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Surveying residents in the settlement of Tank Mohalla, Bangalore, India (Photo: CSTEPIN, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local democracy as a substitute for data (and rather a good substitute too)
… those who control funds and other resources. National governments and international agencies. Not those who need funds (or schools or potable … we focus mainly on generating data at a national level by national or international agencies, data that does not contain the detail needed to … heavy investment in more data gathering by national governments and international agencies. But this still fails to address the data needs …
Insight, 16 January 2015
Two women carrying farming tools
IIED's best of 2019: videos
… for climate resilience net zero emissions by 2050. They call for the international community to support LDC-driven initiatives to deliver … limited support. A day later, it was time for IIED senior fellow and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) … then the CEO of the World Bank and now the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, also sent a recorded opening address to the …
Insight, 06 January 2020
COP21 president Laurent Fabius (second right) and UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana Figueres (second left) celebrate the Paris Agreement (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A historic agreement in Paris
… enterprise – and what happened last time the world tried to do this. International law is a clunky instrument to address a problem of global … important parts of the Paris Agreement, funded by the Department for International Development (DfID)  through Climate and Development …
Insight, 14 December 2015
Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)
Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC
… Economies Forum on Energy and Climate to discuss the future of the international climate regime. Named by Responding to Climate Change as … foreign policy by proactively linking national interest debates and international cooperation on climate change. Developed nations have long …
Insight, 06 August 2014
The event was held in the Africa pavilion at the Paris climate summit (Photo: IIED)
COP21 side event discusses how to unlock climate finance for developing countries
News, 02 December 2015
Working with local journalists: a mutually beneficial partnership
… many of us trying to communicate (and support communication) at an international level, these real stories are often too distant for us to … is about building up and supporting networks at local, national and international levels. Through this process, GFP seeks to improve the … in Ghana, Guatemala, Liberia, Mozambique and Nepal as well as at an international level where it works to support investment in locally …
Insight, 16 December 2011
Government officials and researchers discuss the future of hilsa management on 19 January (Photo: Essam Mohammed/IIED)
UK's Darwin Initiative funded project strives to reduce threats to hilsa fish
News, 19 January 2015
Poor and vulnerable countries are defying climate inaction
Insight, 09 November 2011
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Corporates could teach NGOs a thing or two about sustainability
Insight, 27 June 2012
Annual report 2006/07
… people from government, NGOs, academia and the media for the second international workshop on community-based adaptation in Dhaka. Turning … urban communities round the world and used this data to influence international agencies to improve these services in deprived …
Page, 16 April 2008