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Saleemul Huq introduces a new series explaining the UNFCCC process from the perspective of the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)
The Road to Paris: how can the world's most vulnerable countries be heard?
News, 30 October 2015
The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 is promising tough talk on poverty and climate
Paris talks have historic chance to include everyone in a fairer, greener future
… from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) , Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) , the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the …
News, 26 November 2015
A women's focus group is a key part of a governance assessment at Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda. It's essential that gender equality and equity is addressed in research proposals and activities (Image: IIED)
On a learning curve towards gender mainstreaming
… 'Mainstreaming' is a popular word in the international development sector but when we talk about 'mainstreaming …
Insight, 25 January 2018
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represented a new approach to international cooperation, grounded in principles of sustainability, … encourage LDCs to take a leading role in the negotiations on this new international development agenda.  LDCs have negotiated effectively to … began to develop national strategies aligned to the SDGs. On the international front, a mid-term review of the Istanbul Programme of …
Article, 03 August 2015
The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
… The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is convening an international scientific conference in Canada this week (5-7 March) to … active in more than 30 countries, supported by Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI) and the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) . … cope with its impacts and adapt is acknowledged within the IPCC. This international scientific conference is an important opportunity to help …
Insight, 06 March 2018
IIED founder Barbara Ward has been honoured with a stamp in the Royal Mail's Remarkable Lives series
Royal Mail honours IIED founder Barbara Ward's 'remarkable life' with new stamp
… century's most influential visionaries. In 1971, Ward founded the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a policy …
News, 24 March 2014
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
… David Satterthwaite. "It is a bit depressing to have the long list of international declarations and programmes of action that 'we reaffirm …
Article, 31 December 2014
A group of women siting around a table.
Learning from each other: community groups share experiences across continents
… Although SDI (Slum Dwellers International) is primarily known for its work organising and mobilising … community association. Others soon followed inspired by a series of international visits from local community leaders – first the South …
Insight, 18 July 2022
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MDG3-ch5.qxd 31/8/05 10:01 am Page 99 99 5 Meeting the MDGs in urban areas: the forgotten role of local organizations
… urban areas; the forgotten role of local organizations", Journal of International Affairs Vol 58, No 2, pages 87-112; and Hasan, Arif, … No 1, pages 3­19. 2. David Satterthwaite is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in …
Publication, 01 January 2005
How to ensure climate-change finance really is "new and additional"
… In a briefing paper published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), they … climate change group; Martin Stadelmann, researcher at the Center for International and Comparative Studies in Switzerland; and J. Timmons … without a clear meaning. For mutual accountability, we need an international rule that any pledge has to be accompanied by a baseline." …
News, 03 June 2010