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Building a collaborative platform for climate change: an action research approach
… a danger that adaptation interventions will not be based on sound research, or that research will not be relevant or accessible to the developing countries … and dangers right now. In the United Kingdom, development research institutes are responding to the global attention on climate … Building a collaborative platform for climate change: an action research approach …
Publication, 01 July 2010
Pastoralism - Research, policy and practice, Vol 1 No 2
… Pastoralism - Research, policy and practice, Vol 1 No 2 …
Publication, 01 July 2010
Urban poverty’s hidden dimensions threaten development, new research reveals
… assets. UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, said this research synthesizes a new and emerging area of work that is of critical … health services can be just as bad, if not worse, the new research points out. In addition, among the urban poor, women often have … paid and unpaid—is generally much heavier than men’s. The research also notes the potential for urbanization to deliver …
News, 07 March 2012
Older man standing in a middle of a busy street in Dhaka, looking straight at the camera. He is wearing a grey t-shirt and a red scarf on his head, and holding his motorcycle.
Too hot to work, too poor to rest
… The findings draw attention to three issues that much of the existing research overlooks: Indoor workers are as vulnerable as those working …
Event, 20 July 2026
A girl studies under the light of a rechargeable solar lamp.
New research series kicks off with look at energy delivery models
… for Environment and Development (IIED) is considering in our  latest research series, Linking Worlds . The paper series looks across sectors … consider the nuances of the local socio-cultural context. Our new research looks at new forms of intermediation that recognise the role … to the poor through the type of innovations identified in our research series. It is only in doing this that we will be able to ensure …
Insight, 12 December 2012
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Democratising agri-food research systems
… Paper presented at the workshop on "Agri-food research: participation and the public good". Organised by the Food … While recognising the need for `participation' and `agricultural research to serve the public good', many organisations and professionals … and degree of participation that they tolerate in local contexts. Research organisations, professionals (agronomists, foresters, planners, …
Publication, 01 March 2004
Transforming agri-food research for citizen participation and the public good
… Throughout the world, public funded research shapes the choices that are available to farmers, food workers, … the public good rather than narrow economic interests. This action research therefore supports the participatory design (by producers and consumers) of an agri-food research system that is democratic and accountable. Working with …
Article, 15 July 2009
London street during night time, with cars on the roads and people walking on the side walks.
IIED at London Climate Action Week 2026
… week to convene partners across government, finance, civil society, research and business to explore how climate action can be fairer, more …
Event, 20 June 2026
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Planning adaptation for food and farming: lessons from 40 years’ research
Publication, 01 May 2012
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Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research results from the Mountain EbA Project, Peru
Publication, 01 December 2018