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Maize crops in Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District, Nepal (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Investing in adaptation to climate change brings bonus benefits
… changing climate. This thorny question is the theme of the conference under way in Nepal. It is important to note that while financial support …
Insight, 29 April 2014
Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams
… 38,000 and 40,000 people respectively are being displaced by the dams under construction. In Guinea, the Fomi dam will displace 48,000 people. …
News, 16 December 2015
Women fetching water at a water kiosk
Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya
… and a community radio station. Empowering communities  Planning under CCCF is citizen-centred. The government’s role is to provide the …
Insight, 24 September 2019
The entrance to Le Bourget, the venue for the UN climate talks (COP21) (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons via Flickr)
INDCs in Least Developed Countries are estimated to cost US$93.7 billion per year
… look at the OECD data for 2013-14 shows that the LDCs receive just under a third ($11.8 billion) of all public climate finance available …
News, 30 November 2015
Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)
Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining
… a successful dialogue event in Geita in November 2017  – is now under way. Government support will ensure the process aligns with …
Insight, 26 February 2018
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 3 Participatory modelling in North Omo, Ethiopia: Investigating the perceptions of different groups through models
… leaves and aspects of the area which are of importance to stones and, under the direction of a ten year the people who live there. Yet …
Publication, 01 January 1991
Kaleta Dam under construction in Guinea (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?
… by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership  and IIED under the FutureDAMs research project led by the University of …
Insight, 17 December 2018
Rosebell Kagumire was among the delegates at the conference discussing the post-2015 development framework: priorities for the least developed countries, in late January (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Media missing from UN drive to engage millions on post-2015 development agenda
… agreed the post-2015 agenda. A global conversation is meant to be under way, one which will allow everyone to have their say. The goal of …
Insight, 04 February 2014
The people of southern Bangladesh are resilient and good at adapting to change: the most common vehicle in the city of Mongla is an electric rickshaw powered by a 12volt battery (Photo: Andrew Norton/IIED)
Snapshots of a changing world – climate change impacts in Bangladesh
… and future climate-induced migrants can move with dignity rather than under duress. While in southern Bangladesh I had the opportunity to …
Insight, 01 February 2018
Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
… Under the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change  196 countries …
Insight, 13 January 2017