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A herder with his livestock in Isiolo County, Kenya (Photo: Dorine Odongo/ILRI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Kenya
… 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 Nyangena policy analyst with the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis shared initial findings more widely in December in …
Project, 14 June 2018
When infrastructure is not provided, or not affordable, the urban poor find their own way around the problem, as in Delhi, India, where electricity is tapped
Urban crisis response needs a humanitarian sector shake-up
… of the local context, preferably before a crisis hits. Continued research required To be more effective, humanitarian agencies need to … is a senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . This blog, which was originally posted by IRIN , draws … part of the Urban Crises Learning Fund , a three-year initiative for research and learning towards more effective urban crisis response. …
Insight, 15 December 2017
Indonesia: Reshaping the debate on small-scale farmers
… and businesses, brought a diverse range of perspectives from the research they had undertaken during the past year in their respective countries. Research previously carried out, including a paper looking at some of … of seminars held in Europe during the last two years . Three years of research, debates and field visits were processed and synthesized in a …
Insight, 17 February 2012
Cover for G03994.pdf
Summary report of the high-level workshop convened by IIED-Practical Action on scaling up agroecology to achieve the SDGs
… with a range of development organisations from civil society, research and government, in the context of the Sustainable Development …
Publication, 01 October 2015
More than 100 representatives of indigenous mountain communities met in Peru's Potato Park in April 2017 to share their expertise and build their international network (Photo: Lucia Flórez Zelaya)
Mountain indigenous peoples call for support for biocultural landscapes to achieve the SDGs
… 100 indigenous peoples as well as representatives of civil society, research, government and donor organisations.  The event included policy … on governments and institutions to:   Support participatory action-research with indigenous mountain communities linking traditional …
News, 28 June 2017
Cover for G04169.pdf
Potato Park Declaration
… and Thailand, together with 26 representatives from civil society, research, government and donor organisations, gathered in the Potato …
Publication, 01 June 2017
MMSD – regional reports
… of the impact of mining and mineral processing operations – Table 7.1 Research Topic 1: Small-scale mining within the SADC region: terms of reference Research Topic 2: Draft report: the effect of HIV/AIDS on the mining and minerals sector Research Topic 3: Overview Research Topic 3: Local development Research …
Article, 03 March 2009
Protesters with a banner
IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… , hitting poorest people first and hardest. She highlighted  recent research that presents evidence  showing that biodiversity loss is an … economy, she argued, gender must be mainstreamed at all levels, from research to policy. Participation and representation of women in research and policy, as active subjects of change, is essential. That's …
Article, 27 December 2019
The logo of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (Image: UNFCCC, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP)
Article, 18 November 2015
Nature landscape of a forest and a lake.
Author Q&A: A framework for assessing the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation
… Hannah Reid is a consultant with IIED's Climate Change research group and biodiversity team. Alongside Amanda Bourne, Halcyone …
Article, 23 November 2020