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2009 Development and Climate Days film festival highlights
… feature of the four-day event. The short films represented the work of amateur and independent film-makers. Many of the … were present at D&C Days and participated in discussions about their work.  We've picked out the top nine films which we particularly … on earth.  We couldn't show all the films on this page so go to our YouTube channel to see more. Related work Community based adaptation …
Article, 22 July 2010
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PLA 56: Participatory Learning and Action, General Issue
… help a community, analyse its needs and identify its vulnerabilities Our final article describes how children became researchers in a study …
Publication, 01 June 2007
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 8 Order from chaos? Making local data relevant for policy audiences
… was an how to deal with this jumble. The task can integral part of our research process. appear both difficult and confusing. This … this problem in India. only the beginning of the process of analysis. Our challenge In the data collection processes, ... …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Maize crops in Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District, Nepal (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Investing in adaptation to climate change brings bonus benefits
… everyone had their own community-based adaptation story to share. Our trip, hosted by a local NGO called Sahamati , took us 180km from … system, it is the local community that makes local adaptation really work. Projects must understand the need of the local community and must … drinking water. The children have more time to study and women start work at 6am now instead of 3am. But too much talking and sharing …
Insight, 29 April 2014
A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… to better understand the opportunities for PUE in rural settings. Our work so far points to four key elements needed to drive PUE. In-depth … new energy service to make economic sense. From here, providers can work outwards, providing affordable energy to smaller local businesses. …
Insight, 12 September 2016
A close-up of the virus that causes COVID-19
Coronavirus threat looms large for low-income cities
… In our increasingly interconnected world, outbreaks of infectious diseases … of new and deadly contagious disease. Further reading on IIED's work and the coronovirus Coronavirus and climate change are two crises …
Insight, 26 February 2020
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STAND 1215 | Human Settlements at the World Urban Forum 2
… Moreno). Perhaps more surprisingly, some Although based in London, we work globally through a wide range urban networks have played an of … in Asia, Africa and Latin important role in the politics of America. Our partnerships generate close collaborations with many global climate …
Publication, 01 June 2001
Water and gravity are used to separate and, ultimately, leave the diamonds (Photo: James McQuilken/@J_McQuilken)
Sustainable development and artisanal mining: time to broaden the ‘blood diamonds’ conversation?
… challenges of diamond mining, where IIED shared some lessons from our experiences running country dialogues in gold and gemstone ASM . We …
Insight, 03 December 2018
Early start: A cow being milked at first light in the village of Kimokouwa (credit: Toby Mitchell)
Mixing meteorology with traditions to improve climate forecasts for pastoralists
Insight, 19 March 2014
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 13 Notes from a food and nutrition PRA in a Guinean fishing village
… became known local project staff focused on food and nutrition, as our `hypotheses'. From this, checklists of actual topics of conversation … PRA experience also left the whole team with a critical awareness of our own outsider judgmental attitudes, and increased our understanding ... …
Publication, 01 January 1992