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Cover for G00040.pdf
Adaptation to Climate Change and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
… average estimate of the GDP per capita. The GDP per capita must be under US$900 to be included in the LDC group and above US$1,035 to …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Cover for G00423.pdf
Associations of small & medium forestry enterprises India Outline
Publication, 01 January 1970
Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
…     For example, many natural resources, such as water, are coming under increasing pressure from climate change. Local governments can …
Insight, 16 February 2015
Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… the language of rights and see concrete changes in the conditions under which women negotiate access and rights to assets on which they …
Insight, 13 May 2016
New Potato Deal in Peru Signposts Global Drive to Open Up Food Genebanks to Indigenous Peoples
… because it will "ensure that genetic resources and knowledge remain under the custody of local communities and do not become subject to …
News, 18 January 2005
This map of the covered and open drains in Jamshed Town, Karachi illustrates how communities have led on installing sewers and drains (Image: Orangi Pilot Project–Research and Training Institute)
Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'
… (Malawi), Nairobi (Kenya), and Niamey (Niger). Additional research is under way in Freetown (Sierra Leone), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Mombasa …
Insight, 08 May 2017
Global warming will push Asia into reverse says new report
News, 19 November 2007
A mom and her newborn baby at the Maternal & Child Health Training Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
New international development goals: score or miss?
… people living on less than $1.25 will be zero; preventable infant and under-five deaths will have ended; and everyone will have access to …
Insight, 05 June 2013
Peru's Quelccaya ice cap is the largest glaciated area in the tropics; glaciers play a significant role in Lima's water provision (Photo: Wikipedia via Creative Commons)
Recognising the risks – what do people in Lima think about climate change?
… and identify the potential risks. Nature – don't worry, we've got it under control "Another point of view is that whatever problems climate …
Insight, 22 December 2014
Lilongwe's residents call it the "Garden City" because of its many green spaces (Photo: Gome Jenda )
Seeds of change: Lilongwe City Council recognises the value of urban nature
… experiences of how the city's precious parks and nature reserves were under threat from development.  The city council published its …
Article, 21 March 2016