Search results

107 results
A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening
Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
… justice approach to climate finance – leading the international community in a push to get more effective support to people at the … to both mitigation (through carbon storage and sequestration) and adaptation (by enhancing resilience and adaptive capacity  of productive … for development and climate resilience: the notion of “nature-based solutions” for climate and development problems is gaining …
Insight, 31 May 2019
A community workshop. Social learning processes were a key element of a successful 10-year collaboration between the International Potato Centre (CIP) and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Andes (Photo: IIED)
It's the process, stupid 
… Alliance (ACCRA) in Uganda  The Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation (PACCA) in East Africa, and The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative for Africa and Asia (CARIAA) Our findings … and decision making should be front and centre if flexible, process-based problem solving is to be effective.  We saw the five initiatives …
Insight, 16 March 2017
Urban environment Argentina. Photo: Mark Edwards
Urbanization: A double-edged sword for women
… include papers on the following topics under this edition’s main theme of ‘Gender and Urban Change’: where and when urban women enjoy advantages over their rural counterparts; community savings schemes that build women’s leadership and support … respond to women’s travel needs; how urban contexts can reduce gender based violence, although often they can increase it; how income and …
News, 10 April 2013
A street in Beirut.
Stronger Cities Initiative
… service delivery and spatial dynamics. The toolkit was developed based on a series of pilots by the International Rescue Committee … the methodological processes to implement two targeting mechanisms (community-based targeting and use of scorecards); and case studies highlighting …
Article, 31 May 2017
Cover for G01728.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 8 Participatory methods for community-based coastal resource management
… begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 8 Participatory methods for community-based coastal resource management Gregory C. Ira A workshop or `write-shop' on participatory BOX 1 methods for community-based coastal resource ADAPTING PRA TO THE … walk is usually oriented approximately 50 short papers on the theme. perpendicular to the shoreline and includes a `walk through' and …
Publication, 01 January 1997
A cook serves food to a group of children
Q&A: Encouraging the availability of healthy and diverse foods for students
… habits. Now, as a teacher at Roudlotul Atal Nuruzzaman, an Islamic-based kindergarten in Jember District, of the East Java province in … of a healthy canteen is creating a push for healthy eating within the community and is expected to become a model for other schools in the … not only care about our own family. We also need to think about our community. Why? Because if our children eat healthily but our neighbours …
Article, 29 October 2019
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… to celebrate outstanding women in development. This underlying theme and spirit of the IIED lecture series shows our support for all … happen. Michelle Winthrop, left, with Constance Okollet at the 13th community-based adaptation conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2019 (Photo: …
Article, 15 June 2020
CBA10 side events
… place in Dhaka to complement the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA10) in Bangladesh from 21-28 April 2016. To host or … IIED, Water Aid, and the North South University. With the theme "Youth mobilization to enhance urban climate resilience', it will …
Article, 18 April 2016
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
… Network (CDKN) ) every year during the middle weekend of COP. The theme had a catchy title, "zerozero", which resonated well, and focused … or other big events – such as D&C Days, CBA (our annual workshop on community-based adaptation ) or Rio – I am struck by the huge respect … Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who said whether you take 1.5⁰, 2⁰ or 3⁰C as your temperature target, ultimately we’re going to …
Insight, 11 December 2014
CBD COP24 logo
IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14)
… 2nd Wildlife Forum on the margins of the CBD COP14. Under the central theme 'Sustainable Use for Conservation and Livelihoods’', the forum … conventions, and have a direct positive environmental and community-level impact. The Darwin Initiative was launched at the Rio … Since its establishment in 1992, the Darwin Initiative has funded 1,123 projects in 159 countries, with a total £153 million of grant …
Event, 17 November 2018