Global horizon scanning on the impact of European policies on developing countries
IIED Europe is launching a global horizon scanning project to identify research priorities to better understand the impact of European policies on developing countries.
The project focuses on how Europe and its policies, institutions, enterprises and banks, countries and citizens can affect, influence and impact environmental and socio-economic development in developing countries.
Want to help influence European policy? Please help us by submitting research questions. Fill in the survey in English / en français / en español.
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Guest blog by Shreya K.C.
Loss and damage: erosion of Nepal’s life, land and beauty is deep and irreparable
Life-threatening floods from bursting glacial lakes are just one of the many impacts of climate change that are leaving the people of Nepal unable to cope. Guest blogger Shreya K.C. calls on world leaders to replace fake handshakes with concrete action.
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"For my community, the climate crisis is not a future threat. We are suffering now."
– Shreya K.C., youth climate change champion for UNICEF South Asia
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Blog by Georgina Diaz
Towards gender equality: the digital rights of girls and women
The pandemic catalysed a worldwide shift to virtual engagement. But girls and women are still missing out, comments IIED digital officer Georgina Diaz in a new blog.
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Blog by David Satterthwaite
Rethinking household surveys reveals true picture of health inequality
Groundbreaking work by Nairobi-based research institute, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), shows the scale of health inequality in Nairobi and its informal settlements.
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Guest blog by Yared Abera
Bringing youth’s energy from the streets to the climate negotiating table
Guest blogger and climate negotiator from Ethiopia Yared Abera shares how he navigated the steep learning curve to becoming a climate negotiator and the valuable guidance he received along the way.
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Blog by Lorenzo Cotula
Legal empowerment as action research
Recognising legal empowerment as collective reflection and action led by those whose rights are at stake changes the role of researchers and the methods used to support, and learn from, processes of change.
Read the recent blog.
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Briefing
Sharing the benefits of hydropower to improve displaced people’s livelihoods
Hundreds of new dams are due to be built this decade. Benefit sharing should be thought of as a ‘sustainability intervention’, which has additional and long-term positive impacts on project-affected people, well beyond compensation for lost assets. Increasing the social acceptance of hydropower through benefit-sharing agreements requires building long-term partnerships with resettled people, establishing appropriate institutional arrangements and investing a proportion of hydropower revenues over the long term.
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Working paper, 48 pages
MGNREGS: Integrated watershed management and climate resilience
This report explores whether and how the assets delivered under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes can contribute to long-term adaptation by the rural poor in India. It investigates the design and policy evolution of MGNREGS as a vehicle for resilience building, and identifies policy and design opportunities through which the provision of assets under MGNREGS can improve the long-term resilience of rural beneficiaries.
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Apply now
We're hiring
Our climate change research group is seeking three different roles, two of which are closing soon:
Principal/senior researcher - climate finance: apply by 26 January
Senior coordinator/project manager: apply by 26 January
Researcher - climate partnerships: apply by 6 February.
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