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An image of crouching community members in a village in Champasak province, Laos identify areas where open defecation is taking place ahead of implementing sanitation measures (Photo: Viengsompasong Inthavong/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
An urban approach to 'leaving no one behind'
… global level leaving poor and marginalised groups more likely to fall under the radar. The SDGs are more people-centric and inclusive; …
Insight, 02 June 2016
Delegates at CBA8 in Nepal travel to Kirtipur Village, Nawalparasi District to see the effects of climate change as part of the pre-conference fields trips (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Crowd-sourcing ideas to help community-based adaptation finance reach the most vulnerable
Insight, 01 May 2014
The Ewaso Ng'iro River, in Isiolo County's Shaba National Reserve, Kenya where pilot projects to support adaptation 'may not yet be perfect, but have the right idea'. (Photo: Ninara via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Why community 'based' adaptation to climate change is not enough
… element of forest management strategies' in India since 1988. Under this model, however, the balance of power continues to tilt …
Insight, 18 March 2014
Seed industry ignores farmers' rights to adapt to climate change
… Policy in China. “At the same time, this biological diversity is under threat from problems such as drought, floods, pests and diseases, …
News, 07 September 2009
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Struggle of civil society organisations in Pakistan for pro-people legislation
… need to mobilise civil (Amendment) Act was introduced in parliament. Under society and build a broad-based movement to oppose the the bill, …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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PLA 53: Tools for influencing power and policy
… govern access to and use of natural resources. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 01 December 2005
Policymakers at a UN meeting in New York discuss how to end the legal 'no man's land' on 50 per cent of the Earth's surface (Photo by IISD/Francis Dejon)
Governing the ungoverned 50% of the planet
… started work on this new international legally binding instrument under the existing Convention. Despite a clear desire to strike a deal …
Insight, 11 April 2016
Hundreds of power-tillers from China lie unused in Ethiopia. They can be used to plow, power a water-pump, and generate electricity, but low sales were thought to be caused by a lack of technical information, showing how China's role in African agriculture must be researched (Photo: IFPRI-IMAGES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Chinese engagement in African agriculture is not what it seems
… funded in their first phase by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce under their aid program. They are run mostly by companies, and are …
Insight, 06 April 2016
This barrio in Guatemala has no running water or sewers. The country receives abundant rainfall, but lacks infrastructure to deliver water to households (Photo: David Amsler, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Can natural capital accounting increase water access?
… to safe and affordable drinking water for all – the first target under SDG6. While some of the funds may come from international sources, …
Insight, 05 April 2016
A woman farming in Tanzania. Efforts are being made to ensure women are less negatively affected by decisions on large-scale agricultural investments than men (Photo: Dirk Musschoot/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Enhancing women's role in land management decisions
… women are needed at the national level, as well as the local level. Under the Local Government (District Authorities) Act of 1983, …
Insight, 24 March 2016