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We need to rethink investment treaties to ensure a rapid and just energy transition
… this can mean loss of sunk investment and/or expected future profits. Research indicates that when governments force or accelerate asset …
Insight, 21 April 2021
A girl studies under the light of a rechargeable solar lamp
Improving people’s access to sustainable energy
… ‘scaling up’ of effective technologies and approaches. We commission research in many parts of the globe, including Africa, Asia and Latin America. Some of our recent access to energy research includes: a report exploring the key issues for the Ugandan … from producing sustainable, clean energy. IIED has carried out research on how to optimise the contribution of woody biomass to …
Project, 26 October 2012
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Growing inclusion? Insights from value chain development in Ugandan oilseeds
… This report presents insights from collaborative research on the inclusion of smallholder farmers in the oilseed value …
Publication, 01 January 2015
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Katalysis: helping Andean farmers adapt to climate change (PLA 60)
… In this article, the authors argue that farmers need to shape the research agenda according to local priorities, and that smallholders and …
Publication, 01 December 2009
50% of the planet falls outside national boundaries. Ungoverned, these seas are exposed to widespread abuses such as overfishing or the dumping of chemical waste and plastic (Image: IIED/Soapbox)
IIED animation: how a new global treaty could turn the tide to save the high seas
… environmental health of the high seas, or to actively participate in research and development. Other tools such as marine protected areas can …
News, 21 February 2019
An artisanal miner
Ghana: on our way to participatory reform in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… sector reform – a long-held wish of the authorities. Through research, dialogue and communications, IIED helped stakeholders dissect … of action and appoint leaders to guide them. Following six months of research and consultation involving ASM miners, large mining companies, … agenda Evidence base gathered using participatory and inclusive research methodologies Improved information and knowledge on the sector, …
Project, 15 July 2016
CCAFS, together with partners, is trying to develop new ways to communicate climate change adaptation. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
New ways to communicate climate change and adaptation - is it time for something “loopy”?
… and the University of York to stimulate a new discussion in the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security … and Cooperation , at a workshop held at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa where a number of communication … for climate change and adaptation are many and varied. Our research showed that most of the communication initiatives are northern …
Insight, 19 October 2012
Farmers sharing potatoes in the Potato Park near Pisaq (Sacred Valley), Peru
Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge
… be a serious problem if your livelihood depends on it. This action-research project, ‘Protecting community rights over traditional … resource rights and knowledge systems. It involved participatory research at community level to strengthen local capacity and develop …
Project, 14 April 2013
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Defending our territory: the biocultural community protocol of Alto San Juan, Colombia (PLA 65)
… with external actors wishing to implement development projects and research on the territory. The ancestral territory of afro-descendant … interviews facilitated by the Pacific Institute of Environmental Research, with methodology approved by the ASOCASAN council. The article …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Refugee Syrian doctors key to healing Lebanon’s over-burdened health system
… It is also crucial that donors and other agencies fund research to establish how many displaced Syrian health care workers are …
News, 23 April 2018