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IIED's best of 2020: videos
… Debates , our series designed to create space for conversation on key and current sustainable development issues, has been particularly … said that COVID-19 was a reminder that we're not separate from the natural world in a speech as part of a London Climate Action Week event … events in 2020. This video is also an example of how, where time and resources allow, we have strived to provide subtitles and translations …
Insight, 30 December 2020
Women washing laundry at Sélingué dam, Mali, the second largest provider of energy for the country (Photo: Alioune Ba/Global Water Initiative)
Three big financial shifts put spotlight on social and environmental impacts of large dams — again
News, 06 May 2014
Women living in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve are trained to sustainably harvest xate palms, providing them with income and preserving the reserve's biodiversity (Photo: Dani Newcomb/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The role, influence and impact of women in biodiversity conservation
… in decision-making related to land use, nor equal access to needed resources. Biodiversity loss also poses a disproportionate burden for … Women also fall well behind men in achieving paid employment in natural resource management sectors – notably agriculture, fisheries, … women’s rights to access land. Without equal access to land and other key resources, women’s opportunities and capacity to play an active role …
Insight, 09 October 2018
An open sewer runs in front of homes
City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge
Insight, 08 February 2020
Villagers walking back to their village, Mozambique (Image: Mike Goldwater)
IIED Annual Report 2016/17: a focus on impact
… positive change at both the local and international scale, and across key research areas.  The report sets out how IIED and its partners seek … community initiatives to improve their environments.   Our work on natural resources seeks to  achieve increased investment in locally controlled …
Page, 27 October 2017
Angola aims to achieve its mitigation goals through the promotion of renewable energy, stabilisation of agricultural emissions, carbon sequestration from the forestry sector and other activities (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate finance is vital to secure a future worth having
Insight, 09 December 2015
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… IIED's multi-stakeholder dialogues connect marginalised people with key decision makers. Our expert facilitation delivers co-created and … Across the African continent, Chinese companies are investing in natural resources. Understanding the impacts and potential of Chinese investment …
Page, 24 October 2018
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Why women's empowerment is essential for sustainable development
… have to permeate the whole organisation." Secondly, women are key managers of natural resources and powerful agents of change. Nidhi Tandon's research with …
Insight, 02 February 2016
Tanzania: participatory training events for small-scale farmers can introduce the concept of climate change and help farmers identify which crops could work well in their area (Photo: Cecilia Schubert/CCAFS)
From knowledge to action – how top down training is driving bottom-up resilience in Tanzania
Insight, 09 March 2015
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… was used in a variety of ways to communicate sustainable development issues in the wake of COVID-19, that trend continued over the past 12 … edited recordings wherever possible. We’ve also invested time and resources into providing a larger number of subtitles and translations … online. And one new development saw organisers look back on the key lessons and reflect on their personal highlights in a l ive-streamed …
Insight, 28 December 2021