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Climate activists march to the entrance of Georgetown University before President Obama's speech on climate change. Photo: 350.org via Flickr
IIED views on Obama's climate change plan
News, 25 June 2013
Villagers in India dig out a silted-up water tank as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (Photo: McKay Savage, Creative Commons via Flickr)
2019 – the way forward is a Green Decent Work Guarantee
… of alarming losses of global biodiversity. The 2018 Living Planet Index recorded an overall decline of 60% in species populations since …
Insight, 30 December 2018
The rugged coastline of Jeju Island, South Korea, where the World Conservation Congress is being held.
IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
… strong demand for maize to be made into biofuels, the FAO Food price index says the price of maize, or corn, rose by almost 23% in July . At …
Insight, 06 September 2012
Seaweed farming in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, is an example of an alternative livelihood project (Photo: Yeowatzup via Creative Commons)
IIED's best of 2014: blogs
Article, 31 December 2014
Image of a solar panel, with light glinting off it.
Green growth and equity must go hand in hand
… countries in Africa having slipped down the Human Development Index . There are also indications that non-inclusive green growth …
Insight, 13 June 2013
A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?
… still ranks 152 nd out of 167 nations in the Human Development Index , an international measure of national development. Most people in …
Insight, 06 March 2013
Outdoor workers in Da Nang are prone to heat stress. Credit: COHED.
To build climate resilience cities must assess diverse drivers of vulnerability
… to protect workers from heat exposure, and develop a heat stress index to enable government officials, employers and workers to better …
Insight, 30 October 2013
A new President: what does this mean for Bulgaria’s energy sector?
… country of 7.3 million that is ranked 58th in the Human Development Index (the lowest ranking for a European country), where the average …
Insight, 17 January 2012
Biomass in the red – but can we put biomass into REDD+?
… the country lies 15th on Maplecroft’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index , which lists extreme vulnerability to climate change. Yet the …
Insight, 18 July 2011
Has agriculture been a winner in the economic downturn?
… with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) food price index rising by 27 per cent in 2007. The resulting food price crisis was …
Insight, 14 June 2010