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Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment of Brazil, taken during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011.
Influencing the outcomes at Rio+20
… clash with the Queen’s Jubilee , nor is President Obama. Twenty environmental groups have recently sent a letter urging him to attend, … models which do not allow for looking outside the box. Meanwhile, the environmental “credit agencies” have been downgrading our economic … of state will recognise that their most important role is to set the policy scene in ways which can multiply many times over the numerous …
Insight, 24 May 2012
A mango tree frames views of a forest in Mozambique in the distance.
China in Africa’s forests
… in June, a majority of African forest sector researchers and policy opinion formers in eight countries said that they were much less … representatives from the Chinese Academy of Forestry , the Global Environmental Institute , IIED and some other international … and civil society were also eager to test out ways to improve the environmental and social responsibility of Chinese companies. The …
Insight, 20 March 2013
Lebanon is hosting one million Syrian refugees, and around half of them are children. Most families live in makeshift shelters; some rent half-built apartments, sharing with two or three families (Photo: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Coping with forced displacement: lessons from cities
… included resettling affected households. Gerald Paragas, an urban and environmental planner involved in the city's recovery highlighted that …
Insight, 11 May 2017
Big changes in distribution of world's urban population
… for improving quality of life without increasing resource use and environmental problems. How they are governed and planned will becoming …
News, 21 October 2007
Tea pickers in Kenya's Mount Kenya region; smallholder folders in Least Developed Countries would be adversely affected by climate change (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Supporting the LDCs on climate change adaptation
… and specialised agencies, the Green Climate Fund, the Global Environmental Facility and its agencies, research and academic … Policy and planning …
Insight, 01 September 2015
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… will these cities be inclusive and take advantage of the potential environmental benefits of urban density? Economics, markets, financial …
Insight, 07 June 2013
A question of time
… such a long period of time there have been huge shifts in political, environmental and economic settings. It was a different world in 1987 — …
Insight, 25 November 2010
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… of climate risk insurance – has been gaining attention in climate policy discussions. But accessibility and affordability for poor and … between the  Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC) , IIED ,  Environmental Finance Center West (EFCWest) , the  Food and Agriculture … are committed to promoting sustainable development. To reduce the environmental impact of this event we strongly encouraged participants …
Event, 08 December 2018
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… in building climate and disaster resilience in coastal cities. Other environmental experts from Bangladesh (Mizan Khan) and New York City (Dr … Dhaka, Bangladesh , which is the major non-government research and policy institute working on environment and development related issues in Bangladesh . He is a leading environmental planner at national and international level having worked …
News, 22 January 2013
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
… for Advanced Studies is an independent, non-profit, non-government, policy, research, and implementation institute working on sustainable … farming communities in mitigating the food and climate crises. Global Environmental Change and Food  Systems (GECAFS) International, … focused on understanding the links between food security and global environmental change. The GECAFS goal is to determine strategies to cope …
Article, 01 December 2009