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Cover for G03618.pdf
Report of SIFOR Partners' Workshop, Cusco Peru, 29 April - 4 May 2013,
… which started in August 2012 Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage. …
Publication, 01 July 2013
Busy commuter traffic
What drives the world’s changing urban geographies?
… of more than 500,000 people. Track how this has changed since 1800 in our cities data visual (Image: IIED/Kiln) Urban population statistics … I remember my first personal computer having a huge impact on my work – but for my daughter’s generation personal computers have always … (most subscribers only get electronic copies for download – our journal Environment & Urbanization receives 500,000 downloads a …
Insight, 23 April 2020
Cover for G00527.pdf
Human Settlements at the World Urban Forum, Vancouver 2006
… World Urban Forum.' by David Satterthwaite, as well as information on our work, our partners, the networking events we held at the Forum etc. …
Publication, 01 June 2006
Climate protestors in Doha, Qatar.
Seven ways to reignite climate action after dismal Doha
Insight, 10 December 2012
Man next to a pile of dried crops of maize.
New guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action
Insight, 02 November 2021
View of Harpan village of Panchase – the upstream of Phewa Lake (Photo: Amit Poudyal/IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Nepal
… Linking science, practice and policy’. The session looked at our learning on what has and hasn’t worked in ecosystem-based adaptation … the agreement was to continue EbA activities in one sub watershed and work together to include EbA in annual plans. 2017 December At the South … The main aim was to discuss what has worked well and less well in our EbA activities to date and opportunities for mainstreaming EbA in …
Project, 26 June 2018
A girl in Pakistan collects rainwater for washing (Photo: Fawad Khan)
Recognising the concerns of women and girls can improve the effectiveness of climate change adaptation
… IIED has been carrying out research with partners to try and further our understanding as part of the Tracking Adaptation Measuring Development (TAMD) initiative . Our focus has been on whether adaptation measures are helping to build … concerns they raised into broader discussions. In some of the project work with local governments, places were reserved for women on …
Insight, 14 January 2015
Drip irrigation in Faylar village, Senegal. Investing in solar-powered water pumps and drip-feed irrigation systems can help farmers survive in times of drought (Photo: InnoAfrica, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community
… shocks and stresses that threaten the lives and livelihoods of our one billion people. LIFE-AR: taking the long view Science tells us … rich evidence base of long-term climate adaptation interventions that work – what we are calling ‘lighthouse initiatives’.  Just one year into … planners about lived experience of adaptation interventions that work. Key questions  CBA events have a strong track record for creating …
Insight, 06 March 2019
A herder with his livestock in Isiolo County, Kenya (Photo: Dorine Odongo/ILRI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Kenya
… Coordinator of the ADA Consortium explains more about this work in the video below: … put up climate management plans ’. In March we published a summary of our research findings in the IIED briefing paper ‘Funding adaptation in … change functions in national and county governments. We shared our research results at the first sitting of the NCCC. 2016 John …
Project, 14 June 2018
Pa Ousman Jarju has written an open letter to US President Barack Obama (Photo: Steve Jurvetson via http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Letter to America: Gambia envoy asks Obama directly for US climate leadership
… and the extent of poverty around the world, making more difficult our recovery from climate-related disasters. Both will set back decades … for the world.       Mr. President, the long-term consequences on our countries will be devastating. The LDCs are already experiencing … to New York in September and directing their negotiators to work out the details.   2014 is the year of ambition on climate change: …
News, 06 June 2014