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Debt swaps for climate and nature: innovation for resilience? Make Change Happen podcast episode 8
… the debt, climate and nature crises together . Drawing from our research , we shine a light on the debate around debt swaps for climate … ; and Laura Kelly , director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . A solution to a pressing problem In the context of the …
Article, 12 November 2020
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Scaling up community-led COVID-19 responses: five key lessons
… This briefing distils five key policy lessons from a 2021 action-research project in four Southeast Asian countries. Long-established …
Publication, 25 May 2022
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Keeping urban health on the agenda in the 1980s and 90s
… returning to democracy, he was faced with a continent starved of research and debate under previous governments – and universities …
Insight, 27 September 2023
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Firm and fair foundations to transform cities, transform lives
… Latina and an international fellow with IIED’s Human Settlements research group , about shared histories, current work and future plans. AW: IIED and IIED-AL have a rich history: the urban research approach they pioneered together in the 1980s and 90s was vital … IIED-AL as the innovators. AW: Reflections on the history of urban research recognise that your father Jorge Hardoy and IIED’s David …
Article, 14 June 2022
Thirty per cent increase in debts leaves African countries unable to fight climate change and nature loss
… change and the loss of nature have to take this into account.” Research by IIED and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa …
News, 17 February 2022
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Innovative insurance could prevent sovereign debt defaults in wake of climate disasters
News, 27 April 2023
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Achieving Scale, Social Inclusion, and Multifaceted Shelter Solutions
… This city briefing presents findings from research on access to shelter and services in Nairobi, Kenya focusing … Hawassa, Ethiopia. Guided by political economy analysis, the two-year research project investigated why and how city dwellers make certain …
Publication, 01 February 2020
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Gobeshona Global Conference 1
Event, 18 January 2021
Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. IIED's Critical Theme will explore gender equality issues (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Putting gender centre stage
… fairness – inside our institute as well as in the wider world.  Our research and action aim to put people first on the environmental agenda. …
Page, 28 July 2022
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IIED at 50: making IIED future fit
… for this future? CG : Picking up Anna’s point on climate justice, research has a role in building an inclusive and equitable world. A … whether a UK-based organisational model will stand the test of time. Research will need to keep being participatory and bring in voices from … looking at different models that support climate and development research so it’s truly inclusive, just and equity focused. Q: What do …
Article, 20 December 2021