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Cover for 17037IIED.pdf
Entangled in the web of life: biodiversity and the media
… our efforts to tackle poverty and climate change. Yet the media has under-reported this urgent environmental challenge, partly because …
Publication, 01 May 2008
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A citizens’ space for democratic deliberation on GMOs and the future of farming in Mali
… African countries are under increasing pressure from agribusiness to open their markets to …
Publication, 01 July 2007
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Climate change as a driver for displacement
… 2015, just three days after the adoption of the Paris Agreements under the UNFCCC. This briefing paper presents the issue with some …
Publication, 01 January 2006
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
… assistance might support and complement adaptation funding and action under the Convention, rather than supplementing it. This paper aims to … of adaptation needs in developing countries, and the frameworks under the UNFCCC set up to meet these needs. We will then outline the … Climate Change (UNFCCC). There are four funds relevant to adaptation under the UNFCCC: The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), established …
Article, 14 November 2008
Young people hold signs that read "loss + damage", "don't fail us!" and "we are watching"
COP27: were the climate-vulnerable finally heard in Egypt?
… any decision to strengthen mitigation efforts and thereby stay under 1.5°C of global warming, it wasn’t until last year that Parties …
Insight, 22 December 2022
Aerial view of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Demanding urgent responses to the loss and damage caused by climate change
… both at national policy level and at the climate negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It needs …
Article, 01 March 2021
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Interrogating urban poverty lines: The case of Zambia
… paper suggests that the scale and depth of urban poverty in Zambia is under-estimated by official poverty lines. The paper argues that basing …
Publication, 01 March 2011
Cover for 17018IIED.pdf
On the road to Bali: operationalising the Kyoto Protocol Adaptation Fund
… The Adaptation Fund was created under the Kyoto Protocol to support adaptation measures on the ground, …
Publication, 01 October 2007
A group of people sit in a circle outside on grass.
Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
Project, 15 October 2020
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Barefoot lawyers: Defending community resource rights in the Philippines
… is as elusive as it is expensive. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project.~The CPLT tool …
Publication, 01 August 2012