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A community planning workshop in Cambodia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Improving housing in Asia – and turning traditional top-down funding on its head
… just how effective it has been. Diana Mitlin ( diana.mitlin@iied.org ) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . More resources: Full details of the …
Insight, 11 March 2015
Cover for G02810.pdf
Let’s write! Running a participatory writeshop (PLA 61)
… Total Sanitation (CLTS) issue of PLA, Plan Kenya, IDS and IIED held a one-week writeshop in Nairobi, Kenya. This Tips for Trainers …
Publication, 01 November 2010
A dish of amatehe
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
… and the impacts of climate change. Evidence provides answers An IIED-Hivos study carried out under the Sustainable Diets for All …
Insight, 22 May 2020
Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
… support for grassroots initiatives such as community savings funds. IIED's recent research on public and private sector roles in financing … finance through green credit lines – as discussed in a recent IIED workshop on energy finance .  The way forward There are then many …
Insight, 16 February 2015
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CBA conference: Bangladesh 2009 - abstracts
… (BCAS), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Regional and International Networking Group (RING), with …
Publication, 01 February 2009
Participants from 26 countries attended the Forest Connect workshop (Photo: Hop Thinh)
Locally controlled forestry enterprises could teach us all a thing or two
… at the World Forestry Congress in Durban. Anna Bolin ( anna.bolin@iied.org ) is a researcher with IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 04 February 2015
Group of women forming a circle in a discussion
Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?
… adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.   Ample evidence from IIED and other organisations – along with experiences from communities …
Insight, 12 July 2021
Sustainability appraisal framework for southern Africa
… vague to capture the imagination of high level decision-makers. What IIED did An initial scooping and planning workshop was followed by … within the SADC region. By working with in-country experts, the SAIEA/IIED team planned to build capacity so that local expertise can conduct …
Project, 02 May 2008
Adaptation to climate change faces major constraints in urban areas
… governments lack the capacity to adapt," says David Satterthwaite of IIED. "The international agencies concerned with climate change do not … three climate change specialists (Saleemul Huq, Hannah Reid, both of IIED, and Patricia Romero Lankao, of the US National Center for … of King's College London) and one urban planner (David Satterthwaite, IIED). The death toll and other costs from disasters have grown rapidly …
News, 13 November 2007
Picture of a bamboo forest canopy.
The first people’s manifesto for democracy and sustainable development
… system – democracy”. The manifesto process will be launched at IIED's Fair ideas conference , an event designed to build commitment to …
News, 08 June 2012