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Feeding all city inhabitants
… moderate to severe food insecurity. Nearly 144 million children under the age of five are stunted, and 47 million are threatened by …
Insight, 27 June 2021
Workers in a tea plantation. (Photo: Anil Wadghule, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How to support small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… with companies. This was the first in a series of events organised under EPIC, which is funded by UK aid from the UK government through its …
Event, 16 April 2018
A demonstration of solar PV products by the Energy and Environment Partnership in Tanzania's southern Iringa Region gathers an audience of all ages (Photo: EEP Southern and Eastern Africa, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bringing solar out of the shadows
… home and charging mobile phones – would cost $425 million each year. Under the World Bank/IEA model, decentralised systems such as a 100 watt … Tanzania's draft action plan on Sustainable Energy for All is under consultation and echoes many of these promising ideas. Plus the …
Insight, 20 February 2017
Four people sat around a table speaking into microphones
The trouble with growth: Make Change Happen podcast episode 4
… we measure goods and services. A number of initiatives are already under way, including relevant policy work in Uganda Seize opportunities: …
Article, 11 March 2020
Colombia's government and left-wing insurgents sign a historic agreement ending 52 years of conflict. Some commentators suggest the peace process has opened the way for major progress on the SDGs (Photo: Gobierno de Chile, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
SDGs: from adopted framework to political force for change
… clear road maps for turning the goals into action. Multilateralism under strain But the events of 2016 have shaken confidence in … with consensus-based processes such as the SDGs coming under increasing scrutiny. Do the goals respond to the aspirations of …
Insight, 17 February 2017
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Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa
… report focuses on sub-Saharan Africa. This report has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 June 2009
A woman burns off plastic in an informal settlement
What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change
Insight, 11 June 2021
Ibadan, Nigeria, a city that has experienced devastating high winds and flooding (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
How risk accumulates in African cities – and ways to break the cycle
Insight, 30 January 2017
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Climate change and health in Nepal
… and precipitation. The projected increase of climate disasters under climate change, particularly from floods related to glacier melt, …
Publication, 01 January 2008
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BBOP Biodiversity Offsets and Stakeholder Participation
… must be addressed by the project proponent. Issues that are still under debate are reviewed, and suggestions and source material are …
Publication, 01 May 2009