Items tagged:
Capacity building
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Capacity building for climate action and ambition: what have we learned?
On 18 November, this IIED and ICCCAD webinar examined what we have learned from past capacity building initiatives and how we can ramp up climate ambition
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The sharp learning curve of an LDC negotiator
Fatima Athoumani describes the fast-paced journey to representing her nation of Comoros at the UN climate talks
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Workshop helps negotiators from developing countries prepare for COP24
Almost 30 climate negotiators from vulnerable developing countries attended a workshop before the Katowice climate talks to be briefed on the key issues and negotiating strategies
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IIED's pro-poor gorilla tourism project shortlisted for major award
An initiative promoting local economic development near Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park has been shortlisted for the World Responsible Tourism Awards
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Supporting LDCs to strengthen national legislative and policy responses in line with international climate commitments
We help LDCs to strengthen their institutional, policy and legislative environments for enabling long-term national climate action, and thus drive global ambition to implement the Paris Agreement
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The International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Building long term capacity for adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh and across the Global South
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Facilitating better representation of LDCs in the UNFCCC process
Our participation support helps least developed countries in their efforts to increase their representation and engage fully and meaningfully in the UN climate talks
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Local economic development through gorilla tourism
Gorilla-tracking tourist activities in Uganda's Bwindi national park generate critical revenue for conservation, but local benefits from tourism are limited and the illegal use of the park's resources continues. This project developed and tested new community-based tourism products and services to improve local skills and job opportunities, and the long-term prospects for the park
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Seeds of change: Lilongwe City Council recognises the value of urban nature
Malawi's capital Lilongwe is one of Africa's fastest growing cities. Development has threatened its green spaces, but now city officials are working to integrate biodiversity into planning decisions
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RurbanAfrica
RurbanAfrica was all about collaboration. Linking rural and urban parts of sub-Saharan Africa and addressing the critical connections, this project championed progress and challenged some of the myths that hinder development
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Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
Increasing energy access and transitioning from dirty to clean energy requires capacity building – but current capacity building efforts need a makeover to be effective. So far, it seams that capacity building measures just aren’t delivering results. This blog posts some thoughts and questions about the way forward.
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Supporting locally-controlled forest enterprises
Locally-controlled forest enterprises are a key way to protect both forests and the livelihoods of those who live in and around them. But they can be weak and so small that profits are marginal. That’s why IIED is working to strengthen their capacity and organisation.
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Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into wider planning and policy
Biodiversity conservation, climate change and economic development must be tackled together by the institutions that drive policy, rules, plans, investment and action – a process known as ‘mainstreaming’. We aim to ensure this happens through research, capacity building and partnerships with key organisations, communities and other actors
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Helping parliamentarians drive national climate change policy
Members of parliament can help break the international stalemate on climate change action by ‘domesticating’ global decisions, using national legislation. But to do that they often need long-term capacity-building programmes to catalyse the process: programmes that have support within the government and across parliaments
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Providing on-demand legal, technical and strategic advice to the Least Developed Countries Group
IIED works to strengthen the position of least developed countries (LDCs) in international climate negotiations and related global forums. We do this by providing real-time legal, technical and strategic advice and research support to the LDC Group in the UNFCCC process. We collaborate directly with the LDC chair and members of the LDC Group's core team of negotiators in delivering our work.
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Helping parliaments across the Southern African Customs Union region address climate change
Parliamentarians can play a key role in building climate resilience by bringing constituents' concerns into national forums, scrutinising how governments are responding to domestic and global climate change issues, and ensuring policy continuity
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Workshops that build climate negotiators' capacity: European Capacity Building Initiative training and support programme
As part of efforts to create a more level playing field for government delegations taking part in global climate negotiations, IIED led a training and support programme that focused on building the capacity of UNFCCC negotiators from vulnerable developing countries, including the LDCs
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New ways to communicate climate change and adaptation - is it time for something “loopy”?
We know that real change takes place when we learn by doing, and as development specialists we are all very good at telling people what to do. But as researchers and practitioners engaged in a shared learning process for change we still have a very long way to go.
