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Vulnerability profiling of cities: a framework for climate-resilient urban development in India
… identify key vulnerabilities and their linkages with natural causes, sustainable practices and the capacities of the concerned authorities. … profiling of cities: a framework for climate-resilient urban development in India …
Publication, 01 March 2014
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Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformation. Workshop report, London
… In 2014 IIED launched the project Food transitions: sustainable consumption policies across the rural-urban divide aimed at … Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformation. Workshop report, London …
Publication, 01 February 2015
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Money where it matters: financing the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement through local finance
… poor women and men to have a greater voice in allocating climate and development finance. This document highlights the evidence and insights … Sustainable markets … Money where it matters: financing the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement through local finance …
Publication, 01 April 2017
Two children in a flooded field.
Supporting child-centred resilience to climate impacts
Project, 17 February 2022
Street scene of small shops and a rickshaw in a city in South India.
BRICS urbanisation provides lessons for economic growth and social equity
… But they also provide examples of how to seize the opportunities that urbanisation can provide. "The route a country takes to urbanisation will have a big impact on economic growth, social equity … McGranahan of the International Institute for Environment (IIED) and Development, which has published the research in partnership with UNPFA …
News, 05 December 2012
For the first time, IIED has produced a bespoke online annual report (Photo: IIED/We are Tangerine)
Annual Report 2013/14: Building bridges for sustainable development
… connections needed to bridge the key divides across the environment-development landscape. Our Annual Report, available in a condensed  … At IIED, we'll keep on building bridges to achieve a fairer, more sustainable future." – Camilla Toulmin, director of IIED Key content in … voices heard in global arenas Celebrating 25 years of  Environment & Urbanisation A host of stories reflecting the wide range of IIED's work …
Page, 06 November 2014
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Solar lanterns in Niger Delta communities: experiences in building a sustainable distribution model
… parts of the country. Its considerable potential for socio-economic~development has been hampered by a lack of access to modern energy … the ‘energy delivery model’ approach. It aimed to catalyse market development by demonstrating and selling small solar lanterns as a commercial and sustainable business model. This paper reviews and evaluates the impact …
Publication, 01 March 2016
Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Data that supports local development
… Progress on all the goals and targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  and the Paris Agreement, as well as the new … Aggregate v disaggregate Most statistics used to assess or measure development are national. Whether economic (per capita GDP), social … Data that supports local development …
Insight, 22 September 2016
Which is the best approach when working for sustainable energy for all? (Photo: Bernard Polet, via Flickr)
How can we finance sustainable energy for all?
… The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) explored some of these challenges in November at a one-day workshop on 'Financing sustainable energy for all', co-hosted by the International Institute … to build a shared understanding of different experiences in financing sustainable energy. Reaching the poorest At the heart of the discussion …
Insight, 15 December 2014
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Urbanization and its implications for food and farming
… gas emissions and to build resilience in agriculture and urban development > to climate change impacts. The paper gives particular …
Publication, 01 September 2010