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A woman with a basket on her back picks tea leaves from a huge field surrounding her
Stockholm+50 must build a legacy of support for locally-led action for people, nature and climate
… Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement on climate change and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, and encourage … that prioritise locally-led action for people, nature and climate. Our report shows evidence of some emerging trends hinting at a positive … and intermediaries to agree to in Stockholm. The recommendations focus on the need to: Increase the quantity, improve the quality, and …
Insight, 27 May 2022
Clothes hang on lines outside small poorly maintained houses
Introduction to building transformative urban resilience for all
… of inequitable urban growth and rapid and unpredictable climate change is resulting in a rapidly growing number of urban residents … as the ability to influence global development policy processes.  Our team has worked with: Major international foundations to support … that builds resilience for low-income groups.  What is IIED doing? Our work in this area includes different forms of partnerships. We are …
Article, 01 April 2022
sandbags holding back river water
CBA14: Same great conference, entirely new environment
… development.  Taking the conference online allows us to reinforce our commitment to capacity building and community networking. The … space for the lived experiences and opinions of people facing climate change impacts daily to be clearly articulated and expressed.  For … are out in public early and forcefully will help set the right focus and tone for these coming events. Our ask for those joining is …
Insight, 07 July 2020
Closely built shacks. In the background, trees. In the foreground, a river and, on the other side of it, smoke.
Introduction to urban health equity: addressing risks, promoting gender equality and fostering wellbeing in informal settings
… And these challenges are amplified by both COVID-19 and climate change.  Globally, there are two billion informal labourers , while … livelihoods often face acute risks to their health and wellbeing . Our health research is rooted in a multifaceted understanding of the … to explore how to foster a transformative urban recovery with a focus on informal workers, residents of informal settlements, displaced …
Article, 09 June 2022
People of all ages marching holding posters. One poster reads "protect all like on our planet"; another poster reads "no more blah blah blah"
COP27 and the important year ahead
Insight, 22 November 2021
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
Insight, 11 December 2014
Group of people sitting on chairs facing each other
Addressing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Colombia
… environmental and social impacts, including contributing to climate change through deforestation and causing air and water contamination … come to fruition, and remain viable into the future. Building on our dialogue methodology , we brought together the key stakeholders in … in Colombia: commerce and trade, and environmental sustainability. Our approach focused on: Creating consensus on a new agenda for change: …
Project, 25 April 2023
Man in a mangrove forest
Striving for better: following LDC leadership in addressing the climate crisis
Insight, 26 January 2021
The Ewaso Ng'iro River, in Isiolo County's Shaba National Reserve, Kenya where pilot projects to support adaptation 'may not yet be perfect, but have the right idea'. (Photo: Ninara via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Why community 'based' adaptation to climate change is not enough
… now, I have been meaning to write a blog on why splitting climate change adaptation into "community-based adaptation" (CBA) and … wasted. We have grudgingly acknowledged this by saying we must "base" our action in communities. They must be "involved" in adaptation, … and over conflict resolution mechanisms. JFM therefore continues to focus more heavily on the conservation of forests (the main concern of …
Insight, 18 March 2014
A researcher talking with a cotton farmer in Mozambique. Communicating our findings to a wide range of key audiences is central to our work (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
Communicating research – uptake, influence and change
… world, increasing the potential to influence policy and practical change. As research communications manager, supporting this aim is a key … myself a New Year’s resolution to work with renewed vigour to achieve our research and communications outcomes and contribute to impact and … support researchers to do this. More often than not this will involve our partners because knowing the local context, the political and power …
Insight, 15 January 2015