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Why Sub-Saharan cities should look into Parametric Insurance Schemes to Enhance their Climate Risk Management Policy
… and vulnerability is either not available or of low quality. This research explored the opportunity that parametric insurance mechanisms … to climate risk management (CRM) policies of city governments. This research was pursued by understanding insurance in sovereign CRM models, …
Publication, 12 January 2018
People looking at a map
Learning from community planning following the Haiti earthquake
… and authorities’ and organisations’ planning policies. The research documented in the working paper sets out to describe how … IIED managed the  Urban Crises Learning Fund , which supported research and fostered new ways of working for urban and humanitarian … The fund supported the development of 32 discrete pieces of research and documentation, focusing on urban crises in Africa, Asia and …
Project, 09 January 2020
Five chimneys. Two of them releasing smoke.
Why the ‘climate club’ needs to take on investment rules
Insight, 14 March 2022
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Financing sustainable energy for all - workshop report
… donors and practitioners and use this engagement to inform a future research agenda. Thirty-three participants attended the workshop, …
Publication, 01 February 2015
Putul Rani and her family are members of a hilsa fish conservation group in Bangladesh that aims to help protect fish stocks (Photo: WorldFish, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED webinar: Gender and biodiversity conservation – progress and future directions
… conservation. It heard from speakers from policy, NGO and research perspectives who will address four questions looking back over … formerly CAFOD ( watch a recording on IIED's YouTube channel ) Action research perspective: Phil Franks, IIED, and formerly CARE ( watch a …
Event, 01 November 2018
Aerial view of informal housing.
Data to drive informal settlement upgrading. Who generates it – and who owns it?
… in Karachi, enumeration and mapping by the Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute showed local governments how to install …
Insight, 03 March 2022
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Proposed solutions for inclusive shelter in Hawassa
… thousands of residents. This briefing summarises findings of recent research into the shelter challenges faced by low-income and vulnerable …
Publication, 01 October 2019
IIED research associate Nathalie Seddon discusses nature-based solutions to climate change in a video interview (Photo: IIED)
Consensus grows on nature-based solutions to climate change, but challenges remain
News, 10 August 2018
A group of women laugh and smile as they stand and dip their hands into two large buckets on a table
Starting a journey – reflections on race and racism and the work to do in our organisations and our sector
… and imperialism. These legacies affect every aspect of our work as a research organisation that seeks also to be an actor for justice and an … contractual relationships and partnerships through which much of our research and policy work is delivered often embodies power relations …
Insight, 15 December 2021
Three people talk into a microphone around the table
Protecting our ocean: Make Change Happen podcast episode 1
Article, 23 August 2019