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Two people sail a canoe around stilt houses.
Financing least developed countries’ climate strategies: taking the long view
… as grants is significantly scaled up, LDCs will have limited resources to implement long-term strategies for climate action. Private …
Insight, 04 November 2021
Captain Benjamin Kalimutima Lulimba finds the skull of an elephant recently killed by poachers who ripped out its tusks. Province Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Photo: Matchbox Media Collective)
How best to deal with wildlife crime while protecting the poor?
… – for example wildlife that attracts tourists. It can also deplete resources that poor people depend on to survive.  These examples show … target small-scale crimes and further alienate poor people from the resources that are critical to their livelihoods.  Commentators have … let us know.  Dilys Roe is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group ([email protected]). …
Insight, 01 August 2014
Green economy – learning from the Caribbean
… run by the University of the West Indies and Caribbean Natural Resources Institute . An eclectic mix of government ministers, …
Insight, 04 March 2011
Multiple head and shoulders photos of people
7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA7)
… not in the future, but now Blog:  Community maps reveal rich resources of land policymakers think is empty Blog:  Challenging …
Event, 18 April 2013
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Impacts of climate change on fisheries: implications for food security in sub-Saharan Africa
Publication, 01 May 2013
Strengthening pastoral civil society in Senegal
… national policy making processes with respect to land and other resources. …
Project, 04 September 2008
The event was held in the Africa pavilion at the Paris climate summit (Photo: IIED)
COP21 side event discusses how to unlock climate finance for developing countries
News, 02 December 2015
A solitary tree on an island surrounded by water. Some people and cattle stand and sit underneath the tree.
Climate-induced migration illustrates loss and damage already being felt by communities
… countries with providers of technical assistance, knowledge and resources, could be resuscitated for this purpose.  Loss and damage, …
Insight, 30 October 2021
Divisional Adaptation Planning Committees (DAPCs) act as community focal points (Photo: Sam Greene/IIED)
Local climate finance mechanism helping to fund community-prioritised adaptation
Project, 26 November 2015
Tick tock — it’s the year of forests
… fix it. Tock. It is true that technology is helping us to use fewer resources to produce more (‘ relative de-coupling ’). For example, in … energy consumption. But it is not the efficiency with which we use resources that ultimately matters — it is the total scale of our …
Insight, 22 December 2010