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Setting fire to outdated thinking on biomass energy
Insight, 11 April 2011
The Indonesian coastal city of Bandar Lampung is vulnerable to flooding and other climate risks. The ACCCRN programme has been working with government and community leaders to strengthen resilience (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Collaboration and communication: how research can help cities to build resilience
Insight, 19 February 2015
Around 80 per cent of schools in Haiti are privately run, and the good ones too expensive for children from poor areas like Cité Soleil (Photo: Breezy Baldwiin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ending endemic violence through education in Cité Soleil
… tries to provide a hot meal every day to prevent this, but finding resources is a struggle.  Building opportunities Another challenge is …
Insight, 10 June 2016
Boys herd family cows in Wakesi, Kenya while dark grey storm clouds gather behind.
Looking beyond land to support rural youth
… and Rural Youth (MIJARC) , said that access to land and productive resources is a pre-requisite for young people to engage in agriculture. …
Insight, 30 May 2012
An image of the front of a stationary train on the Addis Ababa light rail system, which opened in 2015, and was the first to be built in Sub-Saharan Africa. The two railway lines, which have their own dedicated power grid, demonstrate how Ethiopia is seeking low-carbon energy initiatives (Photo: Wikipedia, via Google licence)
Q&A: Linking low-carbon pathways with the SDGs
… enhance wellbeing, generate sustainable jobs, and safeguard natural resources. In fact, one could argue that such an initiative speaks to …
Article, 30 May 2016
Cover for G00454.pdf
vii The Millennium Development Goals and local processes: a summary
Publication, 01 January 1970
Open letter to Bill Gates on African land acquisitions
… reminded the government that all land, water, forests and natural resources constitute national assets for all citizens (see below for …
News, 11 February 2011
Seed industry ignores farmers' rights to adapt to climate change
News, 07 September 2009
An image of an open sewer in the Kibera informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya, Refugees in such informal settlements face even more challenges than existing habitatants to access to services, such as language barriers (Photo: Eoghan Rice/Trócaire)
Revealing the hidden refugees in African cities
Insight, 06 May 2016
Local voice, global forest, local forest, global voice
… of working for the equitable and sustainable management of forestry resources, had organized, in collaboration with The Forests Dialogue , a …
Insight, 17 January 2011