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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
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New series: Beyond COVID-19: grassroots visions of change
… that can address multiple future risks. The series will draw on our partners’ experiences and insights, and provide a platform for … toolkits for response and recovery (building on IIED’s Urban Crises work ), multimedia outputs, research findings, and relevant news reports.   The work aims to push the international agenda forward and encourage …
News, 26 June 2020
A community discusses water and energy challenges in Alango, Kenya (Photo: Ibrahim Jarso, Resource Advocacy Program)
Participatory investment planning for environment, water and energy in the dryland of northern Kenya
… access to safe and affordable drinking water for all (SDG6.1). Our work aimed to increase understanding of the social and economic value … planning debates, particularly around arid and semi-arid lands. Our workshop report described the consultative process and its major …
Project, 25 August 2016
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Getting it together: how some local organisations in East Africa have succeeded in linking conservation and development
… develop commercially attractive enterprises, and have impact. Our report is based on profiles of five local organisations working to … and local development in and around protected areas in East Africa. Our analysis reveals the main roles that local organisations play in …
Publication, 01 March 2014
Ejura Market in Ghana is an important centre for farmers selling their yam crops (Photo: IITA)
Rural urban linkages
… as manufacturing and services) taking place in rural settlements. Our work seeks to: Improve our understanding of how changing rural-urban interactions affect the …
Project, 29 August 2014
Dancing at the Dia de Los Muertos festival, which incessant rainfall spoiled in Mexico this year (Photo: Richard Cawood)
Winning entry of 'My Story' competition says extreme weather affects Mexican festivals
… traditions. And this year I noticed that climate change is impacting our Mexican traditions. How? Rain-changing matters are making us modify our celebrations. To name a few changes, I will describe my 2014 … at all. Some sayings and songs even talk about how tough it is to work during this month. This year, there was no need for praying because …
Insight, 06 December 2014
A group of miners who are working the Kawa Ijen volcano in Java, Indonesia. The miners carry sulfur down the volcano and to the processing centre where the sulfur is weighed and the miner is paid (Photo: Adam Cohn, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Time to tell a new story about artisanal and small-scale mining: time for a new "indaba"
… it works? This approach has been tried and tested in IIED's previous work on forests. For example, following the 'Sustainable Paper … to drive progress in the forest sector. In the mining sector, our Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development thematic and regional … International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) . Ten years later, our MMSD+10 consultation highlighted ASM as the next challenge – as …
Insight, 11 February 2015
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City residents and urban refugees: from shared living to shared futures
… organisation with a long history of working on urban rights. They work closely with local residents to ensure they are involved in city … with the beginning of the pandemic and gave a new focus to SDI’s work with local residents. As SDI Kenya manager Jackline Wanyonyi explained: “Our immediate response [to the pandemic] was to launch a ‘tracker’ in …
Insight, 07 December 2020
Comoros, the home of LDC negotiator Fatima Athoumani, has the Indian Ocean as a close neighbour (Photo: David Stanley, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The sharp learning curve of an LDC negotiator
… kilometres off east Africa’s coastline. Climate change is increasing our vulnerability to threats such as sea-level rise and extreme weather …
Insight, 12 December 2018
2015 is a critical year for sustainable development: IIED is tracking the route to Paris and COP21 in December (Image: IIED)
Walking along the road to Paris
Insight, 15 June 2015