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Record attendance expected at first-ever virtual D&C Days alongside ‘pivotal’ COP meeting
News, 09 November 2021
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Urban ARK 22: Filling the data gaps on every day and disaster risks in cities; the case of Ibadan
… effective planning for risk reduction. This briefing describes how a research team at the University of Ibadan drew on a range of data …
Publication, 01 January 2019
Clothes drying on a building
IIED and partners call for cities to develop a proactive response to urban displacement
… action to leave no one and no place behind. IIED's Human Settlements research group addresses urban environmental issues at all levels – with local grassroots partners, with colleagues in the international research community and globally, to influence the sustainable …
News, 10 June 2020
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Urban ARK 11: Improving solid waste management practices to reduce health risks in Nairobi and Mombasa
… gas emissions. Researchers at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) undertook a three-year project to better …
Publication, 01 June 2018
A group of fishermen on a boat in Bangladesh
Leave no one behind: assessing policy choices
… and processes at every level, from local to global? What IIED did Our research explored how the SDGs can address the causes of social … given to decentralised energy for people living in poverty?  Our research examined finance flows for decentralised energy in Tanzania, …
Project, 20 May 2019
The Kob population in Uganda is being depleted by poaching, pictured in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Photo: Roger Day Photography)
Building capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime in Uganda
… while improving the livelihoods of the rural poor. In May 2016, a research workshop took place in Kampala, Uganda, at which a series of … on IIED's SlideShare site . Responses to wildlife crime – how do the research findings compare to wider theory? , by IIED's Dilys Roe … , by Dr Henry Travers from Oxford University Pro-poor wildlife crime research workshop: wildlife crime database , by conservation director …
Project, 22 July 2014
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Safeguarding Lepcha and Limbu cultural values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Eastern Himalayas, India
… Kalimpong District, northern West Bengal, to build on previous action research conducted through the Smallholder Innovation for Resilience …
Publication, 06 August 2021
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Forest-wise parks in Mozambique
… Nankang and Zhenjiang, China. This report summarises preparatory desk research conducted in preparation for the visit and captures some …
Publication, 01 March 2019
South Africa President Jacob Zuma speaks to China counterpart Xi Jinping at the FOCAC summit in Sandton, Johannesburg in 2015. China is increasingly influential in Africa (Photo: GCIS/GovernmentZA, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
CSR practices of Chinese businesses in the global South
… some sector specific guidelines in mining and contracting. But our research  indicates that a proliferation of voluntary guidelines without … a different perspective?  We'd also welcome your ideas for future research based on this paper's findings. The researchers have suggested … analysis by assessing compliance and conducting comparative research between Chinese and non-Chinese businesses – as well as between …
Insight, 31 March 2016
Digging the foundations for a new home in an informal settlement in Nairobi (Photo: April Rinne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Off the beaten track: Urban Matters blog roll
Article, 24 November 2015