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Beyond enforcement: communities, governance, incentives and sustainable use in combating wildlife crime
… illegal wildlife trade. This symposium seeks to evaluate whether and under what circumstances community-based interventions are likely to …
Publication, 01 January 2015
Example of multiple use of a water source in the Black Volta basin at Bagri Zongo - Ghana
Global Water Initiative: Ghana
… GWI West Africa work in Ghana began in 2008 and ended in 2012 under the first phase of GWI work on IWRM & WASH. Starting point When …
Project, 16 February 2018
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Forest Governance Learning Group - Indonesia: Progress report 2012
… controlling it, and to help both do things better. With initiatives under Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Guns handed in at the start of a disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme run by the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (Photo: Sophia Paris/UN Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: How to negotiate safe access to gang-ruled neighbourhoods in areas of urban crises
… to work in comparable contexts: either entering neighbourhoods under the control of gangs with the protection of what might be called … areas. This can help build the resilience of urban communities under the control of armed groups by getting assistance to those who … ruled out.  Instead, agencies could try to enter such neighbourhoods under the protection of influential civil society groups or local …
Article, 15 November 2017
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Comment and Analysis: Risk management framework
… appetite” which will be considered for investment decisions made under the Fund. This essentially sets out the overall level of financial …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Three girls wash their clothes in the Akaki river, near Addis Ababa. Climate change is affecting the quality of water in Ethiopia and much of the wastewater released by the industries and houses in Addis Ababa reaches the Awash River untreated, putting public health at risk (Photo: Beatrice Mosello/ODI, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Will new development banks help or hinder on climate change?
… banks finance may undermine action on climate change. Finance under the UN climate convention Climate finance refers to all finance pledged under the UNFCCC to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to … capital. These sums are far greater than all of the finance committed under the UNFCCC to date. A substantial part of climate finance still …
Insight, 06 July 2015
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Making Law Work for the Poor
… groups in both developing and developed countries; the conditions under which this is possible; and the constraints that such tools face … definitive answers, in this short piece. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 November 2005
Screenshot of a video call with 25 participants.
Local must lead action to tackle world’s multiple interconnected challenges
… UN climate change summit (COP26) in Glasgow, countries will be under pressure to increase the ambition of their climate action plans … (Nationally Determined Contributions) to bring the climate crisis under control and to set new long-term climate finance targets. For …
Insight, 08 October 2020
A solar-powered building alongside wetland
LDCs and the Paris Agreement: moving from international commitments to national implementation
… is how countries monitor, review and verify their climate actions under the UNFCCC, this webinar aims to increase understanding of the …
News, 20 July 2020
An aerial view of a town covered in floodwater.
How can loss and damage finance reach those enduring climate catastrophe?
Insight, 13 September 2022