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Participants at D&C Days took part in virtual reality game to help explain the complexities of making climate-related decisions (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Development & Climate Days 2016
… her opening address, Clare Shakya , director of IIED's Climate Change research group , said participants at D&C Days made up a community of … Robert Hofstede, associate director of the International Development Research Centre , highlighted the importance of the private sector when … Red Crescent Climate Centre , IIED , the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) , Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and …
Event, 12 November 2016
Outdoor shopping arcade with business adverts
Productive uses of energy support sustainable and resilient livelihoods in least developed countries
News, 16 September 2021
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
… Date: Monday, 7 November, 2016 Partner organisations: Organised by Research and Independent Non-governmental Organisations (RINGOs), with … Dr Saleemul Huq, senior fellow with IIED's Climate Change research group , presented at this event as part of a session titled 'New directions in climate change research and implications for policy'. The series of 'mini-TED Talks' on …
Event, 05 November 2016
Indigenous mountain farmers examine a map of the Stone Village water management system, showing the water channels (Photo: Irene Song)
Mountain communities call for stronger action to counter climate change
… including more than 50 indigenous farmers, civil society and research organisations, are hoping that policymakers will take concrete …
News, 23 June 2016
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Syrian health workers in Lebanon: supporting an informal workforce in crisis
… since the devastating civil war began in 2011. Our mixed-methods research focused on Lebanon, exploring the emerging phenomenon of …
Publication, 01 March 2018
A REDD strategy team talk to farmer Nimale Maribu at the Meceburi Forest Reserve, Mozambique. Photo: Mike Goldwater
Testing REDD+ in Mozambique
… in Mozambique: increasing pressures We are also carrying out research on deforestation in the country. As part of that process, research carried out in the Beira landscape corridor showed annual … and degradation. In response to this, IIED carried out more detailed research on the Beira corridor, where the most productive forests are …
Project, 01 October 2013
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… evidence for a more sustainable and healthy food system Research report Evidence generation by and with low-income citizens is … in frequent mismatches between policy and local realities. This research report focuses on citizen-generated evidence as a means for … (FFPO) businesses that ensure climate resilient landscapes Research report Forest business incubation is a process that accelerates …
Article, 21 December 2018
The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)
World Water Week 2016: key resources
… Ina Porres, senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , discussed in her blog for World Water Day  how the … and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) initiative , and research communications manager Rosalind Goodrich produced  six tips for …
Article, 24 August 2016
Chris at his roadside food stall. His day starts at 4pm and lasts until 10pm (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos. Pictures for IIED and Hivos)
Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies
… Economy Coalition , WIEGO , the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the OECD's Sahel and West Africa Club . Informal …
Insight, 18 March 2016
Temporary settlements in Kirtipur, Nepal, which was devastated by earthquakes in 2015 (Photo: Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed)
Cash transfers in urban crises: do they work for women?
… Our research began in Kirtipur – an ancient city 5km south-west of Kathmandu … UN Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security .  Our research will examine the impact of the cash and voucher aid programme … water, sanitation and healthcare.  What's still unclear, and what our research will explore, is how cash transfers in these contexts can …
Insight, 08 March 2017