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A 'living room on the street' in Paposh Nagar, Karachi (Photo: Fareena Chanda)
Alternative routes to urban density
… Under the leadership of Arif Hasan , the IIED Human Settlements research …
Project, 16 July 2015
Aerial view of a floded town and vegetation
National Adaptation Plans: LDCs need financing to turn words into reality
… start actioning its plans and has two GCF country projects  currently under implementation. South Sudan submitted its NAP later, in 2021. It …
Insight, 24 April 2023
Cover for 13587IIED.pdf
Securing the future: Managing risk and building resilience within locally controlled forest businesses
… finance, competing for natural resources, securing fair treatment under law, managing a group business organisation, developing human …
Publication, 01 March 2016
View of a road cutting through a forest
Wild meat: is there an appetite for alternatives?
… of balance, our wellbeing and the biodiversity that underpins it come under threat. Hunting for wild meat such as primates, ungulates and …
Insight, 21 May 2019
Cover for 17333IIED.pdf
A fair climate deal in Paris means adequate finance to deliver INDCs in LDCs
… and additional’ US$100 billion promised to all developing countries under the 2010 Cancun Agreements. However, less than a third of …
Publication, 01 November 2015
Cover for 17241IIED.pdf
Investment treaties and sustainable development: investor-state arbitration
… promoting debate on IITs and sustainable development and was produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 May 2014
A man walking a bike on a flooded road
A changing world needs changing methods: six steps for evaluations to assess “what will work”
… and devolved climate evaluation frameworks , biodiversity and life under water . Evaluations must: 1. Identify appropriate evaluation …
Insight, 11 July 2022
Bhutan has committed to remain carbon neutral, mainly thanks to its high forest carbon sequestration capacity. Some people say that trees in Bhutan have legal rights, referring to the constitutional mandate for 60% of our land area to remain forested for all time. (Adam Brill, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Negotiating transparency for the Paris deal: next stop, Bangkok
… countries have been reporting more frequently and thoroughly under the current transparency system than developing countries. As a … between mitigation, adaptation, climate finance and other strands under the Paris rulebook. It is rare that LDC coordinators get the …
Insight, 28 August 2018
Woman, wearing a hat and a basket on her back, picks vegetables
The unsung heroes for nature and climate
… than varieties created in a laboratory to maximise production under certain conditions. Working with nature to adapt to climate change …
Insight, 07 December 2022
Cover for 17147IIED.pdf
Reshaping contracts for quality natural resource investments
… throughout the contract. This briefing has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 March 2013