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"Now is the time for unprecedented global solidarity and cooperation. Now is the opportunity for true leaders to shine" says IIED Director Camilla Toulmin (Photo: IIED)
IIED statement on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
… Development says: "The new IPCC report highlights the threats climate change poses to people's peace and prosperity. It shows that countries, … IPCC report . Its main themes of impacts and adaptation will form the focus on our international conference on community-based adaptation to climate … IIED statement on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report …
News, 31 March 2014
A man bends over and rummages through piles of garbage that surround him.
Local and regional governments hold key to tackling rising global inequalities
… prices around the globe, is bringing inequalities into even sharper focus. While national governments may drag their feet on addressing such … connectivity, to dignified livelihood opportunities, to climate change and to uneven political representation, among others.  Emilia … Alexandre Apsan Frediani, principal researcher at IIED, said: “Our report shows the important role cities, local governments and …
News, 11 October 2022
Woman collects water from a well
Drought management in India: hostage to climate information governance
… monsoons – a pattern that is becoming more frequent with climate change. Local communities and national agencies need short-term, … it. Five principles for climate information good governance Based on our research, we suggest this problem can be addressed by adopting five … loop from data users that allows for constant improvement. 3. Focus on proper communication of climate information. The limited …
Insight, 10 February 2021
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… international agencies to achieve. But it seems to think that radical change can be achieved without changing existing institutional and … reaffirming that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. But it is a bit depressing to have the long list of … international declarations and programmes of action that “we reaffirm our commitment to fully implement” because most of these contained …
Insight, 09 July 2014
Woman holding a shovel to the ground in a cropped field.
IIED's best of 2021: blogs
… Read our 10 most downloaded publications of 2021 Read a blog about our top 10 videos of 2021 1 Here's why Indigenous economics is the key … restrictions on movement. 3 Locally-led adaption to climate change: the start of a 10-year learning journey January : In early 2021, …
Article, 23 December 2021
A group of women laugh and smile as they stand and dip their hands into two large buckets on a table
Financial summary 2020
… greater flexibility while IIED makes longer-term decisions about our future needs. IIED has no fundraising activity and is not a grant … we need to come to grips with these changes across the full range of our work. On a practical level, we must adapt to an online working … agendas in the COVID-19 world. This does not necessarily mean that we focus directly on COVID-19. But it does mean that we recognise the …
Page, 20 December 2020
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2021 Barbara Ward Lecture: Rebeca Grynspan says nothing is ever so small that it cannot make a difference
… parliament. “That obliged us to have a common project. We didn’t change so much because a lot of decisions had to be made through … and needed to be there for all. They were an integral part of our social contract and our social cohesion strategy for the common … because of them “Many international organisations were pushing us to focus our public services on providing something for the poor,” Grynspan …
Article, 16 December 2021
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Gobeshona Global Conference 1
Event, 18 January 2021
Zenital view of a woman, wearing a headscarf, holding a spoon and a bowl with greens in front of a pot with more greens.
Household energy: a missing ingredient in nutrition debates
… These ideas are part of a wider cultural conversation about dietary change, and how people around the world might best meet their … the links between energy use and food, especially nutrition, tends to focus on agriculture and transportation. There is little evidence … ‘enabler’ of food and nutrition security: we need it to cook many of our staple foods, including those deemed essential for a healthy and …
Insight, 21 February 2022
A woman in Malawi carries a solar panel above her head through a forest path
Climate adaptation: its time is now
… Adaptation is finally on the map. The climate change narrative has long been heavily skewed towards mitigation – on how to curb further climate risk and avoid pushing our planet towards climate crisis. But recent years – and months – have … The Egypt and UK-led resilience and adaptation track will focus on integrating climate risk into government and private sector …
Insight, 29 May 2019