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IIED at London Climate Action Week, November 2020
Event, 17 November 2020
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Energy equity: will the UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative make a difference
… and communities consume vast amounts of often subsidised energy resources every day. On the other hand, 1-in-5 people lives with no …
Publication, 01 May 2012
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Understanding Diversity in Farming Practices in Tigray, Ethiopia
… However, most of the interventions designed to conserve these resources have proved unsustainable in the long term. This is because … explored local people's perceptions and understanding of their land resources. The findings have significant implications for policies on …
Publication, 01 January 2001
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Accountability in Africa's land rush: what role for legal empowerment
… for local populations, including the dispossession of land and other resources and increased conflict over economic benefits. There is …
Publication, 01 April 2013
People living amid the arid terrain of Wajir in Kenya will benefit from the expansion of a pilot project (Photo: Oxfam East Africa via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Kenyan local climate fund's success heralds expansion to 29% of nation
News, 24 January 2014
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Financing inclusive low-carbon climate resilient development: Cross-Country Dialogue
Publication, 01 July 2015
A woman tends an irrigation channel in the Bolivian ‘altiplano,’ or highlands.
Climate change adaptation needs to be part of national development planning
Insight, 31 October 2012
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PLA 62 - Wagging the dragon's tail: emerging practices in participatory poverty reduction in China
… other articles on participation in China, as well as relevant resources and tips for trainers. This work is licensed under the  … practices Wang Baojun  The perspective of the Ministry of Water Resources Wang Yue Challenges and lessons learnt Liu Yonggong Part V:   … from PRCDP Johanna Pennarz Training in the Chinese context: tips and resources for trainers Wang Jianping, Deng Weijie, Sun Dajiang and …
Article, 31 July 2011
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Biofuels, land access and rural livelihoods in Mozambique
… opportunities, it may also undermine access to land and natural resources for rural people.~ ~This report explores the early impacts of …
Publication, 01 June 2010
Women crush and separate rocks containing gold ore for extraction at Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village, Geita, Tanzania (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Picturing the ASM space
… But a lack of government capacity and the significant differences in resources and expertise available to individual mining companies, often … must be considered together. Building understanding, incentives and resources for governments to support this will be a crucial ongoing …
Insight, 05 June 2015