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Department for International Development (DFID)
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The UK’s backward step on global development
The UK government’s decision to merge DFID with the Foreign Office is a clear sign that tackling poverty in developing countries is no longer a priority. But there is still time to show that its interests benefit from working internationally in partnership to tackle inequality, fragility, climate and nature loss
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Accessing climate finance in Kenya
Devolved powers are allowing communities greater access to climate finance in four counties in Kenya
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Why communication matters – and needs to be funded
DFID's civil society partnership review consultation is encouraging us all to think about how we do things differently. Liz Carlile looks at the changing role for communications
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Award win highlights collaboration for Kenya climate resilience
A consortium working to support climate change adaptation in Kenya has won a prestigious UK award. The Adaptation Consortium is a partnership of six organisations, including IIED
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New publication studies climate finance at national level
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has published a new guide to climate finance co-authored by a team of IIED researchers
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New publication looks at environmental impacts of urban areas
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has published a new guide to the environmental impacts of urban areas authored by IIED's David Satterthwaite
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Piloting Social Assessment of Protected Areas: some initial reflections
With the global forum on protected areas, the World Parks Congress, just two months away, it's a good time to consider our experience with the Social Assessment of Protected Areas (SAPA) initiative
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Tracking adaptation and measuring development (TAMD)
IIED is working with partners to develop and pilot a framework, called Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD), to track adaptation and measure its impact on development
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We need more integrity between the treatment of forests at home and abroad
Does the treatment of forests at home influence what different donor nations prioritise and support abroad?
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Creating a communication buzz in Zimbabwe
Mobile lectures, a mock newsroom tussle between journalists competing for their editor’s attention, and imagining a day in the life of policymakers and poor farmers were just some of the innovative elements of two workshops on climate change communication run by IIED in Zimbabwe in February 2011.
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Climate change advocacy fund good news for poor countries
“For developing countries in general and least developed countries in particular, we can't afford to support big delegations”, said Sumaya Zakieldeen from Sudan’s national climate change negotiation team. “The coming period of negotiation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is going to be extremely ...important as it is going to shape the fate of climate change and accordingly the fate of the most vulnerable to adverse impacts... It will be exceptionally important to be there to play our assigned roles on behalf of our people and finish what we started.”
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Community-Based Adaptation in Africa (CBAA)
This project helped communities in Africa think and communicate about climate change and adaptation, and to share their experiences with stakeholders.
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User Guide to tools for environmental integration
IIED has launched an initiative to produce an online 'User Guide' to approaches (tools, methods and tactics) for mainstreaming (or integrating) the environment into development decision-making (referred to as environmental mainstreaming).
