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From vulnerable to adaptive to leaders: Speech by Saleemul Huq at Climate Vulnerable Forum
… are again being ratcheted down to lower expectation even lower. Under these circumstances, a paradigm shift is needed and new leadership …
News, 14 November 2011
Informal settlements in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The World Bank estimates that some 29 million Indonesians live in urban areas with poor access to basic services (Photo: Axel Drainville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban risks: where are the top five biggest blind spots?
… Center (APHRC) has shown that aggregate figures for infant and under-five mortality rates for the city hide the much higher rates in …
Insight, 18 April 2017
A man stands behind a desk raising an object in the air as he makes a demonstration to people seated in a semi-circle around him.
Which green energy technologies will boost jobs and income? Farmers in Kitui, Kenya decide
… stage was to get feedback from farmers on business models developed under the Kitui County Energy Plan  alongside the Kitui County …
Insight, 06 April 2022
Climate protestors in Doha. Photo: adopt a negotiator
COP18 Q&A: Latest from the Doha climate change conference
… can the group claim? The group became particularly effective under the leadership of Pa Ousman Jarju from the Gambia . In fact the …
Article, 06 December 2012
A woman miner holds a rough red garnet found at a mine in Tanzania. Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale miners are fuelled by determination and the hope to strike it big (Photo: Magali Rochat)
Four lessons on communicating ASM stories of change
Insight, 17 October 2017
Lesotho's population is heavily dependent on agriculture. Drying river systems threaten a lack of drinking water for livestock (Photo: Jonas Merian, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Legalise Paris agreement
… funding? PK:  Generally, the capacity of the country to access funds under the LDC Fund has been low, which means we face inherent challenges …
Article, 24 November 2015
Gambia is hoping to develop its tourism industry, but coastal areas are environmentally fragile and threatened by erosion. (Photo: Nick Brooks, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: The Gambia expects solid financial commitment at Paris climate talks
… in Africa, to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change under a long-term temperature limit of 1.5 degrees. BC: What are the …
Article, 24 November 2015
Pakistan: floods and after
… materials are easily available and that their prices are kept under strict control. The profiteering and exploitation around the …
Insight, 01 September 2010
A farmer tending his sunflowers in Kenya. Credit: Abbi Buxton
A day in the life of a commercial consultant
… to tell them the  news, and they are not impressed. The bouquet is under stricter “rules” than normal bouquets. The bouquets will carry the …
Insight, 14 February 2012
Chart showing decentralised energy access – finance needed and contribution of climate finance (Image: Sarah Best/IIED)
The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend?
Insight, 24 June 2016