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Local sheep varieties in the Potato Park, Peru, where an agreement was recently forged to share indigenous crop varieties and knowledge about how to grow them in different climates and landscapes (Photo: IIED)
Indigenous farmers from Peru, China and Bhutan agree to share seeds for climate adaptation
… that are already adversely affected by changes in climate. "Although our communities are half a world apart, they share similar concerns to … for the exchanges among the indigenous communities. CIP will work with the communities to facilitate the exchange of repatriated …
News, 08 May 2014
The Las Trancas Valley in Chile, November 2014 (Photo: UICN / Marcelo Vildósola Garrigó)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Chile
… project on EbA effectiveness. Informing policy The lessons from this work will be further used to inform policymakers and mainstream EbA … EbA on the ground. Updates from IUCN-Sur November 2018 As part of our efforts to incorporate EbA in the national restoration efforts, we …
Project, 21 February 2018
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Going Carbon Neutral at IIED
… responsibility to reduce its GHG emissions. An initial estimate of our emissions for one year, January to December 2003, is 372 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Of this, work travel comprises 69% (almost all from air travel), commuting to and …
Publication, 01 September 2004
A Potato Park farmer in Peru leads the Potato Guardians collective (Photo: Adam Kerby)
Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation
… climate deal at the UN climate conference, this innovative, inclusive work shows the importance of new kinds of partnerships between … already happening on the ground. Farmers know they need to adapt, so our goal is to connect them with the knowledge and resources that can … capacity for adaptation. For more information, or to interview one of our spokespeople, please contact: ANDES Alejandro Argumedo, +51 984 706 …
News, 27 November 2014
A poster at COP25
COP25: the morning after
… in the past ten years. Clearly, we’re doing something wrong both to our climate and in the process we established to fix it. And after … broke the COP. The talks ended with a procedural decision to continue work at the June session, and to finalise the work at COP26. Although there was no final agreement, countries are …
Insight, 13 January 2020
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… to take action for nature by demonstrating its critical role as our life support system  Showcase inspiring examples of where … Launch the Hawai'i commitments to meet the conservation challenges of our time, including scaling up action on biodiversity and the … event was organised by others but featured an IIED partner and IIED work. Related reading: Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change …
Event, 01 September 2016
A Chinese journalist interviews fellow journalists in Kenya (Photo: YiDe Media)
China-Africa relations: Fresh perspectives from Chinese journalists on environmental challenges
… educate the Chinese public about their overseas impacts. At IIED, we work to promote sustainable and socially beneficial forms of Chinese engagement with Africa (learn about our work here ). In addition to generating evidence and informing policymakers, we believe that our initiatives to make Chinese voices from the field heard and to raise …
Insight, 02 May 2014
Woman carrying a child
Bringing urban refugees into local planning
… urban living and the difficulties for many refugees in finding paid work. IIED research in Kampala and Nairobi shows the struggle to access … channels of engagement with municipal authorities. We’ll be sharing our findings in the coming years. …
Insight, 20 July 2020
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 … – where overwhelming the lily pond is prevented and the strain from our ever more urbanised planet is easier to manage. Daniel Hoornweg …
Insight, 03 October 2016
Trees at Oxford Botanical Gardens. The question is not how to engage young people in forestry issues, but how to harness that engagement (Photo: Geraldine Warren/IIED)
Nurturing the next generation of foresters
… Forests offer solutions to some of the biggest threats facing our planet – climate change, food insecurity, economic and social … Vietnam, I saw first hand young people seizing the opportunity to work with the forests by becoming cooperative members . The manager was … those who are already engaged. I have shared some approaches IIED and our partners have taken, and I am pleased to see the World Forestry …
Insight, 24 August 2015