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The 2016 Bonn climate change Conference featured a workshop and numerous informal consultations on gender-responsive climate policy (Photo by IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
LDC women in world climate talks: building a cohort of champions
… The upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn will include a workshop on 10-11 May to develop … strengthening support for women in particular, are essential.  Our supporting role IIED is proud to be among those promoting LDC women's engagement at the negotiation sessions as part of our logistical and technical support and capacity building workshops and …
Insight, 02 May 2017
An image of a man faking injury being treated by a Bangladesh firefighter as part of a training exercise on collaborative search and rescue operations, helping the city to respond more effectively to disasters (Photo: Oregon National Guard, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Making the SDG agenda work for LDCs
… the village, women – often hardest hit by the impacts of climate change – were allocated land for rearing animals and growing crops. … – their capacity to manage the impacts of climate change, and how far their livelihoods had improved through the … its national development agenda. The plan took on board some of our recommendations, particularly around measures to support communities …
Article, 25 May 2016
IIED's Andrew Norton and IIED chair Rebeca Grynspan with Gro Harlem Brundtland sit at the front of the Barbara Ward lecture on 19 June 2018
Come on board: IIED seeks new chair
… IIED has never been more relevant. Our longstanding, proven approach – working in partnership  to bring … we work to address critical environment and development issues. Real change for those in need, now IIED’s board was instrumental in … network of partners, concentrated in the global South, help us to focus our energies where we can make the greatest positive contribution. …
Insight, 10 May 2019
A student uses screen reading technology at the School of Information & Technology for the Visually Impaired in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Photo: Amanda Lasik/The Advocacy Project, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Accessibility
… – access keys Access keys are keyboard combinations that let you focus on any particular part of a page without using a mouse. We have … site. An additional search for solely publications is available from our Publications Library . Images All images with relevant content are … called  My Web My Way  that provides information about how you can change your computer settings and use assistive technologies.  The site …
Page, 28 July 2022
COP16: United Nations climate change negotiations
… Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from November 29 to December 10, 2010 in … side events, and posted regular video updates. This page summarises our work at COP16. COP16 climate briefings Climate watchlist: key issues … for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations. The ecbi Asia pre-COP 16 workshop brought together …
Event, 01 January 2015
A cooling tower of a power station is framed against the sky
International treaties threaten affordability of climate action: new report
News, 04 October 2020
Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
… that prevent people from accessing food. If these narratives don’t change, policies and strategies to enhance food security will surely … in this new briefing paper . It is the first output from a multi-year change initiative that aims to find out not only what's wrong with the … gaps relative to the evolving relationship between rural and urban. Our project will take food consumption as the entry point to fill these …
Insight, 23 February 2015
Young man with blue and pink dreadlocks surrounded by a crowd wearing pride colours
Heteronormativity in development – what does queer have to do with it?
… for climate action or environmental issues . This is a glaring gap in our knowledge. How do LGBTQI+ people access housing and essential … to accessing public services . We believe the time is ripe for change. Intersectional approaches are gaining momentum, recognising the … its first public event on gender and sexual diversity  as part of our new project: ' what does queer have to do with it? Making space for …
Insight, 14 December 2022
The interface between forests, agriculture and climate change: understanding the implications for REDD
… Forestry, agriculture and climate change are closely linked, posing challenges for the coordination of … use. This has consequent implications for greenhouse gas emissions. A focus on REDD alone may lead to these intersectoral leakage effects … beyond the forestry sector and give attention to agriculture. See our related work on the economics of agriculture and cllimate change . …
Project, 02 September 2010
Farmer standing in a field of crops.
Costing and planning of agriculture's adaptation to climate change
… The UK government’s 2009 White Paper on development 'Building our common future' set out the food security and climate change challenge. This challenge was how to double food production to … and the poorest were likely to be those hardest hit. The climate change debate had been somewhat removed from the agriculture policy …
Project, 23 June 2011