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Lesotho's population is heavily dependent on agriculture. Drying river systems threaten a lack of drinking water for livestock (Photo: Jonas Merian, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Legalise Paris agreement
… southern African country cannot afford to turn a blind eye on climate change issues, which are causing unreliable and erratic rainfall … the challenges Lesotho faces? PK: This El Niño situation threatens our livelihood source. The grave challenge facing Lesotho is its … funding to finance some of its priorities. This should not just only focus on developed countries. Bilateral commitments with a developing …
Article, 24 November 2015
Lillies spread over a pond; cities must be governed and managed well to ensure population growth is sustainable (Photo: hqworld)
Cities on the twenty-ninth day
… One of the better early books to raise awareness of our planet's vulnerability to rapid population growth and environmental … has been exponential, and in areas like biodiversity loss and climate change we have already passed 'safe' limits , where ecosystems no longer … more than 50 million residents. How cities grow and are managed, the focus of Habitat III next month, the United Nations' first urbanisation …
Insight, 03 October 2016
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Fair Ideas conference programme 16/17th June 2012
… that emerge during the event. IIED is committed to translating our expertise and convening capacity into a wider movement for change. We see the Rio+20 summit as the start of a process that can lead to real change from local to global levels, and Fair ideas is an important step …
Publication, 01 June 2012
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… above, and focuses in particular on poor farmers in the South. From our work on building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems to our projects that support locally-controlled forest enterprises, we … systems in order to strengthen food security in the face of climate change. Our legal tools team works with practitioners who are developing …
Article, 22 April 2014
Urban-rural linkages have been 'beefed up' in the latest draft of the UN's Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
OWG 'zero draft' is a huge step forward: now let's get practical
… areas for improvement. We're really pleased to see many of our suggestions are reflected in the latest draft.  Strengthening … huge importance. Means of implementation Another important structural change is that the document sets out in detail some of the actions … this is a thorny issue and hope that IIED's work, including our focus on the particular circumstances and interests of members of the …
Insight, 20 June 2014
WoDaabe pastoralists are one of the most mobile and specialised pastoral communities in the Sahel (Photo: Stephen Anderson)
Supporting pastoral mobility in East and West Africa
Project, 17 December 2012
World Urban Forum 2008
… (IIED) contributed to the debate with information about climate change, and climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. IIED … this broken house, without it we are homeless. We are prisoners of our poverty. There is no-one to talk to, non-one to share my troubles … savings group women all know each other. We all help each other in our troubles. We sing and dance! In our group, we share ideas, so many …
Event, 30 October 2008
Boys polish chairs for sale in the furniture market, Nampula, Mozambique.
Introduction to locally-controlled forestry
… and advocacy, and Facilitate the interactions and opportunities to change policies and practice. Regular independent reviews of our work show that this approach benefits forests, as well as the … develop and share practices relevant to specific countries. The main focus of this work on forests and prosperity is: Approaches to increase …
Article, 05 August 2013
Community representatives gather together to record their knowledge about dryland resources as part of a participatory mapping process in Isiolo County, Kenya. (Photo: James Pattison/IIED)
Strengthening civil society to support natural resource management
… industry impacts, and the steady pressures of demography and social change. Finding ways to scale up promising models of sustainable community natural resource management and to change policies through effective civil society action has become … and natural resource governance, there remains relatively little focus on how these organisations are supported, invested in, and …
Insight, 29 July 2015
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… place in New York in late September and the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (COP21) in December. As a result, many of the … climate agreement . This year's theme fitted particularly well with our GWI work in West Africa on how to make large water infrastructure – … approaches and tools . Investment impacts The conference's Africa focus day was also very interesting with the sessions hosted by the …
Insight, 25 September 2015