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A women carries supplies through a flooded street in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, after thousands were displaced following floods in 2014. Studies have shown that, when they are socially or economically disadvantaged, more women die in hurricanes and floods (Photo: United Nations Photo, Creative Comms via Flickr)
Will climate change render the SDGs impossible?
Insight, 19 June 2015
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Local funds for local development
… funds to provide services, upgrade homes and leverage support and resources from local governments. These financial processes are designed …
Publication, 01 April 2018
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… community members came to understand the value of the diverse natural resources they gather daily from their local forests, as well as how those resources’ availability and abundance is in decline. Together with …
Article, 18 December 2020
Community-based adaptation in Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
Developing nations put climate change adaptation at the centre of planning
News, 25 April 2013
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Extracts from `Teach Yourself Citizens' Juries: A handbook by the DIY Jury Steering Group' (PLA Notes 49)
Publication, 01 April 2004
A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
… is that marginalised individuals and groups engage with unequal resources, capacities and social positions. These social inequalities …
Project, 15 October 2020
Sustainability appraisal framework for southern Africa
… natural environment The use of renewable and non-renewable natural resources Economic development and growth in various key sectors … progress with National Strategies for Sustainable Development) Human resources and institutional capacity The use of sustainable development …
Project, 02 May 2008
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Economic Policies for Sustainable Water Use in Thailand
… Accounting Matrix of Thailand may be extended to incorporate water resources and give examples of what the supply and demand functions for … upon an integrated approach to demand and supply management of water resources and its implications for water pricing policies. The … accounting matrix and demand and supply equations for different water resources into the general equilibrium model would be a follow up of …
Publication, 01 January 1996
IIED director Andrew Norton summarises the conversations during the first day of Development & Climate Days (Photo: Alex Winter/Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Climate change: "The biggest social injustice of our generation"
News, 12 November 2017
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Sustainable Development OPINION 2005 LAND IN AFRICA Market asset or secure livelihood? Summary of conclusions from the Land in Africa Conference held in London, November 8-9, 2004.
… Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Natural Resources Institute (NRI) Royal African Society (RAS) African ministers, …
Publication, 01 November 2004