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Two men pushing a boat filled with mangrove seedlings
Finding solutions in nature for climate change
Insight, 29 May 2020
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
… Countries and analysing progress at the main negotiations. The theme of IIED's work at COP22 was 'embedding climate ambition', focusing … climate work in order to limit global warming to 2°C, and to target 1.5°C.   European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) training and … on the issue, with a focus on the five-year rolling workplan. Future cities for climate change targets, agroecology and local biocultural …
Event, 05 November 2016
The slogan on a woman T-shirt in Kitwe, Zambia - emblazoned with 'Addressing water and sanitation challenges through city-wide partnerships' - highlights the community-led approach (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Local funds allow informal-settlement residents to shape development
… This question of raising the needed additional finance was a key theme of the recent Habitat III conference , and was explored in an IIED … lie in community finance. What is community finance? Across towns and cities in the global South, people are trying to save. The network of … from informal settlements spanning different settlements and even cities. Extensive infrastructure investment is required to address needs …
Insight, 01 November 2016
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
… support programme Training workshop (invite only) Date:  Saturday, 1 December  The European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) aims to … IIED, SDI This technical discussion was part of the Transport and Cities Day at COP24. Innovative climate finance to escalate private … Special Report on 1.5 degrees. Climate resilience will also be a core theme at the Development and Climate (D&C) Days held on the margins of …
Event, 02 December 2018
The Sustainable diets for all programme recognises that people – with their capacity to innovate and power to drive change – must be at the centre of efforts to reshape our failing food systems (Photo: © Mauricio Panozo of Lucano photography. Bolivia, La Paz)
How people are providing evidence, and influencing to get food policies that work for them
… this week’s City University Food Policy Symposium . The event’s theme ‘connecting people with food policy’ explored how gathering, …
Insight, 26 April 2018
Reality check: climate change and the poor
… roof, or building platforms in their ceilings. The community is also adapting their use of natural resources. They have built a raised well … climate change and the poor and a good example of how communities are adapting. The challenge for me and other conference participants now is … so often preferred by those controlling the purse strings. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘upscaling’ and it is now with a …
Insight, 28 March 2011
Participants at D&C Days took part in virtual reality game to help explain the complexities of making climate-related decisions (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Development & Climate Days 2016
… development practitioners attended the two-day event, which had the theme 'Global ambition. Local action. Climate resilience for all'. The …
Event, 12 November 2016
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… will be. Most of those who comment on the SDGs come with a particular theme they want included or strengthened that relates to their interest … adequate coverage – and the SDGs include a goal and some targets for cities and human settlements. I also have a concern, but also that … Mismatches between goals and targets and how they are measured The US$1.25 a day poverty line is still the measure of extreme poverty when we …
Insight, 09 July 2014
A street in Beirut.
Stronger Cities Initiative
… principles include issues such as addressing fear of movement within cities, prevention of child labour, guarding against corruption, the … Stronger Cities Initiative …
Article, 31 May 2017
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… 100% renewable energy pioneers contribute to limit global warming to 1.5C?' at 1.30pm at this all-day event.  Seminar Series on Biodiversity … for Urban Transitions, McKinsey, World Resources Institute, C40 Cities Speakers: Hon. Solly Msimanga (Mayor of Tshwane), Shannon Bouton … (D&C Days) Conference   Date: Saturday 11 to Sunday, 12 November The theme for the 15th D&C Days conference is 'Global ambition. Local …
Event, 06 November 2017