED was a partner in African Rural-City Connections, which in its name … these have on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. With our partners, IIED addressed a number of crucial components, such as: Agricultural … livelihoods City dynamics, and Access to services. To underpin these, IIED supported policy dialogue so ideas could be captured and shared, …
Project, 30 March 2015
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Los Sabores y las Voces de la Tierra: Visualizando la Soberanía Alimentaria en los Andes, Prefacio por Michel Pimbert
… completa o los capítulos individuales, siga el 'More information on IIED site' enlace de abajo. …
Publication, 01 April 2013
A large gathering of people sat on the floor outside
Participatory toolkits help rural marginalised communities make their voices heard on climate change
… how it's being put to use, is discussed in this video interview from IIED's 2020 annual review Both toolkits, which are also available in … and government decision-making spaces. With technical support from IIED, the Pamoja Voices toolkits were developed and tested by Bawakimo …
News, 07 January 2021
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Urbanisation, rural transformations and food security: the view from China
Publication, 01 December 2015
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Financing inclusive low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries
Publication, 01 December 2015