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Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… negotiations, business sector planning and the formulation of climate adaptation strategies in-country. The 24th COP took place in the Polish … realities. Understanding what works where, and investing in community-led solutions for development, can help promote the integrated … with the guidance of climate justice, human rights and pro-poor principles. Discussions focused on how we can: • Use climate insurance …
Event, 08 December 2018
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… of IIED projects which include biocultural heritage, ecosystem-based adaptation, social assessment of protected areas, food demand and forests, and locally controlled forestry. IIED and partner events Making … International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples INMIP), which is led by Asociacion ANDES with support from IIED, were shared, in addition …
Event, 01 September 2016
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… be both built around existing national context and underpinned by the principles of the 2030 Agenda. To support customised local or national … other areas,” says IIED’s Paul Steele . 5 What is effective climate adaptation? Case studies from the least developed countries I ssue paper … impacts? IIED is a key partner in the FutureDAMS research project, led by the University of Manchester, which is working to improve the …
Article, 23 December 2020
Some of the publications published by IIED during 2016 (Image: Annette McGill/IIED)
IIED's best of 2016: publications
… and citizens, review processes must incorporate rigorous, country led evaluations that examine policy and programme implementation and … 65-page report  captures some of the evidence, insights, and guiding principles presented at the ' The biggest private sector: what place for … they impact on people, the planet and the economy. Ecosystem-based adaptation: a win-win formula for sustainability in a warming world? …
Article, 02 January 2017
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… that space to run businesses and earn money. The process which has led to the generation of the Habitat agenda is complicated and much of … themes of the recent 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation  held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the theme of 'enhancing urban … the themes one would expect building on the 'post-2015' moment – with principles of 'leave no one behind', inclusive opportunity, and …
Insight, 13 May 2016