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A cartoon depicting a man holding a bag labelled 'power' away from a group of serious-looking people. Speech bubbles from the man say "OK, OK, I'm giving it to you", then "But, pay attention, it's fragile", then "Be very careful", then "I'm thinking about keeping it for a few more minutes, sorry guys"
“We need a stronger taskforce”: pushing for better access to climate finance for vulnerable countries
… climate finance. We like that it references the principles for locally led adaptation and the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective …
Insight, 02 June 2021
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
Article, 04 April 2019
Indigenous mountain farmers examine a map of the Stone Village water management system, showing the water channels (Photo: Irene Song)
Mountain communities call for stronger action to counter climate change
… modern practices to provide effective, low-cost solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation, as alternatives to energy-intensive modern … provide water and a diversity of resilient crop varieties for climate adaptation.  "This traditional water management system is threatened as … adaptation, and support participatory plant breeding and community-led landscape management, recognising the spirituality that guides it. …
News, 23 June 2016
A host of people carrying placards and banners, with a prominent banner that says: "Danger: delay kills you".
From Paris to pandemic: charting the changing landscape for sustainable development
Insight, 01 September 2022
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
Project, 27 July 2018
A group of women laugh and smile as they stand and dip their hands into two large buckets on a table
Financial summary 2020
… to combat racism in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, have led us to start a process to see how we can strengthen our diversity and …
Page, 20 December 2020
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… for putting Durban on the map as a frontrunner in climate change adaptation.  She led the Durban Adaptation Charter for Local Governments , developed and adopted during …
News, 19 July 2016
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… key decision makers. Our expert facilitation delivers co-created and locally rooted evidence – which in turn inspires policy and practice … issues. In Tanzania, we secured a consensus for setting up government-led ‘excellence centres’ next to artisanal mines. These centres will be … we presented a new guide on using natural resources and ecosystems in adaptation work to more than 200 practitioners and policymakers at the  …
Page, 24 October 2018
Artisanal miners of Mali
Mali’s new mining law: an improvement, but fails artisanal miners
… World Bank – not institutions typically associated with government-led attacks on global mining companies.  But we’ll set aside the grand …
Insight, 08 October 2019
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
Article, 14 March 2017