Closing the gap: financing the transition towards an inclusive blue economy
Marine and coastal resources that support the livelihoods of millions of women and men face growing pressures, including overfishing, habitat degradation, pollution and climate change. Financial instruments can offer a solution to deliver positive socioeconomic and environmental outcomes for resource management.
Join IIED for an online discussion on 10 June on how to mobilise public and private finance to enable the transition to a sustainable and inclusive blue economy.
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Guest blog by Caroline Moser and Olga Peek
COVID-19 in Guayaquil: from global notoriety to family responses
Caroline Moser and Olga Peek report from COVID-19 ravaged Guayaquil, Ecuador, with personal accounts of struggles to survive.
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"This blog seeks to go beyond the sensationalism, documenting the COVID-19 response based on accounts direct from the people of Guayaquil."
– Caroline Moser and Olga Peek
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Blog by Natalie Lartey and Immaculate Yossa Daisy
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
On the recent International Day for Biological Diversity, Natalie Lartey and Immaculate Yossa Daisy discussed how advocacy to protect Uganda’s indigenous food is simultaneously preserving the nation’s biodiversity.
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Blog by Krystyna Swiderska
Resilient food systems and COVID-19: lessons for a Just Transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed huge vulnerabilities and inequalities in food systems. They are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: to droughts, floods, typhoons, sea-level rise – the current locust outbreak in East Africa. But they are also part of the problem, contributing about one third of global greenhouse gas emissions and being highly inequitable too. Krystyna Swiderska spells out what needs to change.
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Discussion paper, 44 pages
Putting indigenous foods and food systems at the heart of sustainable food and nutrition security in Uganda
Promoting indigenous plant and animal foods is a means to enhance nutrition and resilience to climate change. This report, from the Sustainable Diets for All advocacy programme, documents the status and importance of indigenous foods and food systems in Uganda in order to inform policies, programmes and action at the local and national level.
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We're hiring
Wanted: latest advertised roles at IIED
We are looking for a Principal researcher to join our Shaping Sustainable Markets research group and lead our work on the ocean and blue economy: find out more and apply by 31 May
We're also seeking a Senior consultant to develop our nature, climate and development work: find out more and apply by 30 May
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