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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
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
Woman holding to mobile phones
Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition
… that there may be enough work to maintain full employment to 2030 under most scenarios, it concluded that the transitions will be …
Insight, 08 March 2023
Aerial view of trees with a town and the sea in the backround.
Reform the global financial system to support transformational adaptation
… institutions, such as the World Bank, were established in 1945 under very different circumstances, and certainly before the rapid …
Insight, 03 July 2023
Cover for G04374.pdf
Towards a Transformative Post‐2015 Development Agenda - retreat 5
… supported the organization of the retreat.1 The meeting was held under Chatham House Rule and addressed the theme of “A Renewed Global …
Publication, 01 November 2014
Cover for G03450.pdf
‘Land grabbing’ in the shadow of the law: legal frameworks regulating the global land rush
… local capacity to exercise rights. This chapter has been prepared under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 October 2012
Group of people listening to a man talking
Accessing climate finance in Kenya
… made decisions about prioritising investments. Authority to plan under the constitution Under the constitution of Kenya, county governments have been granted … the five counties an opportunity to become "executing entities" under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) . The GCF was established by 194 …
Insight, 18 April 2016
Woman bends over to light fir under a cooking pot.
Carbon credits are distorting markets and destroying local businesses
… Carbon continued to run the improved cookstove project activities under the brand of the local enterprise they took over but used …
Insight, 27 June 2023
Cover for 10078IIED.pdf
Cambodia National Climate Change Monitoring & Evaluation Framework Workshop
Publication, 01 March 2014
Cover for 17262IIED.pdf
Artisanal and small-scale mining: protecting those 'doing the dirty work'
Publication, 01 October 2014