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The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
… We know that diversity in agriculture is good for the planet. And we know that diversity in diets is good for our … changing Kabarole region of Western Uganda. This approach aims for sustainable innovation in local food policy and planning, by including … other regions.  Felia Boerwinkel ([email protected]) is Food and Energy Change Lab coordinator, Hivos; Bill Vorley ([email protected]) …
Insight, 10 October 2016
Climate activists march to the entrance of Georgetown University before President Obama's speech on climate change. Photo: 350.org via Flickr
IIED views on Obama's climate change plan
… out of 10? China is winning the race on green technology, on support for domestic sustainable energy, and on carbon markets. Obama needs at the same time to get much …
News, 25 June 2013
A storm rages over downtown Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, in the early evening (Photo: Jeff_Holmes via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Three ways developing nations can close the climate finance gaps
Insight, 04 April 2014
Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’
… A year ago, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’ seemed like a good title for a blog. Now it seems like an essential way forward if REDD is going … learning’ tells us so far about REDD+, poverty reduction and sustainable development. Participants came from multilateral and … brief consideration of the production and resource-base for biomass energy in many countries, for example, reveals the central existing and …
Insight, 30 November 2011
The Asian Development Bank is helping herders in Mongolia combat the consequences of climate change by training them to cultivate fodder or animal feed that is more resilient towards extreme weather changes, using plants that are adapted to the area (Photo: Asian Development Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Finance for inclusive investment in climate resilient development
Insight, 03 August 2015
Farmers in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces in Southwestern China have responded to climatic adversity by innovating to increase productivity using less water (Image: IIED)
Why listen to and support the most vulnerable?
… The declaration for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pledges that no one will be … solutions are more likely to last. Such approaches capitalise on the energy, skills, knowledge and enthusiasm of those at risk. As the IPCC …
Insight, 02 October 2015
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Earth Summit 2012: Crucial opportunity that needs broader buy-in
… given to deliver.  Others, bright and cheery, aim to transfer their energy into the larger space and lift the mood. Even if some government … organised an event on this scale that will consider the environment, sustainable development and economic policy instruments all together. … Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will have to be relevant for high, middle and low income contexts – and also take into account …
Insight, 20 December 2011
Marisa Carmargo presents approaches to equity in forest governance: Lessons for safeguard development at an event at COP20 in Lima (Photo: Donal Yeang via Flickr)
Why the private sector must be included in efforts to curb deforestation
Insight, 05 December 2014
A community in Cameroon, where Centre pour l'Environnement et le Developpement has been supporting junior lawyers in rural communities (Photo: Lorenzo Cotula/IIED)
Legal empowerment: what we do, what we've learned
… from diverse approaches and share experience from our ' Legal tools for citizen empowerment ' initiative. Since 2006, this legal tools … insights from different legal empowerment approaches, underpins all activities. Research reports have also provided the basis for … are in the driving seat. Legal empowerment that is impactful and sustainable is ultimately about strengthening local organisations. So …
Insight, 14 November 2017
Lebanon is hosting one million Syrian refugees, and around half of them are children. Most families live in makeshift shelters; some rent half-built apartments, sharing with two or three families (Photo: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Coping with forced displacement: lessons from cities
… resources must not be compromised. This can be difficult. For example, the influx of Syrian refugees into neighbouring countries … strengthen their capacities to manage waste, transport and energy. Asma Barkati, from Greater Amman Municipality, said municipal … which some viewers may find disturbing For relocation to be a sustainable solution, quality should come before quantity, which may …
Insight, 11 May 2017