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Press photographers recording the opening plenary (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP19)
Event, 01 January 2015
Cover for 9282IIED.pdf
The major importance of ‘minor’ resources: women and plant biodiversity
… Understanding women’s influence on plant biodiversity is essential to our ability to conserve plant genetic resources, especially those plants … most about these plants because, throughout history, women’s daily work has required more of this knowledge. This paper describes how women …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Venn diagram of LDCs
Least Developed Countries
… NGOs in poorer nations have significant knowledge or programmes of work on climate change. This is problematic because NGOs are capable of … to climate change. We do this through the following programmes of work: Supporting climate change negotiators from Least Developed … knowledge and experience on community-based adaptation Together with our partners we organise the highly regarded  international conferences …
Article, 30 April 2009
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… able to influence them. This activity reflected the perspectives and work of our Southern partners and of local organisations in the South, and … What did IIED do? The project aimed to bring together the work of IIED and its partners and develop the capacity to analyse and …
Project, 26 April 2011
Cover for G01397.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 7 Topical surveys as a tool for a more dynamic farmer extension worker relationship
… experience in the subject matter. can also contribute greatly to our What if they are not at hand? Should the idea understanding of a …
Publication, 01 January 1988
Mary Robinson addresses the Development and Climate Days, with (from left to right), Katharine Mach, IPCC; Claudia Martinez, CDKN; Janos Pasztor, UN (Photo: Climate Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mary Robinson: global solidarity needed to confront climate crisis
… Islands, told the COP21 plenary that "we are in Paris to safeguard our livelihoods and our future" (reported on Twitter ) and recently told the New York Times …
Insight, 09 December 2015
Just how inclusive is ‘inclusive business’?
… About the series: Making markets work for small-scale farmers? The growing effort to make markets work for the poor has seen several initiatives and practices emerge, … exerting claims. “Empowerment means being better able to negotiate our products and have a better position in the market,” agreed Merlin …
Article, 27 June 2011
Cover for G01686.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 17 Participatory research and ecological economics for biodiversity conservation in Vanuatu
… current development needs. How can we deal with this issue? In the Our findings needed to be relevant to the National Conservation Strategy …
Publication, 01 January 1997
An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A shift in mindset for the LDCs
… polluting, and more sustainable. But government ministries typically work to very short time horizons. Finance and planning departments are … SH:  These goals present the opportunity to completely change our world by 2030. This will require a paradigm shift in the way we … Development Goals (MDGs) where every country is expected to work towards achieving the goals. The approach for richer countries will …
Article, 03 June 2016
Cover for G01773.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 13 REFLECT, savings and credit in Bangladesh
… needs of women and few focus their own development processes. In our own effectively on strengthening women's own work in Netrakona, REFLECT was developed capacity for analysis and …
Publication, 01 January 1998