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Animation of a woman and a child walking side by side
Brutal realities of climate change loss and damage come to life in IIED animations
… between ethnic groups looms, sparked by depleting freshwater and land. As the animation explains, there was a time when the islanders … disasters bring devastation on an unmanageable scale, while death and displacement have escalated beyond their control.  The loss and damage … is on the horizon as communities face loss of freshwater and land. Find out more about IIED's work on loss and damage . Untold …
News, 01 March 2021
A 'living room on the street' in Paposh Nagar, Karachi (Photo: Fareena Chanda)
Alternative routes to urban density
… a place in the city, they often get pushed away as the city develops, land values increase and informal acceptance is replaced with formal … help show that an inclusive city is one that not only helps to make land available to its growing population, but protects people from involuntary displacement as the city grows, and land values increase. This requires …
Project, 16 July 2015
Landslide
Loss and damage from climate change has pushed Sierra Leoneans far beyond their ability to adapt
… Sierra Leone, lies in the southwestern part of West Africa. The land is beautiful, with breathtaking mountain ranges, deep valleys and … typhoid. Precarious housing The increased flooding coincided with land use changes and rapid population growth. The land use change is tied to shifting from building on low-lying areas to …
Insight, 02 December 2020
Aerial view of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Demanding attention for the loss and damage from climate change
… old wounds : young climate activist Solomon Yeo fears depleting land and water could spark fresh tensions between ethnic groups – and … Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown.   How the erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable : Shreya K.C. calls on world …
Article, 01 March 2021
People observe burnt down structures
Fire disaster makes more than 1,000 homeless in Freetown
Insight, 29 March 2021
Aerial view of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Demanding urgent responses to the loss and damage caused by climate change
… old wounds : young climate activist Solomon Yeo fears depleting land and water could spark fresh tensions between ethnic groups – and … in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. How the erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable : Shreya K.C. calls on world …
Article, 01 March 2021
The UN estimates that a million Somalis were displaced during 2017. Many move to informal settlements on the fringes of the capital, Mogadishu (Photo: AMISOM Public Information via Wikimedia Commons)
Providing shelter in East African cities: what works?
… And in settings where years of conflict have caused mass internal displacement, where can internally-displaced populations live when they … ' gatekeepers' has emerged – often former IDPs themselves, providing land and security for IDPs and facilitating service delivery, in return …
Insight, 22 February 2018
An illustration showing people and flowers in front of tall buildings.
Building better cities: responding to the twin challenge of inequality and climate change
… 2025 .   A range of factors from in-migration and types of housing to land use and population density influence the degree to which urban …
Article, 23 June 2022
Cover for G02362.pdf
Rethinking conservation through the lens of food sovereignty (Workshop report, World Conservation Congress, Oct. 2008)
… market based approaches, e.g., payments for ecosystem services; land, biodiversity and water markets; and partnerships between public … Sovereignty, by inter alia, exacerbating the negative pressures that land conservation can have on livelihoods (e.g., carbon offset forests … areas leading to increased physical, economic, or access-related displacement); creating new market incentives that ‘out compete’ food …
Publication, 01 October 2008
One man in a small boat on a reservoir, in front of a large dam
Resettlement from large dams – what have we learned?
… the dominant players in this space. Read the full paper: Dam-induced displacement and resettlement: a literature review (PDF) This  blog … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 30 October 2019